Meet Mama Ruth, house mother extraordinaire. She is in charge of a cottage of 10 girls. She decided that all of our older girls needed to learn to sew basic stitches with a needle and thread, and started sewing class during the school break.
She started by passing out a needle to every girl with strict instructions for them not to touch it until she warned them about all the dangers of needles. Hellen was so excited, but doing a good job of keeping her hands off!
After warnings, every girl threaded her needle properly. Big smiles all around when this task was completed!
Each girl was given a scrap square of cloth to practice stitching.
There was a lot of laughter,
a bit of confusion,
and quite a few mini-lessons and demonstrations,
but every girl had something to show for her effort in the end!
Now, these girls will split their Saturday afternoons between playing basketball and learning to sew. Mama Ruth is so talented, she instructs them in both activities. If she doesn't mind, she might even have an extra older student for sewing class - namely me.
Lovely!
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