We are having a Days for Girls kit making day Monday 26 June 2017 @ Bishopstown GAA hall, 10am to 4pm – bring your own lunch.
Let us know what you feel you might like to do to help… Overlocking, machine sewing, tracing, cutting out, ironing, donating items, chatting!!!
Queries?: Please contact: Mary O Regan (mary “at” redsockproductions.com 0876682641), or Mary Palmer (marimu.designs “at” gmail.com) or Assumpta Lydon (skipper.assumpta “at” gmail.com)
Email – corkireland “at” daysforgirls.org
Donations Required
- Kam Snap DK-93 Presser with size 20 dies and snaps. Table top press.
- Girls/ladies briefs – small sizes. Girls size 25 ½ inch up to ladies 12. Dark cotton. Bikini style ok – no thongs or boy style. We can dye light colours.
- Hotel size soaps
- Face Cloths – dark colours
- Ziplock 1 gallon size Freezer Bags – (26.8cm x 27.3cm)
- Polyester machine threads – not cotton (breaks down in the Sun’s UV rays!) Medium/ Dark colours
- Overlocker threads Medium/dark colours
- Drawstring – grosgrain or cotton twill – (1/2” to 5/8” i.e 13mm to 16mm width) Lengths of 40”
FABRICS – ALL FABRICS NEED TO BE PRE-WASHED
- No Print with a face/eyes
- No Insects or snakes (butterflies okay)
- No Camouflage / Guns / Hunting
- No Cartoon / TV / Pop Culture / National Flags / Words / Girly Glam
- No solid saffron (Buddhists robes) – yellow in patterns is okay.
- No light colored fabrics that easily show stain
- Flannel – patterned/dark coloured (stain hiding) for liners. We are badly stuck for flannels – we can use scraps that are minimum 9 inch square.
- Bright Cottons for Bags
- Colourful/Dark cotton for Shields
What we need to make 50 kits
- 27 Yards 100% Cotton
- 44 yards Flannel
- 2 yards PUL (editor’s note: Polyurethane laminate – I had to look it up!)
- 110 Yards drawstring
- 100 Knickers small sizes
- 50 Face cloths
- 50 Hotel size soaps
- 50 Snaps/poppers
- 100 1 gallon Ziplock Bags
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I had no idea there was a group in cork. I would love to get together at some stage and will make every effort to go and help at your event in June. It would be great to get some tips from you all as we are currently a very small group and very much still on the learning curve.
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We’re just starting out too! We can learn together. Contact Mary O Regan -she is spearheading the efforts here.
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Hi Assumpta This is such a fantastic initiative I’d love to get involved! Unfortunately I can’t make it to the event on Monday 26th, can I send you some supplies? I’ll go through the list and and put whatever I can aside but let me know what you’re most in need of and I’ll see if I can pick some up. And I should be able to find a friend who’s attending to take them along. Thanks. I heard it was a good meeting on Saturday. All the best, Tracy x
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