Sewing kits for Refugees.

We have a good collection of sewing boxes and supplies for making up sewing kits for newcomers to Canada, but would be happy to receive more, along with a small donation (we suggest a toonie) so that we can purchase any items for which we have a shortfall.  These will be made up into sewing kits and donating them to the Rockcliffe-Rideau Community Resource Centre, which gives a great deal of assistance to the families who have settled in the neighbourhood of Donald Street.

What goes into a basic sewing kit?

• Scissors
• Measuring tape
• Thread (one dark, one light, but also coloured, per kit)
• Hand needles
• Needle threader
• Thimble
• Straight pins and safety pins
• Pincushion (maybe you’d like to make one?)
• Buttons
• Seam ripper
• Miscellaneous items also welcome, especially if they have to do with repairs or mending, such as:
  • snaps
  • hooks and eyes
  • hem tape
  • Velcro
  • knee/elbow patches.

Just a note, for sharp items such as needles, pins, etc., please place them in a container, wrap them or tape them up so that they won’t prick people handling them.

For more information email [email protected]