[ShareTompkins] Fwd: SewGreen News: Teen Showcase; Reuse Sew-In; Fall Class Preview

[Shira Golding]

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> From: "Wendy Skinner" <ws at twcny.rr.com>
> Date: August 17, 2010 9:17:51 AM EDT
> To: <TC-HSC-L at cornell.edu>
> Subject: SewGreen News: Teen Showcase; Reuse Sew-In; Fall Class  
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> Reply-To: "Wendy Skinner" <ws at twcny.rr.com>
>
> SewGreen News, August 2010
> www.sew-green.org
>
> SewGreen is a not-for-profit organization that encourages  
> sustainability in everyday life through sewing, reuse, refashioning,  
> and stewardship of traditional sewing skills and technologies.
>
> CONTENTS
> ~ You're Invited! Teen Summer Showcase
> ~ Pillowcase Dress Sew-In
> ~ Volunteer Opps
> ~ Fall Class Preview
>
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> YOU'RE INVITED!
> SewGreen's six-week sewing and job training program for teens is  
> ending with a Summer Showcase, to display the participants'  
> accomplishments to the community, friends, and family. Please drop  
> by the SewGreen classroom at 112 North Cayuga Street, in downtown  
> Ithaca, between 3 and 6 pm this Friday, August 20. Seven teens  
> completed the program, which provided six summer jobs and  
> instruction in sewing, reuse, refashioning, and design. As usual,  
> the kids have exceeded expectations. The projects include a line of  
> summer dresses, innovative skirt designs, and an eight-foot-long  
> giant squid who is surprisingly friendly-looking. We're looking  
> forward to showing off a summer's worth of creative reuse!
>
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> PILLOWCASE DRESS SEW-IN
> We're winding up our charity reuse sewing project for the summer  
> with a Pillowcase Dress Sew-In on Saturday, August 28 from 11 am to  
> 5 pm. You need only basic sewing machine skills to make these  
> delightful dresses that will be donated to children in orphanages in  
> Central Africa. We have lots of pillowcases and all the supplies  
> needed to make more dresses, and we'll show you how. For more about  
> how to sew the dresses, visit http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/ 
> . We are making and collecting pillowcase dresses until September  
> 11, when we will pack them up and send them to the group that  
> distributes them. PRE-REGISTRATION for the Sew-In is requested so we  
> can get an idea of how many people to prepare for. Thanks!
>
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> SEWGREEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
> Work a shift at the SewGreen store! It's fun and inspiring,  
> especially if you like to sew, knit, or do other needlecrafts. We  
> need volunteers for various shifts. Contact Wendy at coord at sew-green.org 
>  for a schedule and more information. Training is provided, and  
> volunteers get special perks! We also need volunteers to help teach  
> sewing to students of all ages. A knowledge of basic machine sewing  
> and a joy of working with diverse groups is all that's needed. If  
> you have more advanced skills, we'd love to talk about how you can  
> contribute to our class offerings. Contact Wendy at coord at sew-green.org 
> .
>
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> FALL CLASS PREVIEW
> Fall classes for kids, teens, and adults will resume in late  
> September. Among the offerings will be after-school sewing for  
> children, Friday night open studio time for teens, and weeknight and  
> Saturday classes for all ages. Watch for a new PJ class,  
> introduction to sergers, figure drawing for fashion, sock monkey  
> day, and of course beginning sewing for anyone who wants to learn.  
> The fall schedule will be announced in this newsletter and will be  
> posted on the SewGreen website.
>
> ------------------------------- To be added to or subtracted from  
> the SewGreen newsletter list, send an email to coord at sew-green.org.
>
>
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