Girls gather online for scrub caps sewing bee

Five teenage girls have spent their school holidays chatting online while making scrub caps together for a local GP clinic.

These five friends from St Rita's College Clayfield sewed scrub caps together, while chatting via Zoom, during their school holidays.

FIVE teenage girls have spent their school holidays chatting online while making scrub caps together for a local GP clinic.

The girls, who are in Years 7 to 9 at St Rita’s College Clayfield, decided they wanted they do their part to relieve the shortage of personal protective equipment for medical staff

Carla Burns, mother of two of the girls Imogen and Lottie, said the family went for their annual flu shots at Family Doctors Plus at Windsor and were surprised to hear the clinic had a greater need for protective scrub caps than masks, as their suppliers were out of stock.

Imogen and Lottie Burns have spent their school holidays sewing scrub caps.

“I have been sewing since I was 13 and started teaching the girls when they were eight and nine,” Mrs Burns said.

“We printed a scrub cap pattern out on an A4 page and I showed the girls how to scale it up to size.

“The girls then wanted to catch up with their friends on Zoom while teaching each other how to make the scrub caps; it was fabulous – a virtual sewing bee,” she said.

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Mrs Burns said the girls created around 20 caps between them that day.

“We arranged to deliver them to Dr Fiona Raciti at Family Doctors Plus and she was so happy to accept the colourful caps for her team.”

Dr Maria Boulton (from Family Doctors Plus) with daughter Lara who made scrub caps to donate to the clinic.

Dr Maria Boulton, whose daughter Lara is part of the sewing group, said the Family Doctors Plus team was extremely grateful for the girls’ efforts.

“They sourced the pattern on their own and are using left over material; the results are colourful, happy and gorgeous,” Dr Boulton said.

The caps come in two sizes, tie at the back for easy adjusting and each is unique with vibrant, contrasting coloured thread.

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The sewing group, which also included Sophie Simms and Olivia Rooijmans, said in a combined statement, “We all thought giving back to the community by sewing scrub caps, which were much needed, was a generous way of spending our holidays and a way to stay connected as great friends”.