Connecting with Threads

I have found youth sewing classes to run about $25+ an hour. This is unaffordable for so many families. I am proud to be a part of this group that volunteers to provide these lessons - including supplies - at no cost to families.

By partnering with community organizations, we can also provide equipment and materials at no cost -- while teaching youth valuable skills - not only sewing skills but life skills such as perseverance, patience, and positivity.

We are excited to announce that we will be making quilts for Little Pink Houses of Hope this summer!

Sign up now for a kit before the kits are gone!

Sew.on your own time or join us on June 27 or July 13 for a time for quilting together!

Sign up here for a kit!

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We had a great time at Book Harvest yesterday making quilt squares to match a book! We worked with nine students who are a part of a book Harvest book club to help them make squares for a special quilt that reminds us of Charlotte's Web!

The book and the quilt will be given to children who are experiencing hospice care in the Durham area. We are so excited about our latest project!

Yet another great day teaching you g persons how to sew!

Once finished, this quilt (along with a book by Mo Willems) will go to a child who is in hospice.

Some people go to the library for books and others go to pick up fabric for Summer Sew! Sign up with the Durham Library later this week!

Many busy hands at our Sew With Us! session yesterday! We had a free motion quilting class happening along with people mending, sewing quilt tops and making menstrual products for girls all over the world. A.lovely day!

We are so proud to have been a part of National Library Week with the Durham Public Library's Southwest branch. Together, children and adults made quilt blocks to represent their own stories - resulting in a quilted wallhanging that tells many stories. The room was full of creative energy & inspired people and this was the result!

The elephant blocks are done!

One of the best dog blankets made by one of our 5th graders! Brand new to sewing and she definitely has the gene and talent!