Bag Project part II

Here they're... School bags for SD Juara again.

Squares received

Thank you to Tetty-Jakarta and Laura-Phoenix for all these lovely squares.

Our progress report

We still joining squares to finish 47 bags for SD Juara. These are our joining ( body bags ).

Thanks to Fenny, Amanda and Rini who help us for joining these wonderful bags.

Fenny still finishing the handle.. You'll see all of them later

New Squares Received

Thank you to Olive, Oma and Yuli for take a part at our charity project. All your squares are great.

Olive make a cuties square from our pattern and they're great.

Oma and Yuli make 16 grannies for us, with noted : Hope it can be useful. Of course they're :)

New Squares Received

We received some squares from Christine-Semarang. Thank you so much Christine.

And Rini has finished joining the body of the bags which will be finishing by Fenny and send them to SD Juara at Bandung. Good job Rin.

Square received

Dini from Malang has been send her squares. So Lovely. Thank you so much for take a part of our charity group.

Squares received

These squares are from Liberty-Lahat. Lovely.. Thank you so much

New Squares Received

On friday we received 9 squares from Ima - Semarang

She sent 3 squares from pattern I
2 squares from pattern II
2 squares from pattern III
2 squares from pattern IV

Like your squares much Ima. Very lovely and colourful. Thank you so much for take a part at our project.

Bags and squares received

 

 

 

 

This bag is from Mbak Anoem - Medan. She made the bag and helped the joining process. Thank you Mbak Anoem, the bag is really nice. So this bag will be the 32th bag for the students of SD Juara.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And these squares are from Deasy - Palembang. She made 1 body bag that she had joined and 9 more squares of pattern 1. Thank you Deasy.

Pattern 4 - Bullion Ripple Square

Our new pattern design using bullion stitch and ripple stitch. We can make fancy bag or scarf or blanket from this design. This design is available since few days ago, you can read what our designer said about this design.

 

If you want to have this pattern, you can join our group and send at least 2 squares to us as exchange of the square pattern. We are waiting for you to join our group.

 

Lets dancing with our fingers again ;)

Updates and Squares Received

Sorry if we do not post much recently. We have a few news update about our group. Right now, we have 4 persons who in charge to join the squares, and it seems everyone will start to get busy to join the squares since everyone received some squares from members.

 

The new joining contributors are Rini and Amanda, both are from Jakarta. So right now, we have 2 people in Bandung and 2 people in Jakarta. For our members who live in Jakarta, you can send your square more easy now. And we would like to thank for Rini and Amanda who are willing to help this group joining the squares.

 

The other updates are, right now the pattern for the big squares and how to make vertical joining. Thanks to our designer Thata Pang who prepare the pattern for the bag and how to join it. So if any of you want to help us making the school bags for SD Juara, you are welcome to join us.

 

And here are the squares that we received recently

 

Amanda received 6 squares of pattern 1 from Teti

 

Rini received 6 squares of pattern 1 from Natalie

  

 

Katrin received 4 big squares from Meiche and 2 squares of pattern 2 from Villi

 

And Fenny received many squares from Hesti and our designer (Thata Pang)

Hesthi sent 2 big squares for bag, and 4 squares of pattern 3

And mbak Thata sent 7 big squares for making school bags and 2 big squares that she joined already as body bag (only need to add the lining and the strap).

 

Thank you for everyone who sent the squares. We are waiting for more squares to join, to make the school bags for students of SD Juara.

Recently Squares Received

These are some new squares that we received recently from our members.

 

	These 2 squares are from Adyati - Cimahi
	These 2 squares of pattern 2 and 1 square of pattern 3 are from Amanda - Jakarta
	Dian sent us 2 big squares and 3 squares of pattern 1
	And Herny sent us these 4 squares from pattern 2 and also 8 squares from pattern 1 that she joined as 2 big squares.

 

Thank you everyone. We are really appreciate for every squares that we received and we will use them to make more school bags for SD Juara students.

School bags for "SD Juara" students

 

On Saturday 9th August 2008, Fenny, Katrin and Lenny went to SD Juara to give the school bags to the 4th and 5th year students. They give 29 school bags in total. They arrived at SD juara around 09.00 AM and when they arrived, the students, the teachers and staff from rumah zakat were already waiting for them.

 

Most Indonesian school doesn't have holiday on Saturday, so Fenny and friends thought that the students came to study. It turns out that the students came just to welcome them.

 

The first program was introduction. One of the teacher introduce the headmaster and other teachers, and also the children. And then there was a welcome speech from the headmaster. From our side, Lenny gives a short speech. After that it was the Question and Answer session.

 

Here are some of their Questions and our Answers:

Student: How many branches does your club have?

Fenny: The From DC with Love is a knitting group which has many members from all over Indonesia, and even abroad. So we don't have a branch because we can contact each other via the internet, email, and web site. Sometime we meet offline to share knitting and crocheting and to get to know each other.

 

Student: how long does it take to make a square?

Katrin: It took about an hour to make a square. If you are good at it, it will take less time (a square sample was handed over to the students)

 

Student: what does the bag look like? Can't wait to see it.

Katrin: It's a shoulder bag, with different colors for boys and girls

 

Student: can you teach us to make one?

Fenny + Katrin: If you really want to learn, we can arrange something. We can come on Sunday, because we have to work from Monday to Saturday

 

And then there was poem reading and some letters from the Koran by the students. After that the bags are distributed to the students. The bags are distributed to the 4th and 5th grade students, five students at a time came forward, received the bag, wear it, and do a group photo.

 

The students were very happy receiving the new bags. Some students wears the bag right away, they empty their old bag, and put the contents to the new bag.

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Seeing those happy faces on the students and their enthusiasm to learn crocheting made us feel very happy too. We hope all the members who already sent their square can see, how we use the squares and give it to those who need it. We would like to thank you for all square contributor, for every donor and also for all the prayer that you gave for us. We still need to make school bags for another 47 students, so if you can crochet and want to share your talent and your left over stash, we invite you to join our group.

 

For anyone who lives in Bandung and want to help teaching crochet for the students, please contact us. Any hook or yarn that you don't need anymore, we are more than happy to receive and give it to those who need it. 

Bags to Deliver August 9th 2008

These are some bags that we will deliver tomorrow. We already upload 16 bags previously, so we just upload the rest of it. You may see how your squares become bags. Thank you for everyone who support this project. We will deliver only for 2 classes first, so the school bags project is still open. We are still waiting for your squares or your school bags. Thank you for everyone who participated.

 

For anyone who want to come to SD Juara tomorrow, please feel free to contact us. We invite everyone to come, we can also make a mini gathering of this group.

And these are a little bit behind the scene how we prepare for tomorrow.

Bags and Square Received

 

	Amanda sent 3 bags, while the 2 squares are from Artati. Good Job Amanda, thanks to Amanda and Artati.