Tag: sewing

SaddleBrooke Sewing for Kids

The Sew Busy Cutups (Mondays from 9 a.m. until noon) and the Sew & Sews (Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. until noon) have been busy sewing for needy children in Room 4 of SaddleBrooke One’s Craft Center. So far, we have handed out cute, huggable stuffed animals to 95 children. We have 50 on hand and…

SaddleBrooke Sews for Children

Claudia Hermansen For 25 years, there was a group of women in Tucson who taught children in elementary and high school to sew in a free, after-school program called Teens Sew Cool. Today that program is no longer, but many of their sewing kits have been donated to sewing groups in SaddleBrooke. The Tuesday morning…

Dress A Girl Around the Wolrd Sew-a-Thon

Margaret Thompson Dress A Girl Around the World Sew-a-Thon will be Nov. 2, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene, 500 W. Calle Concordia. Dress a Girl Around the World is a national organization sewing dresses for little girls living in poverty. Many of these little girls are wearing…

2019 Grand Tour of Sewing Rooms

Varda Main Over 90 quilters from SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch and Sun City wended their way across SaddleBrooke on March 8, to tour numerous quilting studios. This much anticipated annual event lets quilters see how other quilters setup their studios and pickup quilting tips along the way. The tour included four studios (Wendy Butler Berns, Teri…

Sew-a-thon November 3

  Make a difference in the lives of little girls around the world on November 3, 2018 from 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene, 500 W Calle Concordia. Dress a Girl Around the World is a national organization with members around the world sewing dresses for little girls living in…