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Rip N Sew club enjoys busy, fun times photo 2/1/2023
Club helps nonprofit with foster children’s needs 1/25/2023
Rip ‘N’ Sew members a busy bunch 12/21/2022
They clean so others can sew 12/14/2022
Rip ‘N’ Sew works for Navajo Nation 12/07/2022
Fabric scraps become winning landscape 11/23/2022
Club members have it in the bag 11/09/2022
Blue skies smiling at Rip ‘N’ Sew 11/02/2022
Rip ‘N’ Sew Club shares refreshed clubhouse 10/26/2022
Club member takes time to sew – even on vacation 10/12/2022
Sometimes quilting is a mystery 10/05/2022
Holiday Fun Party
The Rip N Sew annual holiday party was held on January 5th at the Palm Ridge Rec Center. We had a great time visiting, playing games, and eating bar-b-que. Several local merchants and members donated prizes. Enough that everyone left with at least one prize....
Caring for Kids and Sewing for Kids groups reorganize
The Caring for Kids and Sewing for Kids groups have reorganized under a new group named “Sewing from the Heart.” Although the projects will be centered around sewing for children, the Sewing from the Heart participants will also be making things for adults. Any Rip ’n...
2021
Caring for Kids
December 2021
This month Rip ‘n Sew donated a variety of essential items to students and the community near the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission School in Rock Point, AZ. Over 30 members were part of this four-month project. Two subgroups of the club, Sewing for Kids and Quilts for a Cause, as well as other club members pitched in to sew dresses, quilts, pillowcases, hats, blouses, hair ties, face masks, and leggings.
Machine Embroidery Group
MEG members combined their skills to make a donation of two beautifully-embroidered quilts to Agave in Scottsdale, a care center for seniors. The first month members made individual quilt squares featuring bees and flowers. The second month focused on squares decorated with butterflies. Enough squares were made to allow two quilts to be made.
December 2021
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2020
Mask Making Mission Accomplished
May 2020
In the early days of COVID-19 health care workers were in a crisis, PPE orders were getting canceled and they were forced to re-use single use masks, if they could get them at all. Rip N Sew club members, along with several other SCW clubs, stepped in to help. In 9 weeks we provided 24,225 cloth masks to health care workers, first responders, and SCW residents.