Britlee was able to donate three pairs of jeans toward Sole Hope, so THANK YOU BRITLEE! Your pairs of jeans will now be able to help 6 different children protect their feet from painful jiggers also called sand fleas.
It was such a nice day today that I was able to go on our back porch and cut the fabric. Each shoe requires 6 different pieces of fabric, so a pair of shoes contains 12 pieces of fabric (and plastic heels).
Two pairs of shoes were cut today from one pair of jeans. One pair of jeans is the perfect amount of fabric for two pairs of shoes! The templates were cut then traced on card-stock for a sturdier outline. The process has begun, and jeans are being cut!
I went looking around my house for jeans, so I might not have to spend money to buy them used. I ended up finding jeans in our family closet that we were planning to give away for hand-me-downs.
I hope to go to the World Wide Mission Store this week or weekend to get more jeans for the shoes. If you don't know about the World Wide Mission Store, it is a huge thrift store that gives its proceeds to WorldWide Missions Outreach Ministries (http://worldwidemissions.org/). The mission store can be found at this address: 301 N Congress Ave, Evansville, IN 47715
I just ordered the 10 Person Shoe Cutting Party Packet from Sole Hope. The packet was $15 dollars, and I hope to order a T-shirt from them as well. The next step for my 20 Time is to find a group of people to help me make the shoes.
I did some searching for the shoe pattern and found out I need to "host" a shoe building party in order to get the shoe pattern. The minimum amount of people for a party is ten, so I'm assuming they will give me 10 shoe patterns if I order the party package. I may look for other people to make shoes with me or just make all of them.
I looked through clothes that I am planning on giving away and found some "blue" jeans. Next step is to find the pattern for the shoes!
Because I still don't know how to sew, I have decided to make shoes from jeans. Sole Hope is an organization that delivers jean shoes to Uganda. Their purpose is to effectively put in place preventive methods to combat diseases that enter through the feet and to create a positive physical and spiritual difference in the lives of individuals in impoverished communities. This is their website for more information: http://www.solehope.org/
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Hello!I'm Sarah Shull, and I attend F. J. Reitz High School Archives
May 2015
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