SewGreen News, October 9, 2008 www.sew-green.org CONTENTS ~~ Still Room in Teen Sew Tomorrow ~~ Fall Classes & Workshops ~~ Sunday Open Sews ~~ Reuse Sale of the Season, Saturday Oct 18 ~~ Youth Sewing Club Debuts! ~~ IC Student Board Shines ~~ Reuse Artisans & Designers: Sign Up Now for ReCraft Fair ~~ Volunteers, Sewing Teachers, & Advisory Board Members Invited
All classes and events are held at the Women's Community Building, 100 W Seneca Street, downtown Ithaca. SewGreen is a not-for-profit community program that encourages sustainability and reuse in sewing and fashion, through education and a fabric reuse project. Info contact is Wendy at [EMAIL PROTECTED], 607-277-7611. TEEN VACATION SEWING DAY Two spots open! Learn to use a sewing machine or hone your skills. Make a shoulder bag, or bring your own project to refashion. Everything is supplied. Pizza lunch included. 10am to 4pm, Friday, October 10. $25. Scholarships available. FALL CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Join us in the SewGreen classroom for any of the following. Except where noted, classes are for adults, young adults, and teens. Pre-registration is required. Scholarships are available. For more information about each class or event, visit www.sew-green.org. -- Beginning Machine Sewing Class, 2 to 4pm, Saturday Oct 11. $15. -- Zippers & Buttonholes Class, 6 to 8pm, Wednesday Oct 15. $15. -- NEW: "Meet Your Machine" Workshop, with talented techie Dianne Black, 6 to 8pm, Wednesday Oct 22. Bring your older sewing machine, in good working order, and learn the basics of how to use and maintain it. $15. -- Hallowe'en Costume Workshop, offered twice, 6 to 8pm, Thursday Oct 23; and 2 to 4pm, Saturday Oct 25. $15 for one class or $25 for both. -- Rug-a-Rama. Hands-on knowledge sharing about making rag, woven, or braided rugs from reused materials. Noon to 3pm, Saturday Nov 1. Free. -- How to Sew Using a Pattern, 6 to 8pm, three Thursdays Nov 6, 13, 20. $45. -- Beginning Machine Sewing Class, 6 to 8pm, Wednesday Nov 12. $15. -- Felting Workshop, with artful artisans Lynn Leopold and Valorie Rockney, 2 to 4pm, Saturday Nov 15. Free. -- Make a Gift. "Black Friday," Nov 28. Kids, 8 and up: 10am to noon. Teens and adults, 1 to 3pm. Free. SUNDAY OPEN SEWS Join us in the SewGreen classroom for stress-reducing "social sewing" using our machines or yours. Work on your own reuse or refashioning project, help us with our charity sewing projects for Hospicare, share skills, chat, relax, and have fun. Walk-in. Free. Noon to 4pm on these dates: Oct 12, Oct 26, Nov 9, Nov 23, Dec 7. FABRIC REUSE SALE This is the big one! Tons of fabulous new-to-you fabric at rummage sale prices, plus yarn, needlecraft notions, and several restored classic sewing machines. 11am to 3pm, Saturday Oct 18, Women's Community Building. All proceeds support SewGreen's community programming. VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL. Sale volunteers get first pick; help of two hours or more earns a transferable gift certificate for a SewGreen class. TIMES: Sale prep will be ongoing from noon to 8pm, Thursday and Friday, Oct 16 and 17. Sale day help is needed 10am to 4pm. Contact Wendy to schedule a shift. Good opportunity for students needing to fulfill community service requirements. YOUTH SEWING CLUB DEBUTS Teens asked for it, planned it, and have called it "Fashion UFOs." It's an open-to-all, non-gender sewing club for teens who like to sew, refashion, and make cool stuff. Fashion UFOs will meet at the SewGreen classroom on Friday nights, 6 to 9pm, starting October 17. Check it out. Free and fun! Thanks to spunky, sparky Katie Sullivan for supervising. IC STUDENT BOARD SHINES As part of a sustainable communities course at Ithaca College, four undergrads have become SewGreen's Student Board of Directors. They have elected officers and are learning about the governance of non-profit organizations. As a working board, the students are helping to promote SewGreen's mission and have planned a reusable bag workshop on campus. Their input and guidance is invaluable and SewGreen applauds the Student Board's very competent Chair Emily Berg, trusted Vice-Chair Christopher Braley-Miller, skilled Treasurer Nancy Webster, and alert and accurate Secretary Tasha Cammarata. Thanks to instructor Elan Shapiro for the opportunity, and for giving students a way to connect to the local sustainability scene. SIGN UP NOW FOR RECRAFT FAIR, DEC 13 SewGreen is hosting a first-ever ReCraft Fair in Ithaca, Saturday, Dec 13, at the Women's Community Building. As a counter-action to conventional holiday craft fairs, where (often, not always) unsustainable materials are turned into unsustainable products that add to household clutter, SewGreen is sponsoring a greener alternative. Local reuse and redesign artisans who work with eco-friendly and reused materials are invited to participate. A 10 x 10-foot booth is $35, which covers a full day of sales, as well as publicity and promotion. Contact Wendy to reserve your space, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 607-277-7611. Last day to register is Oct 30. VOLUNTEERS, SEWING TEACHERS, & BOARD MEMBERS INVITED SewGreen's volunteer opportunities include helping out at events and classes, sorting fabric, helping with the big sale, sewing charity projects, supervising open sews, picking up donated materials, keyboarding, and generally helping the coordinator keep her head above water. Sewing teachers are also needed. Experience is great, but if you sew well and enjoy helping others, talk to us. Stipends are available. Prospective advisory and operations board members are invited to contact us to learn more about roles. We are a new organization. Contributions of time, talent, and expertise will help us grow and plan for a sustainable future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To be added to or removed from the SewGreen News distribution list, contact Wendy Skinner, SewGreen Coordinator, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 607-277-7611. _______________________________________________ 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
