Scouts brighten hospital days with pillowcases
Scouts brighten hospital days with pillowcases
The pillowcase project is ongoing at the hospital among other community groups. The girls spent over a year planning the project and many hours picking out fabrics, ironing seams and learning to sew with sewing machines to make the pillowcases.
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In Pakistan, solar lamps turn women into entrepreneurs
BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan — As the sun sets and darkness falls over a village outside Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Shama Bibi switches on her solar lantern and starts sewing clothes for an upcoming family wedding. Not long ago, nightfall would have forced her to …
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Exhibit features knitting works
It will feature examples of Newlin's sewing project, including a circa 1927 doll wearing a black sequined evening gown which Newlin made by hand when she was about 10. Newlin's children and grandchildren chose sewing projects from throughout her life …
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