Originally Posted by Sienna's GiGi
I am so excited! I started a quilt/knit/crochet group two weeks after I arrived in Afghanistan (my sewing machine was here two weeks before I was) and it has been a huge hit. We make quilts and clothing for local children. Well, we decided some months ago to see if we could reach out to Afghan women to see if they would be open to quilting with us. I got the word from security today that our first group of women will be here this weekend. Electricity is a luxury for the rich outside the gate so I will be supplying hand needles, thread and materials to get the women started on a crib size quilt top. There will be a total of five women and they are bringing pastries and beverages locally and we are going to share our american cuisine with them. My question is how would you conduct your quilting get-togethers? Are there any dos or don'ts? There is a language barrier for some but a few are fluent in english and dari/farsi. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
If people on the board had extra fabrics ( and we all do) or thread or supplies would it be able to be transported by military to avoid shipping cost. I would so love to help you. I am at the beginning stage to see what I can do to help the woman of the south Sudan to start making quilts and a website to sell them on to help with schools and building homes and medical clinics in the south that has been liberated. Forget the politics and help the people. They are really great seamstress's The first time I went to africa i went to this village market and this lady had a small crude stand and a sewing machine that was run by turning a wheel. I asked what she was making and her answer was" anything you would like." So I asked if she could make me a shirt, it cost me less than 10 american dollars and I picked it up the next day in the AM. I am going to post a picture of it. It was beautifuly done and thats when I got the idea. SEW let me know if we can send you fabrics, therads or notions. I would love to help
This is the shirt and that is my Grand daughter Ashley
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