We Never Had It Sew Good

9 Goodgymers helped their local community in Ealing
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Clare
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Emmanuella Contopoulou
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Claire
Michelle
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Ealing

Tuesday 20th August

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Tonight, our group run attendees were sew happy with the task, that they all stayed for an extra 30 minutes to tie up some loose ends and finish off their draw string bags. In total 15 bags were created which task owner Mary will donate to Ealing Soup Kitchen to give to their clients ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

While everyone was excited about the task, there were some experienced needleworkers, some lapsed and others who'd never sewn a stitch in their lives. Mary and Yvonne came prepared with t-shirts which would otherwise have gone for textile recycling and were ready to be given a new life. They explained - more than once - how to slice and dice a t-shirt into 4 bags, using the features of the original garment to easily transform it.

Clare meanwhile inherited the job of hand-sewing the GoodGym flag, making good progress with the letters and also cursing the slippery material of the GGs. Who chose that spangly material is lost in the mists of time. On our next visit, completing the GoodGym flag and the GG challenge will pass on to someone else.

By the end of the task, almost everyone had created at least one bag end to end and learned the skill of threading cord through a hem or waistband. Emmanuella also became a magician, turning a t-shirt into yarn which was a bit like reversing the manufacturing process. Reusing and recycling in act(i)on ๐Ÿ’ช

See Emmanuella's trick here https://www.instagram.com/p/C-6EiobhtQl/


This task supported
Ealing Repair Cafe
Teaching patching and darning textiles to get the most our clothes and textiles.
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Emmanuella Contopoulou

Wed 21st Aug at 7:31am

That was the best task ever! Looking forward to the next sewing project! ๐Ÿชก๐Ÿงต๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿงท๐Ÿ‘•

Sevan

Wed 21st Aug at 9:45am

Glad you enjoyed it and maybe some of you feel inspired to go to Ealing Repair Cafรฉs regular sessions in West Ealing or Northfield libraries or Pitshanger Manor

Kash

Wed 21st Aug at 7:45pm

The crafts look fantastic! ๐Ÿ˜ Welcome back Emmanuella ๐ŸŽ‰ GoodGym flag still not finished? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ I bet you guys just can't get enough of the Ealing Repair Cafe workshops and wanted to secure another one to "finish off the flag" ๐Ÿ˜œ

Join us on our next session

Ealing

Tea Shift at ESK ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐโ˜•& Food Handling(Sandwiches, prep food bags)
๐Ÿ—“Tomorrow 11:00am

Help run drop-in service on a Friday where homeless can get free clothes and wellbeing services

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2 GoodGymers are going - no space left ๐Ÿ˜ข