Buba Blouse: Nigerian Hand Sewing & Stories

Tue, Dec 20 2022
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Virtual

celebrate heritage Heritage Ambassadors

Explore African sewing with BPL Ambassador, Saratu Mshelia, as she tells us about her journey starting a fashion business based on Nigerian textiles and shows us how to sew an authentic African blouse.

Saratu Mshelia is a folklorist and cultural enthusiast from northeast Nigeria, who has found her passion in the craft of clothes making that promote African textiles by merging them with western designs.

This pre-recorded program will air at 6:00pm on the BPL Facebook page 

        Supplies needed:

  • 2 yards of fabric
  • fabric scissors
  • seam ripper
  • pinking shears
  • French curve

  • 1 measuring tape

  • 1 large eye 1.5 inch sewing needle

  • 2 all-purpose polyester sewing threads
  • 1 tailors chalk
  • 1 straight ruler
  • 2 yards 1/2 inch Double folded black bias tape
  • 1 sets of sewing pins 

Immigrant Services Program

Brooklyn Public Library's Folk Arts program is supported by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Add to My Calendar 12/20/2022 06:00 pm 12/20/2022 06:45 pm America/New_York Buba Blouse: Nigerian Hand Sewing & Stories <p>Explore African sewing with BPL Ambassador, Saratu Mshelia, as she tells us about her journey starting a fashion business based on Nigerian textiles and shows us how to sew an authentic African blouse.</p> <p>Saratu Mshelia is a folklorist and cultural enthusiast from northeast Nigeria, who has found her passion in the craft of clothes making that promote African textiles by merging them with western designs.</p> <p>This pre-recorded program will air at 6:00pm on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynPublicLibrary/">BPL Facebook page</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Supplies needed:</p> <ul> <li>2 yards of fabric</li> <li>fabric scissors</li> <li>seam ripper</li> <li>pinking shears</li> <li>French curve</li> <li> <p>1 measuring tape</p> </li> <li> <p>1 large eye 1.5 inch sewing needle</p> </li> <li>2 all-purpose polyester sewing threads</li> <li>1 tailors chalk</li> <li>1 straight ruler</li> <li>2 yards 1/2 inch Double folded black bias tape</li> <li>1 sets of sewing pins&nbsp;</li> </ul> Brooklyn Public Library - Virtual MM/DD/YYYY 60