MONROE - Thirty-seven adults and youth from several organizations met for a community sewing day on Feb. 19 at St. John's Fellowship Hall, Monroe. The goal was to take donated fabric and notions and create dresses for the Dress a Girl Around the World project and the Million Pillowcase project.
Participants made pillowcases to donate to the Green County Homeless Coalition along with the bed pillows to go in them. They also created from gently used pillowcases more than 40 dresses. The dresses will be sent to Cherie Norquay and family in Lagutu school in Uganda.
The 4-H youth were asked to join the event and learn how to make pillowcases. The project taught them to measure, cut fabric, prepare a border with a contrasting accent and attach it, also how to use a serger. Several 4-H members served the public, learned sewing techniques and, put their motto to use, "Learning by Doing." The 4- H leaders organized this event and HCE, Stitches of Love, Courthaus Quilters, and VFW all contributed to the events success.
Chelsea Norquay stopped by and took time to share pictures and answer questions about the family mission to Uganda. There are about 50 widows in the village and most of the men were killed in the war. The children and women come from refugee camps and after 10 years they are resettled back to their villages. They live in mud huts. Chelsea teaches them to crochet and her mother teaches them make soap. Jobs are very scarce and there is no electricity. They do have a well, but most only have one dress and the teacher hands the dresses out as they are needed.
Participants made pillowcases to donate to the Green County Homeless Coalition along with the bed pillows to go in them. They also created from gently used pillowcases more than 40 dresses. The dresses will be sent to Cherie Norquay and family in Lagutu school in Uganda.
The 4-H youth were asked to join the event and learn how to make pillowcases. The project taught them to measure, cut fabric, prepare a border with a contrasting accent and attach it, also how to use a serger. Several 4-H members served the public, learned sewing techniques and, put their motto to use, "Learning by Doing." The 4- H leaders organized this event and HCE, Stitches of Love, Courthaus Quilters, and VFW all contributed to the events success.
Chelsea Norquay stopped by and took time to share pictures and answer questions about the family mission to Uganda. There are about 50 widows in the village and most of the men were killed in the war. The children and women come from refugee camps and after 10 years they are resettled back to their villages. They live in mud huts. Chelsea teaches them to crochet and her mother teaches them make soap. Jobs are very scarce and there is no electricity. They do have a well, but most only have one dress and the teacher hands the dresses out as they are needed.
