If you’re a quilter and you don’t live under a rock, (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) you’ve probably heard tell of Margaret’s Hope Chest, a great organization that collects quilts for people in hopeless situations.
What you might not know is that quilters have mobilized not just to make physical donations, but also to provide patterns for those of us who might want to whip up a warm blanket for the latest MHC project: collecting quilts for homeless children.
Kathy at Pink Chalk Studio has designed a simple but colorful ISpy quilt that’s perfect for kids, and is also linking to a wonderful portable project over at a stitch in dye.
Both are ideal candidates for charity quilting – cheerful, but not so complicated they can’t be completed and sent of by the project deadline of November 15th. I love the idea of getting your family involved and making two matching ones – one for a special child in your life, and one for a child in need – to remind us all of just how connected we are, when we stop to think about it.