SewGreen News, April 24, 2008 www.sew-green.org ---------------------------------------------- CONTENTS ~ SewGreen Opens New Classroom! ~ "Pajama Party" Sewing Classes in May ~ Refashion Workshop May 10 ~ Green T Refashion Show at Earth Day ~ Call for Recycled Banners ~ New Hours at SewGreen Host, Tuff Soul ~ Donation Guidelines: Flannel Needed
SEWGREEN OPENS CLASSROOM AT WOMEN'S COMMUNITY BUILDING Starting in May, SewGreen will offer classes at the Women's Community Building, 100 W Seneca Street, in downtown Ithaca. We have a nice new space on the second floor (handicapped accessible) for classes, workshops, sewing machine repair, and whatever else we can squeeze in. SewGreen will continue to partner with Tuff Soul, 516 West State Street, for our resale outlet, donation drop-offs, and occasional refashion collaborations. Community support for SewGreen has allowed this expansion. Thank you, all! MAKE PJ PANTS AT SEWING CLASSES IN MAY A team of SewGreen sewing teachers has designed a three-part class that reviews the basics of using a sewing machine, and quickly proceeds to making a pillow case with contrasting fabrics, and a pair of drawstring pajama pants. The "Pajama Party" class will be offered twice: Tuesdays, May 6, 13, and 20; and Thursdays, May 8, 15, and 22. Classes run from 6 - 8:15 pm, and will be held in the NEW SEWGREEN CLASSROOM at the Women's Community Building, 100 West Seneca Street, Ithaca. The class is for teens and adults; cost is $30 for the series, plus $3 for materials. Bring your own reused or existing fabric (please do not buy anything new unless it's verifiably earth-friendly) or select from our stash. Pre-registration is required. Contact Wendy, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 607-277-7611. REFASHION WORKSHOP MAY 10 Bring a garment you'd like to refashion, or just make fit better, to the first SewGreen Refashion Workshop 1 - 3 pm, Saturday, May 10, at the Women's Community Building (address above). Our sewing teachers will give you personalized help with refashioning and show you the skills you need to alter or enhance an existing garment, or make something new and stylish from something old and frumpy. Sewing machines and additional materials supplied. $10, for teens and adults; beginners through advanced. Space is limited so please call or e-mail to say you're coming. Contact Wendy, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 607-277-7611. GREEN T RE-FASHION SHOW AT EARTH DAY ITHACA See the best original fashions of the 2008 Green T Reuse Design Contest modelled at the Green T Refashion show at the Ithaca Earth Day celebration, Sunday, April 27, at the Ithaca Farmers Market Pavilion. The Earth Day event is noon to 5 and will be chockfull of interesting exhibits, activities for kids, and there will be music and food, as well. The refashion show is at 2 pm. Visit SewGreen at Booth 29, where you can learn more about what we do, check out some rather horrible facts about conventional cotton, stuff a bag with free fabric scraps, and sign up for classes, too. CALLING FOR UNWANTED BANNERS A local green retailer would like to recycle unwanted vinyl or plastic banners into large shopping bags. If you have banners in good condition that no longer have a purpose, please contact Wendy. The shop is also looking to hire someone with a heavy-duty or industrial sewing machine to fabricate the bags. NEW HOURS AT TUFF SOUL SewGreen host, Tuff Soul, which offers all-sustainable new and old fashions for men and women, has changed its hours to 11am to 6pm, Monday through Saturday; closed Sundays. SewGreen donations can be dropped off at Tuff Soul during those hours. DONATION GUIDELINES Donations of fabric, yarn, sewing notions, and sewing machines help keep us going! Thanks to all who have given so generously. Briefly, we need clean, folded yardage; yarn by the skein; sewing and needlecraft notions of any vintage; and sewing machines of any vintage. Fabric scraps are welcome, as long as they are flat. Books are great. Saris, kimonos, sarongs etc are very welcome. Please, NO unfinished projects, deconstructed clothing, fabric with patterns attached, and nothing with pins in it. In general, patterns, clothing, curtains, slip covers, linens, blankets etc are best donated to the Salvation Army. If you have time to dig around in your stash (we know you have one), we'd be very grateful for donations of flannel or soft cotton-y fabrics for the Pajama Party classes. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To be added or removed from this newsletter distribution list, send an e-mail to Wendy Skinner, SewGreen Coordinator, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
