New tie-dyes

UNAFFORDABLE

I love how often the mainstream press is publishing articles on this situation we're working so hard to change.  Here's one about Kenya from the Guardian.

UNTOUCHABLE

And another about what girls and women must deal with in Nepal.

EMPATHY

Three guys experience what having a period is like.  And, as they admit, without hormones, cramps, bloating, etc.

GOOD EXCUSES

This list of obstacles to doing school work will break your heart.

GREAT QUOTES

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OUR JANUARY WORKDAY

In January we decided not to fight Mother Nature and postponed our gathering a week.  We had a very productive day, with some regulars and a few new faces.  Glenda found some new, beautiful stain-hiding flannel at JoAnn's, and brought it with her, already washed, dried and pressed.  It was rotary cut that day, and will make fantastic liners.

Inspired, I also made a trip to JoAnn's.  I was delighted to see several new flannels available, including some that Glenda had found.  They really are pretty, and I found the dark tie-dye ones especially  appealing--colorful (stain-hiding) on both sides, thicker than average (more absorbent), and SO pretty!  Seeing my overloaded cart, a fellow shopper asked what I planned to do with all that pretty bright flannel.  After I told her about DFG, she said she had some fabric she'd like to donate, and asked if I had a card.  That all-important word of mouth!

Snuggle flannel at JoAnn's is normally $6.99 a yard, but it's on sale for $2.99.  If you have a discount card--military, nonprofit, guild, teacher, etc., that can also be used.  And the selection is much greater (and the wait much shorter) than on Black Friday.  The clerk told me it "just keeps coming," and pointed to all the bolts high up on the wall, above the fleece.  She had to get a ladder to reach some for me.



OUR FEBRUARY WORKDAY

Although we have changed our workdays for 2017 to the first Saturday of each month, February was the one month we knew up front that we couldn't meet until the second Saturday.  On February 4th, I'll be speaking at the Regional Conference of Lions International, so our workday will be February 11th.

I hope you can join us on the 11th.  We meet at Our Sewing Room, 10:30--5:00.  PLEASE do bring your basic sewing supplies, sharp scissors or rotary cutter, seam ripper, sewing machine or serger.  Please remind me to take pictures!!

If you need receipts for in-kind donations you've made this past year, please just ask me.

MONETARY DOANTIONS

I was asked again this past week--what's the best way to make a donation to our Eugene Days for Girls Chapter.  Typically, 90% of a donation goes to us, and headquarters keeps 10%.  But, a few times during the year, there are special fundraisers where the teams and chapters get to keep 100% of their donations.  This is one of those times.  The Thread of Hope Fundraiser is online, and every dollar donated helps with our expenses.  They'll immediately provide you with a receipt for tax purposes.