“I knew the conditions over there were really sad,” she said. “We have so many blessings here in America. These children have basic needs we don’t even give a thought to. They don’t have the choices that we make all day long. The choices of what to eat and what to wear are more desperate. The help we have in America is not available.”
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Potter asked her fellow churchgoers to help make dresses for poor villagers who needed them. Together, the women sewed 332 dresses to help dress the needy.
“I know the dresses won’t last a long time, but they will be a blessing and maybe they lead to more blessings in the children’s lives,” Potter said.
Learning how to sew is an excellent way to give back to the community. Enroll in a class on sewing today to learn several projects that will help you do something as grand as organizing a relief effort or as simple as sewing on a button when you lose one from your shirt. Sewing your own clothes is also a great way to save money. Classes will cover everything from altering your clothes by taking them in, letting them out, or hemming them, as well as making clothes from patterns. You will have the flexibility in choosing what sewing techniques to focus on during sessions, such as working with elastic, adding zippers, and more.