Days for Girls Sewing Activity - Thursday, April 16

Thursday, April 16th from 7-9pm in our ward building we will be working with Days for Girls to complete some of their projects. To help us gather the supplies needed for ironing, cutting and sewing in advance please use the RSVP form below (before April 9th) to let us know if you are interested in helping in any of the physical projects like ironing, cutting, folding or sewing/serging. 

• Cut sewn liner strips into individual liners (rotary cutter and cutting mat needed, template provided)
• Cut "pockets" for shields out of scraps using template. (rotary cutter and small mat needed)
• Iron 'pockets' in half and top stitch (iron, ironing board, regular machine, could be done by 2 different people or even a careful YW)
• Tear notched flannel into liner strips and fold neatly (no sewing skills or tools needed)
• Rolling underwear! Youth can do this one, too. Underwear folding video tutorial:  https://youtu.be/CK5erYwGxHM

or donate items (bring the evening of)

• (Easy sewing) Straight stitch 'hot spots' onto 9" liners (regular sewing machine) Stacks of 15-20 strips to each sewer interested *please bring your own sewing machine AND dark thread (navy, hunter green, black, grey or red)
• (Advanced sewing) sew the pads together *please bring your own sewing machine AND dark thread (navy, hunter green, black, grey or red

​Donated Items Needed:

• Washcloths (recommended: Target Brand "Up and Up" in dark colors like black, red and dk grey.);
• hotel sized soap,
• fabric *please read the fabric requirements below. For flannel, it is nice to work with 2 yard pieces. Again, dark stain-hiding patterns that would pass the 'yard test':  Would the fabric hide any stain enough that you would be comfortable hanging it in your yard? Cotton for shields needs to be a minimum of 12" and appropriate scraps could be used for pockets. The cotton or cotton poly for bags should be a minimum of 12"x30". 
• or if you'd prefer to donate money, DFG has an online donation platform at https://donate.daysforgirls.org/PortlandOR

Don't know anything about Days for Girls?  Check out their website at ​https://www.daysforgirls.org/

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