Crafting Session: Create Your Own Sew-On Patch w/ The Matriots

***YOU WILL NOT ACTUALLY BE REGISTERED FOR THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU SIGN UP VIA THE MATRIOTS EDUCATION FUND WEBSITE (LINK BELOW)***

Join The Matriots for a craft session and brief talk on the history of craft, while learning more about The Matriots Education Fund. 

Dive into the history of how traditionally female crafts have been utilized as forms of protest, resistance, and communication, then complete your own craft. After learning a few simple embroidery stitches, create your own sew-on patch to take home. This activity is easy and accessible for everyone and the skills you learn are transferable to a next embroidery project – no special skills required! 

The event is open to all ages, high school +, and all skill levels. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $35 each and include a $15 tax-deductible donation to The Matriots Education Fund.

All sign ups for this class must be register through the event website, here.

*** Registering through the Sew To Speak website is not an official registration for this class. Please make sure to register through the link above. The cost of this crafting session is $35. Available spaces are also not tracked here. 

All Ages

Class Level: True Beginner

No skills needed! True Beginner classes are great for beginners with no previous experience or for those who’d like to refresh their skills.

Learn more about our class levels here. 

Supplies: There's no need to bring supplies with you. Just arrive ready to engage and learn.

Location: Sew to Speak, 752 High St., Worthington, OH 43085

Teacher: The Matriots & Mary Lee Hahn

This event is hosted in partnership by Sew To Speak and The Matriots Education Fund (MEF). MEF is an Ohio-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with a mission to demystify the political arena, its systems, processes, and roles, so that women can understand, and leverage, the power of their participation. The MEF advances representative leadership in Ohio with programs designed to encourage women to seek opportunities where they can engage, exercise agency, and influence policy.

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