Sewing scrubs diary
8th April – An appeal was made for people to help to make scrubs for local GP’s. Sew Much Fun, a local sewing shop, agreed to order fabric and Hampstead Parish Church agreed to pay for the fabric. Sew Much Fun agreed to put sewing kits together. I was anxious to get ahead and I found a free digital pattern to print out.
To make the pattern I hoisted the big roll of pattern paper onto the cutting board on the table, assembled the pattern using masking tape, traced around the lines for the size I wanted with the perforated tracing wheel and cut out on the marks. Some people have snazzy pattern weights to hold things in place. I have a Zimbabwean tortoise and a commemorative plaque for one of my heroes, Jean Moulin. I ordered 25 metres of material said to be suitable.
15th April – My material arrived and I was ready to start
22nd April – SewMuch Fun’s kits arrived with sufficient to make 3 kits. I decided to sew in batches. One of the photographs shows three necklines ready to go.
28th April – Four sets with their washable bags were complete and sent to the GP hub
I’ve got enough fabric for about three more, and I’m told they can be used, so I’m going ahead. This has proved to be a good way to keep positively busy. I’m happy to share my pattern, and method if that would help anyone.
