The Dungog and Clarence Town Country Women's Association (CWA) is finding ways to give new life to old fabrics.
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The branch is now taking donations of fabrics that would otherwise end up in landfill, which it will pass along to charity Boomerang Bags or be used in the CWA's own monthly sewing day.
Dungog and Clarence Town CWA president Julie Fitzgerald said she is excited to use the branch's sewing days to put the materials to a good use and donate them to a charity of their choice.
"We've been given quite a lot of fabric, so we're going to have a sewing day on the third Thursday of every month where people can get together and sew items for charity," Ms Fitzgerald said.
The idea for a sewing day came about when the CWA got inundated with fabric lovers as members and donations of materials.
"Once you're a fabric lover one develops a stash, and it grows," Ms Fitzgerald said.
"It's a bit of a colour, texture and pattern addiction. Then there comes a time when you need to downsize, that's where we come in."
The CWA has already been able to donate a number of lap blankets created by members to the Maitland-based domestic violence service Carrie's Place.
On the morning of Friday, June 3, a representative from Carrie's Place will attend the Dungog and Clarence Town CWA hall to accept the blankets from the CWA ladies and talk about the organisation.
The CWA's leftover blankets and materials will be donated Boomerang Bags or sold at the CWA's weekly Saturday market.
Boomerang Bags is a Australia-born but global grassroots movement that creates bags from discarded fabric. The idea of Boomerang Bags is to connect communities, divert waste and foster sustainable behaviour.
The sewing days will take place every third Thursday of the month.
"It's a day for the members to come together and sew for a good cause," Mrs Fitzgerald said.
"It's an experiment. It's exciting, the fabrics, really beautiful colours and beautiful textures. It will be lovely to look at it and for people to be able to work out what they can do with it."