--------------- SewGreen News, March 1, 2008 -------------- SUMMARY ** Help Us Make 1,200 Reusable Bags! ** Sew & Tell, March 5 ** Green T Contest Update ** Natural Dyes, March 22 ** Visit our Resale Display ** How You Can Help SewGreen
THE GREAT CAROLINE BAG PROJECT SewGreen has taken on a challenge to sew 1,200 reusable bags for Energy Independent Caroline by the end of March 2008. With the help of Cornell University students, each bag will be filled with a free compact fluorescent light bulb and literature on sustainable living. A bag will be distributed to every household in the town of Caroline, NY. SewGreen earns $1 for every completed bag, and we will donate a percentage to the local Shopping Bag Action Group. Precut fabric will be available at the SewGreen Studio at Tuff Soul, 516 West State Street, Ithaca. We are holding a sew-in at the studio on the weekend of March 15 and 16. Instructions for making the bag -- which must be constructed of all reused materials -- are posted on the SewGreen website, www.sew-green.org. Help us meet our quota and contribute to three great green programs! Contact Wendy, [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information on the bags, the sew-in, and how you can help. SEW & TELL, MARCH 5 Come to the March 5 Sew & Tell, which focuses on -- what else? -- reusable tote bags. Andria Auerell will host. Here's what she wrote: "Show us the reusable bags you have or make! Avoiding plastic and paper bags in favor of reusable cloth bags is a great way to reuse a variety of materials that would otherwise be wasted. Bring something you've made or an example of a bag you'd like to make. We'll have an example of the bags that SewGreen has been challenged to make for Energy Independent Caroline and will provide a free instruction sheet for this simple tote. All topics surrounding reusable bags are up for discussion. What do YOU carry in your cloth bag? 6 - 8 pm, Wednesday, March 5, SewGreen Studio at Tuff Soul, 516 West State Street, Ithaca. Free and open to all." GREEN T CONTEST UPDATE Winners of the Green T reuse design contest will be announced on March 10. Many of the fashions will be modelled at the Ithaca Earth Day celebration at the Farmers' Market pavilion on Sunday, April 27, and also at Ithaca Festival. SewGreen will have a gallery exhibit the first two weeks of April at the Community School of Music and Art, featuring the best reuse fashions and home furnishings from the contest. NATURAL DYES, MARCH 22 Ruby Turner, who has worked with natural dyes in New Mexico and now in Ithaca, will present an overview of the techniques of natural dyeing with a special emphasis on dyeing wool fibers. Topics will include: kinds and sources of natural dyes; earth-friendly mordents (used to make the dyes colorfast); preparation of wool yarn for dyeing; and dyeing procedures. She will also discuss the dyeing of other fibers, such as silk and cotton. Ruby will bring samples so participants can see the beautiful colors that result from these techniques, and she can answer questions about your dyeing projects. The event will be held at the SewGreen Studio from 1 - 3 pm, Saturday, March 22. Pre-registration and a fee of $5 are requested. Please call Wendy at 607-277-7611 to reserve a spot. NEED FABRIC? GET IT ON THE CHEAP SewGreen maintains a display of reused fabric of all kinds (actually, most of it is brand-new and has never been used) at the SewGreen Studio at Tuff Soul. We also have knitting and sewing supplies, trims, buttons, etc., at very affordable prices. Proceeds of the sales go to support SewGreen programming and classes. SUPPORT SEWGREEN You can help SewGreen grow with your donations of time, talent, and stuff. Volunteers are needed to help cut, sort, and price fabric; help with planning and coordination; teach classes; work on sewing machines; address thank-you cards etc. Donations of fabric, yarns, older sewing machines, and needlecraft supplies are always welcome. Contact Wendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] for guidelines. ------------------------------------------ To be added to (or removed from) the SewGreen News distribution list, send an e-mail to Wendy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
