SEWING DAY

Recently, several of the women from our church got together for a day of sewing. We are making clothes for an orphanage in Haiti which we support. People were everywhere - cutting, sewing, pressing, etc. It was a great time of fun and fellowship with other women, and amazingly, we actually got a lot accomplished! I can get kinda giddy in a crowd, don't ask my friends about this, so I was surprised that I could work in that kind of environment. I'm used to working with just my dogs in the room.

 One of our younger seamstresses, who I think should get a job in the costuming department at the Royal Opera House in London! (I wonder if she could get me free tickets with airfare included?  ;-)

 Hard at work. Look at those machines! I stick to my commercial and ancient Kenmore, and have never used a serger. Doesn't it look terrifying??!

A day in the 'sweatshop' :-)
Why did that bring up the tune of 'Workin' in a Coal Mine' ??

 An example of the finished (or almost finished) product
Both boys and girls clothes are being made.

The wonderful women who fed us

I really felt like I had way too good a time to deserve such an amazing lunch!

Cheesy broccoli soup (completely homemade, so no forthcoming headache!), hummus chicken wraps, and fruit - delicious!

That was only part of the lunch! And when I got home, I tried to replicate that amazing wrap.  I don't think I got it exactly right, but here's what I came up with:


CHICKEN VEGGIE WRAP

Large, 9" or so, flour tortillas
Shredded chicken (I used canned chicken breast)
Hummus (this is my recipe)
     4 cloves garlic, minced and then mashed
     2 15-oz cans of garbanzo beans, drained (save liquid) and rinsed
     2 T. sesame oil
     1/3 c. freshly squeezed lime juice
     1/2 c. garbanzo bean liquid
     1/4 c. olive oil
     1/2 t. salt
     a little cayenne, to taste
    
Mixed greens
Red bell peppers, thinly sliced
Green peppers, thinly sliced
Onions, thinly sliced
Shredded carrot
Fresh tomatoes (Romas, preferably) diced
Feta cheese
Kalamata olives, sliced


Spread a thick layer of hummus on one side of tortilla, making sure to get it all the way to the edges. Sprinkle on remaining ingredients, then roll tortilla, cut in half, and serve.


I'm not sure what the miracle ingredient was in the wraps she made, for mine didn't taste exactly like the ones we ate at the sewing day, but they were still very good! Definitely good enough to eat the whole thing!


At least in Wisconsin, we're hungry in the wintertime.

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