Hale, BBES make signature bookmarks
Published 11:51 am Tuesday, December 9, 2014
- Gail Hale embroids names on bookmarks for second and fourth grade students at Barkley Bridge Elementary School. | Brent Maze
Gail Hale is giving Barkley Bridge second and fourth graders a unique present for the holidays – a bookmark with their name embroidered on it.
Hale brought her sewing and embroidery machine to the school last week and got each student to write their name on a digital, which converts their handwriting into stitches for the bookmark.
“It’s just something I enjoy doing for the students each year,” Hale said. “Sewing is one of my hobbies and I enjoy it.”
Hale is no stranger to Barkley Bridge Elementary. She worked in the library from when the school opened until she retired a few years ago.
Last year, she brought back the bookmark tradition for a new generation of Barkley Bridge students and is continuing it this holiday season.
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- Gail Hale shows second and fourth grade students what their bookmarks look like before their names are embroidered on them. | Brent Maze
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- Gail Hale’s sewing and embroidery machine makes a bookmark for a student at Barkley Bridge Elementary School Dec. 3. | Brent Maze
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- This is how the bookmark will look once it is finished. | Brent Maze
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- From left, Caiden Sutton, Lainey Weaver, Morgan Shaneyfelt and Madisyn Bishop watch as Gail Hale shows how her sewing and embroidery machine works. | Brent Maze
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- Jackson Schutt looks at his name on the screen as it will appear on his bookmark, which will be made by Gail Hale. | Brent Maze
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- Brayden Huckabee, left, and Mallika Kharel get instructions from Gail Hale on how they need to write their names for their embroidered bookmark. | Brent Maze
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- Gwen Ricks looks on as Mallika Kharel write her name for Gail Hale, who will make her an embroidered bookmark. | Brent Maze
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- Kyman Hogan writes his name while Gail Hale looks at the viewscreen for her digital sewing and embroidery machine. | Brent Maze
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- Maggie Garrett writes her name for a bookmark that Gail Hale will make for her. | Brent Maze
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- Jackson Bryant, left, looks at how he wrote his name on the viewscreen of Gail Hale’s sewing/embroidery machine. | Brent Maze
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- Hailey Black, center, writes her name on a digital table so that Gail Hale, right, can embroider Black’s name on a bookmark. | Brent Maze
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- Ethan Baldazo writes his name on a table using a stylus as Gail Hale looks on. The pad is digitizing his name for Hale’s sewing and embroidery machine. | Brent Maze
