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Ms. Butterfield from Hyannis, MA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sew ALL the Things!

Help me give my students sturdy and versatile sewing machines that can handle a range of materials to make all their designs come to life.

  • $9,441 goal

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My Students

BHS fashion students are creative and driven!

Our students learn to stretch their brains creatively, apply geometry, analyze and use construction skills, and prepare for interesting career possibilities.

Students in grades 9-12 spend their year learning skills and building a variety of impressive garments. Fashion 1 works on creating an alternative materials garment based on the theme of that year's Met Gala. Fashion 2 & 3 hone their drawing and construction skills, while Fashion 4 seniors spend the year designing and constructing a 'senior line'. There's nothing like seeing their pride and excitement at the annual fashion show.

This year, due to Covid-19, our hands-on projects have been abandoned and our fashion show canceled. The students see this class as their creative outlet and are feeling low and disappointed that all of their hard work this year will not be celebrated. I'm hoping to help raise their spirits with a surprise of new machines when they return this fall!

My Project

What does everyone in the world have in common?

Every day, we all get dressed!

Sewing is not a dead art. As long as clothes are worn, there will be a need for the skill. And the fashion industry is a large worldwide employer! Learning to sew and understand how the fashion industry works is career readiness! But, our classroom needs sewing machines in order to expand on that education.

Over the years, our machines have taken quite a beating and we lost a lot of them this past year. I am hoping to build a team of Brother Tough & Sturdy machines for the kids to be surprised with when they return in the fall. I purchased one of these machines this year for the students to put through its paces and it got rave reviews. Not only is the machine able to handle a wider variety of materials than the outdated and exhausted Janome schoolmates we currently use, it's also less digital. Classroom sewing machines get handled and moved more than the average machine, which tends to cause disruption with machines that rely on digital commands. The Brother machine has the option of an automatic buttonhole, but everything else is analog. Unlike the aging digital machines we have, an analog machine won't 'short circuit' halfway through a seam.

My ultimate goal is to purchase 30 of these machines for the classroom so that I can teach my incoming students on the same machine. Currently, we are using 5 different machines, and it is difficult to get beginners familiar with all of them. (It also makes it difficult to teach them all at the same time!)

Ms. Butterfield
Grades 9-12
    More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

    This project will reach 90 students.

    143 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brother ST371HD Strong and Tough Sewing Machine - 12-316 in. x 16-18 in. x 7-78 in. • Nasco $239.00 30 $7,170.00

Materials cost

$7,170.00

Vendor shipping charges

$717.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$107.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$8,024.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,416.10

Total project goal

$9,440.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$9,440.65

138 Donors

-$8,623.82

Donations toward project cost

-$7,387.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1,235.92

Matching donations from our partners

-$749.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$636.65

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$112.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$67.83

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$0.00

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