Another three bags full for Days for Girls International
60 liners with snap, pockets and wings
240 tri-fold, reversible, serged, flannel pads
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Global and Local missions: Sewing
30 Jan A New Year to sew for Days for Girls International feminine hygiene kits and shower caddies for the residents of Indianapolis’s Wheeler Mission for Women and Children.
DfGI was launched in 2008 and have delivered kits to 140 countries. Two of the sewn items for the DfGI kit (shown above) are shields (2/kit) and flannel tri-fold pads (8/kit). Add panties, wash cloth, soap, bag for soiled plus instructions. The Avon Chapter is preparing 70 kits for the Dominican Republic. Enterprise zones are organized in-country around the world to produce kits for their own use. Check out the official information:
A local group of friends and colleagues deliver functional gift bags @ Christmas to WM for 72 women. Shower caddies are made of outdoor fabric with four exterior pockets. The bags are filled with socks, gloves, nail polish, note pads, calendar, marker and many more small gifts. Here we go again in 2020!
Shower caddies
Out for Local Delivery, Prepared for Next Batch
4 May Reversible tri-fold flannel pad and shields with PUL, pockets and wings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_for_Girls
40 shields plus 160 flannel pads delivered to local chapter of Days for Girls International to be kitted in a fabric drawstring bag with panties, washcloth, soap, ziplock freezer bags and instructions.
Flannel cut in one yard lengths make 10 pads each. Bolt of PUL (Polyurethane Laminate) used in shields for leak protection. Cotton fabric is used for the outer layer of shield as well as pockets.
Priority: Days for Girls International
30 JanEve helps me prepare Elfcroft’s eleventh shipment of
feminine hygiene pads and shields for Days for Girls International kits.
January begins year five of our support.
We ship to chapters based in DesMoines Iowa for assembly and distribution globally.
Eight different colors and patterns for reversible trifold pads that fill each kit.
80 shields with pockets, wings and PUL lining will support 40 kits.
Another day for DfGI
5 DecHere is a quick look at 160 shields in process (supporting 80 kits)…
Shields have five pieces: Four from cotton prints and one PUL or polyurethane laminate.
Two pieces of the cotton print make the front at back of the shield (for maximum interest I choose different prints).
The other two pieces of cotton print are for “pockets”. They are folded and topstitched before assembly.
DfGI shield before assembly
If it is not obvious, this is a LOT of cutting and ironing.
Pairs, right side facing, Grouped in 10s
End view of dozens of “pockets” folded and top stitched. Ready for assembly.
Here I sew again, preparing to ship in 2018.
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