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The Fashion Department for Field Day

The Fashion Department Class of 2010 is in the process of making two velvet patchwork quilts and thirty-five canvas tote bags all from recycled materials.  Both quilts, which are being constructed by recycled designer swatches, will be raffled off. The tote bags will be sold at the school store. Proceeds from both are being donated to Student Council to help fund Field Day.

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Left to right - Jasmine Nazario Kim Rabis, and Miss Gilmartin work on a velvet quilt in shades of red.
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Left to right - Veronica Ortiz, Tamara Felix, Casey Colon and instructor Miss Gilmartin
work on a velvet quilt in shades of greens, blues and tans.

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Front row left to right: Tamara Felix, Veronica Ortiz, Jasmine Nazario

Back row: Casey Colon, Miss Gilmartin and Kim Rabis

Jestina Morales and Ashley Kawecki, who were not present, were responsible for making and decorating the Kanji Bags.

Kanji Bag

We chose to name them ‘Kanji Bags’ because we stenciled characters on the bags, and Kanji is a system of Japanese writing using Chinese derived characters.  The characters on the bags were chosen because they are the elements of life that we felt were important to us.” Miss Gilmartin said.  From left to right, they are LOVE, PEACE, ENERGY and ETERNITY.