"Sew Blessed" group seeks to aid young and old using recycled items
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March 1, 2023
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TERI WERNSMAN holds up one of the sewing machine bags used to hold supplies for the machine pictured. It matches the machine's cover.
Each Monday a group of women gather in the Haxtun Church of The Brethren basement with a spiritual presence that involves sewing, recycling and laughter. The resulting projects offer more benefit than these simplistic descriptions. The women working under the moniker "Sew Blessed," spend each Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. sewing items that serve youngsters and the elderly here at home and young people around the world. The sewers recycle items such as t-shirts and pillowcases to create new usable clothing and specialty items. "If Grandma or Aunt Grace want to clean out their house, we wi...
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