our jenna franco spoke to christina about why it's so important to tell this story about unity. >> this is actually a replica of my sewing machine that i sewed my first mask on. >> reporter: in march 2020 when the world shut down and needed help, christina wong turned on her hello kitty sewing machine and started sewing. >> i can make masks and save america and that turned into me making a very naive promise to america. >> reporter: overpromising at first, but that's how the auntie sewing squad was born. >> referring to older women as auntie or others as uncle, it's just a term of endearment and respect and i've learned in running a sewing group called the auntie sewing squad it's much easier to yell at people when you call them auntie and make demands of them versus hey, aunties, we need to sell masks. >> reporter: she shares the story now in her one-woman show "sweatshop overlord." >> it's a war story. it's a sewing story. it's an everything is out of proportion story. so georgia lee, the designer, came up with these ideas of a giant pin cushion. >> reporter: where christina stitches