A class of Burnaby high school students has put its needles to work to provide a little comfort to local rescue dogs.
Canines at the Burnaby SPCA now have a set of fabric bones to chew and mini quilts to lie on thanks to Moscrop Secondary’s new textile crafts class.
The upcycling project is one of two initiatives the grade-9-to-12-class has undertaken to help out the local SPCA this year.
In December, students raised $158 during a class craft fair, selling items they made, like stuffies, bags, pencil cases and pillows.
They decided to enhance their SPCA donation with chew toys made of old T-shirts they brought from home.
“You cut the T-shirts into strips and then it’s like multiple braidings and knottings,” Moscrop home economics teacher Oralie Loong told the NOW.
The blankets were fashioned out of scrap fabric that had been kicking around the school “forever,” according to Loong.
“It’s just like a little blanket to put on the bottom of the cage,” she said. “We got the dimensions of the cages from the SPCA and then just tried to make them in those dimensions.”
The class delivered the comfort items this week.
Moscrop hasn’t offered a textile class past Grade 8 for a few years because of a lack of interest, according to Loong.
The school revitalized the program this year by offering a grade-9-to-12 class focused on making crafts instead of clothing.
“We’ve got a full block this year,” said Loong of her 28-student class.
