LOUIE TRAUB/VIEWFrom left, Zola Sloop, Sherry Eames, Ginni Kruger, Lois Campbell, Marilyn McCartney and Beverly Rost work on pieces of fabric at Campbell?s Henderson home, Aug. 24. The friends are sewing quilts, pillows, bibs and turbans, which will be donated to patients at St. Rose Dominican hospitals.
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September is National Sewing Month, and the Henderson Neighborhood Group of the American Sewing Guild's Las Vegas Chapter wants to raise awareness and help a few people out.
Its members are holding its first charity sew from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and from 4 to 9 p.m. Sept. 27 at Hancock Fabrics, 9850 S Maryland Parkway.
"We want to promote love and the art of sewing," said Lois Campbell, the neighborhood group's chairwoman.
Anyone can come out and help sew items that will be donated to the Barbara Greenspun Women's Care Center and the pediatrics wards at all three St. Rose Dominican hospitals.
People with all levels of sewing experience are invited to make lap quilts, turbans for cancer patients, heart-shaped pillows that hold catheters in place, mastectomy pillows that are shaped to make lying more comfortable for women who have just had mastectomies, baby blankets and bibs.
Campbell said sewers should come even if they have only an hour to spend. The group also needs help with pressing and stuffing pillows, so even if a volunteer isn't a strong sewer, they still are needed.
There will be a few extra sewing machines, but anyone who can should bring their own, as well as thread, needles and other sewing tools, she said.
Refreshments will be served, but Campbell suggested volunteers bring their own drinks.
"Items are cut out and ready to sew," Campbell said. "We will sew, sew and sew."
The charity sew is the Henderson group's first, but members meet at 10:30 a.m. on the second Thursday of every month at Hancock Fabrics. The next meeting will be held Oct. 11 and will feature fabric coiled bowls.
Every month, a member demonstrates a project, which has included table runners, fabric bowls and purses. Members bring all the materials, as well as sewing machines and other supplies.
Campbell said it's a great way for sewing enthusiasts to teach each other.
"That's one of our goals, to help each other," said Marilyn McCartney, the Las Vegas Chapter's vice president.
If a sewer isn't interested in making the project, they can bring an unfinished object and still be part of the group. Sometimes those items become the next month's project.
"It's like show and tell," McCartney said.
The neighborhood sewing groups are needed because of how big and spread out Las Vegas is, McCartney said. There also are citywide groups that focus on special interests rather than location.
For more information, visit www.asg.org.
To RSVP for the charity sew or to get the October project's material list, call 263-9302 or 360-9491.
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