Day 4

Day 4: Today we worked on the small staircase quilts to show the women what they could make with just a few strips of fabric. The younger kids made some more dolls, which they love to play with and throw around. The older kids and women worked on their applique and they made simple houses. Many of them turned out very well and we are planning on taking them back to America in a quilt. Once the older women had finished their applique they were very excited to make small quilts. They had a lot of fun picking out fabrics and they made some very beautiful work.

Some of the kids wanted to learn how to use the treadle machines so I had them sit down next to me and peddle. Slowly I would decrease my pressure on the machine and soon they were sewing all by themselves. Even though the machines kept breaking, the Haitians persevered and felt very accomplished once they got it down.

All of the ages of people really enjoyed making small bags, that they called sacks. They added drawstrings and some of them even appliqued onto them. Once Ammonia saw the staircase quilts that we were working on she immediately wanted to make one of her own. Even though she said that it was a lot of work she really enjoyed the challenge. The Haitians were sad when we told them that we would need to take tomorrow off because we are going down to Lilivois to see the sewing cooperative there.

After a lunch of black beans and rice we decided to go for a walk around the villages. We saw many beautiful views and had fun walking along the sides of the mountains. Although we are unhappy that we will not be able to sew tomorrow we are very excited to see the cooperative.