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Oregon City Christian Charity Sewing Group
Contact Information Name Marsha McClintock Email Project Information Mission Statement We sew for Bloomin’ Boutique and Angels in the Outfield, who both work with children in foster care programs throughout the Portland area....
Passage Quilts Medley
Introduction Brenda Marks Almost a year ago, my father was in the hospital for the last time, trying to outsmart end-stage kidney cancer. When he was finally placed in hospice care, the chaplain visited...
OEKO-TEX and the Environmental/Sustainability Rabbit Hole
As I shop online, I see more and more fabrics advertised and labeled with OEKO-TEX certification. Maybe you have seen this wording, too, and wondered what it really means. The OEKO-TEX website reports this:...
World of Knits: Ponte Knit
“If you were stranded on a desert island with only one fabric to sew, it should be ponte knit.” — Nancy Nix-Rice Ponte knit (aka Ponte de Roma and Ponte di Roma) is used...
Online Treasure Chest
In the Secret Life of a Seamstress, Nancy Bell writes “the story of trying to tailor a modern Life of snags and patches, using old-fashioned skills, patient ingenuity, and the occasional curse to create...
At the September 2021 Quarterly Meeting
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