The East Chatham Grange host community sewing events to sew beautiful lap blankets for patients receiving cancer treatment and veterans. The Grange provides the fabric with funds raised and volunteers gather to cut, iron, press and sew.
How it Works
- Grange members shop sales to purchase cotton print fabric and flannel.
- Volunteers but the fabric to 1 and a half years each of cotton and flannel and pin them together.
- Others sew them leaving an opening to turn them right side out.
- Another person takes these, trims the corners, turns and pressed the blanket.
- Back to the sewers! The edge is sewn around twice to create a binding.
The result is a comforting blanket with one cool side and one warm side -- perfect for snuggling.
Join the East Chatham Grange for this multi-part gardening series -- a Food Freedom project for all ages, to promote education and sustainability within our communities! Will include prizes for presentation, innovation, traditional methods, best preservation, culinary, etc. in adult and youth categories. Register now: https://bit.ly/42xBCeL
Rolling registrations throughout the summer!
- Dates for various learning modules are being finialized.
- Workshops all summer!
- Come to one, come to all -- you decide!
- Register to get final dates and reminders: https://bit.ly/42xBCeL
Learning Objectives
- Vegetables and herbs grown in the colonial era
- How to use traditional techniques in the garden
- How to harvest, preserve and save your seeds
- And More...
Topics Covered
- Colonial gardening, garden planning and seed starting.
- How to plant, companion planting and fertilizing.y
- Weed and pest control.
- Harvesting and preserving.
- Seed saving.
Awards Criteria
- Must attend a series of learning opportunities
- Must provide poster board and presentation
- Must grow at least 4 vegetables and 1 herb
- Must preserve at least two of the grown items
- Presentations and Pizza Party -- Sunday, October 11th