SewFly: Teen October Sewing Kit

Felt Stuffies! ~> Felties!

Create some cute and spooky stuffies! Come pick up an October Sewing Kit at either library location 10/13-11/6 or while supplies last!

This month in SewFly is Halloween and Día de los Muertos! Come pick up a kit from the Teen Loft or our Robert Crown Branch Library, through the end of October or while supplies last.

For Halloween, we are making the Zombie Duckie from "Zombie Felties," a popular craft book! For Día de los Muertos, we are designing our own Sugar Skull Felties. 

The Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. It is known there as Día de los Muertos. People who are from Mexico celebrate the festival in other countries as well. The festival is celebrated to remember loved ones who have died. It also helps people accept and deal with the idea of death. It takes place over two days, on November 1 and 2.

Different towns in Mexico celebrate the festival in different ways, but there are some common practices. On the first day it is believed that spirits of children who have died return. The second day is when the spirits of adults return. For both days people decorate the graves of their relatives with flowers and the favorite foods of the relatives. Many families build altars, called ofrendas, in their homes to honor their dead relatives. They decorate the altars with candles, flowers, food, and photos of their relatives. In addition, bakeries make a special type of bread called pan de muerto. People also eat candies and sweets shaped like skeletons, skulls, and other symbols of death.

Each kit includes: felt, embroidery floss, beads, stuffing, pins, needles, and thread. If you need sewing scissors or a sewing machine, those are available by request at the Teen Loft. One kit per person.

If you'd like some assistance with the project, or any other sewing project you're working on, we have drop-in sewing times on Sunday's 12:30-3pm, and Thursday's 5:30-7:30pm in the Teen Loft at the Main Library with Morgan and Elacsha.

These drop-in sessions are highly recommended for someone who doesn't know how to sew on a machine and would like to learn. If you would like to check out a machine, but don't know how to use one, we will direct you to come to one of these sessions. A staff tutorial is required to check out a sewing machine, as well as filling out an Equipment Loan Agreement. Parents may not complete the tutorial on behalf of their teen - teens must be present at the Loft to take home a machine. At this time, sewing machine check-out for use at home is not being offered through the Robert Crown Branch Library. 

These are the images we will be following and the supplies you'll need if you're not picking up a kit!

Supplies: 

Felt (2 panels for body pieces, and accent colors)
Stuffing
Embroidery floss and thread to match your project
Beads
Scissors
Needles (embroidery and regular)
Pins
Pencil or chalk to mark out your pattern

Any questions? Contact Morgan at mpatten@cityofevanston.org

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