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Can You Sew?

10/7/2019

 
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Join this Fun, Town-Wide Project Crafty Wellesley children and adults; sewers: novice to expert; anyone looking for a fun and easy community project, Sustainable Wellesley is looking for your talent. 

Once again, Sustainable Wellesley is creating beautiful, Japanese Furoshiki style cloths to wrap gifts with for free at the Wellesley Marketplace in November. 

Here are the details: 

Sew Furoshiki Cloths:
Cut a square piece of fabric a little larger than your desired size. 20″ and 28”  are standard finished sizes, but in general any square that’s about 3x larger than the object being wrapped works well.  Fold in each of the edges a quarter inch and iron; fold again and iron. Find instructions online for sewing mitered corners, follow and then sew around the perimeter of your prepared cloth in the middle of the fold. Flexible fabrics like thin cotton work best for tying.  For instructions on hemming and three different corner options, click here. 

Please e-mail info@sustainablewellesley.com when you have completed some and Sustainable Wellesley will make plans to collect your cloths. Be sure to save wraps for yourself. To learn how to fold furoshiki gift wrap, click here. Not crafty but willing to organize this initiative?

Please email info@sustainablewellesley.com Have fabric to donate? Flexible fabrics are ideal!

Stiff fabrics are hard to tie furoshiki style
– Fabric remnants measuring at least 20″ square work best
– e-mail info@sustainablewellesley.com to make a fabric donation Sustainable Wellesley organizes this event as another simple act that makes a difference.  Every year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used and discarded worldwide. Un-recycled bags plague the environment, greatly damaging the ocean as well as many other complex ecosystems. Since plastics take an average of 1,000 years to decompose, our waste isn’t going anywhere fast, so it’s up to us to help minimize our negative impact on the planet. 

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Plus, the activity is relaxing, easy, and fun! Questions? E-mail info@sustainablewellesley.com.

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  • About
    • Our Mission and Who We Are
    • Wellesley's other environmental Groups
  • Take Action
    • Join an Action Group
    • What We Eat
    • Landscaping
    • Plastic Reduction >
      • Reduce Plastic
      • Plastic Bans, Taxes, Charges, Recycling
    • Milkweed for Monarchs
    • Reduce Your Carbon Footprint >
      • Choose Renewable Energy
    • Solar
    • Gas Leaks/Blowdowns in Wellesley
    • Gift Wrap
    • Beyond Wellesley
  • News
  • Calendar
  • Green Schools
    • Mission and Who We Are
    • Teachers >
      • Environmental Education
      • Green Cerify your Elementary Classroom
      • Book recommendations
      • Classroom tips
      • Posters! Walk to School. Litterless lunch
    • Parents >
      • Smart Event Guide
      • Borrow Free Supplies for Your Event!
      • School Supply list
      • End of year Locker Cleanout Tips
    • Families