Members of the American Sewing Guild are getting ready for Christmas, even though it’s August. Guild members were busy this week sewing Christmas stockings to be shipped to military members stationed overseas. The group worked into the early afternoon at Murrysville Alliance Church. The stockings are donated to New Kensington-based nonprofit Military Connections, which fills them with treats and distributes them.
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Sewing guild busy working on Christmas stockings for soldiers
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Erin Garstka of Monroeville works on a vintage 1950 Singer Featherweight sewing machine at the Murrysville Alliance Church as members of the American Sewing Guild gathered to make Christmas stockings. When complete, the stockings will be given to New Kensington nonprofit Military Connections to be filled and sent overseas.
Louis Ruediger | TribLive
Diane Olcott works on a serger that is capable of sewing 1,400 stitches per minute as members of the American Sewing Guild gathered to make Christmas stockings. When complete, the stockings will be given to New Kensington nonprofit Military Connections to be filled and sent overseas.
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Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
