Events › Sewing for Beginners: Roll-up Organizer |Summer Reading 2026

Learn how to use a sewing machine and sew your own fabric roll-up organizer or bring in your own project to work on. Sewing machines and materials to make one organizer will be provided per person. This event is for adults and teens.

Please visit the Gilroy Library and register in person at the upstairs Information desk starting June 1. We will not take registration by phone or email. Register for either the session on Saturday, June 20 (2:30-4:30pm) or Monday, June 22 (6:30-8:30pm). Please arrive on time otherwise your spot may be given to someone on the Waitlist.

Led by Marsi O'Malley-Riley, a retired Gilroy librarian. She currently volunteers at Fabmo, a non-profit organization that rescues designer samples and fabric and makes them available to the public for creative reuse.

Sign up for Summer Reading 2026: Plant a Seed, Read, June 1st – July 31st and visit the Gilroy Library to pick up your sign up prize! Earn a reward for reading 5 books and completing 1 activity by the end of August.

Sign up and track your books on paper or with Beanstack online: https://sccl.beanstack.org/reader365 or download the free Beanstack App.

Pick up your finishing reward at your local SCCLD library August 1st – 31st while supplies last.

All Summer Reading Program information available here: www.sccld.org/summer

For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+ days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@lib.sccgov.org.