Repairs in November…

signAnna and Shirley created a patch for Anna’s favorite coat which had a torn lining under the arm.

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Hannah fixed the belt hoop on her trousers by inserting a piece of fabric where a tear had developed.

trousersSam created a button hole on a skirt that originally fastened with a hook and eye.

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Ali started to make stands for the Bevy Christmas decorations out of sections of tree trunk

2015-11-28-14.402015-11-28-12.57and fixed an old kitchen chair.

IMG_2931A coffee machine, that was failing to let coffee through was checked out by Mattia. He diagnosed that nothing was blocking the group head so he suggested running some de-scaler through it. If this doesn’t work then Elena will bring it back and Mattia will take it apart for a more detailed examination.

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2015-11-28-14.022015-11-28-14.02Danny a new volunteer, took a look at Betty’s portable CD system. Unfortunately it couldn’t be repaired as the lazer had stopped working – a very common problem.

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