Sustainable Crown Hill

The Farmer’s Market at Ballard is open on Sundays from 10am to 3pm through November 23.
Join us on Sundays as we bike from Crown Hill to the Farmer’s Market.
Next expedition: Sunday, Oct 12 at 11am. Meet at the old Crown Hill Elementary School at
11am, at the 14th Ave entrance. Email Carol for details or questions at carolbarber@comcast.net

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Have you heard??  We’re going to have to start paying for our plastic habit at the grocery store.  You can avoid the hit to your pocket book, reduce your dependence on plastic and feel good about using something you made yourself.  Your bag will be a better conversation starter than your latest hairdo.

Join us on August 22, 2008 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm to make your own original bag (or 2 or 3) to store in your car or bike basket for your next shopping trip.  These one of a kind bags are made from fabric that was saved from the landfill and your personal *trash*.  The pattern is easy enough for beginning sewers and there will be others to help you out if you get stuck.

Bring a snack to share, your sewing machine, scissors, thread, rotary cutter and a cutting mat if you have one.  Also, if you want to incorporate a fancy pocket - bring a little *trash* goodie - something that shows off your decadence, your midnight indulgence, your organic-ness or whatever you just tossed in the trash can!

Hope to see you there!

August 22, 2008
6:30 to 9:00 pm
Abundant Life Church
9204 11th Ave NW
(in the church basement)

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Movie night this month night featured a local potluck before the main act. Fun and adventure, no rules, just sharing what we’ve learned. It was mid-July right? We should be getting WA state fruits and veggies in our local stores (or at least something from Eastern WA) Carol B was surprised to find most of the veggies whe wanted to top her ‘zucchini’ pizza at the PCC trucked in from California. Too late in the day for the University Farmers’ Market, she headed back to PCC for some Beechers Handmade Cheese. http://www.beechershandmadecheese.com She enthused “… the montery jack was soft but held together- not crumbly, and that it gave a bit as I grated it.” She urged everyone to give it a try.

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1. If you have fruit you won’t be using, let me know and when it will be ripe.
2. If you know a neighbor who has a tree that they might be willing to donate from, go ask them and then let me know.
3. If you’d like to join in on a picking session one weekday evening or weekend day in the next few months - you guessed it - let me know!

1. Put together a list of trees that need to be picked.
2. When one or more trees is ready to be picked I’ll send out a call to everyone that has said they’d be willing to pick to show up at a certain time and place if they’re able.
3. Make sure we’ve got the tools and supplies we need to pick, package, and deliver everything to the food bank.

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JOIN US:  Friday, July 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Abundant Life Church (9204 11th Ave NW)

We had a fun evening June 13 cutting fabric, snacking, gabbing, and sewing - a veritable hen fest.  We’d love to have some men join us this next time around.  We won’t be able to work as late since the second Walkable Crown Hill design charettewill be the following day.

On Friday, July 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Abundant Life Church (9204 11th Ave NW), we’ll make some more bags.  We cut out material for two sizes thanks to a pattern that Nikki found.  Feel free to invite others who might enjoy.

We didn’t get around to stenciling but if anyone knows how to do this or has materials, please bring and teach the rest of us.

Hope to see some friendly faces.

Danielle

PS. Things to bring:
snack to share
sewing machine
scissors
thread
rotary cutter and mat (if you have one)
pins

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We had a fun evening June 13 cutting fabric, snacking, gabbing, and sewing - a veritable hen fest.  We’d love to have some men join us this next time around.  We won’t be able to work as late since the second Walkable Crown Hill design charette will be the following day.

On Friday, July 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Abundant Life Church (9204 11th Ave NW), we’ll make some more bags.  We cut out material for two sizes thanks to a pattern that Nikki found.  Feel free to invite others who might enjoy.

We didn’t get around to stenciling but if anyone knows how to do this or has materials, please bring and teach the rest of us.

Hope to see some friendly faces.

Danielle

PS. Things to bring:
snack to share
sewing machine
scissors
thread
rotary cutter and mat (if you have one)
pins

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Getting tired of not having a sustainable choice at the grocery checkout line to the question “paper or plastic”?  The quality of those 99 cent imported bags from QFC and Freddie’s leaves a lot to be desired with almost no seam allowance, fabric that tears easily.  Let’s get our heads together. We’re going to be creating re-usable cloth shopping bags for ourselves. We have a bolt of otherwise unused fabric, and someone on hand to help us design attractive, sturdy, locally made market shopping bags.

Since this will be our first meeting we’ll need to decide several key things that will shape the future of the project.  We have lots of fabric so we don’t have to limit ourselves to making bags, should the creative inspiration hit someone.

If you have a sewing machine, bring it.  Also, bring scissors or rotary cutters, thread, pins, measuring tape - all that good stuff.  If you know other people who might be interested, feel free to bring them along.  If you have ideas for stenciling or painting on fabric, bring those ideas and materials you don’t mind sharing as well.

If everyone could bring a munchie or snack to share - it might help keep the ideas and fingers flying.

Friday, June 13th
6:30-9:00 PM
Abundant Life Church Basement
9204 11th Ave NW

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