If you missed out on the pattern I linked to yesterday, and you still want to help Haiti, consider purchasing instructions for the Charm Bracelets quilt.
Donkey not included.
January 20, 2010
January 19, 2010
Tutorial Tuesday: Craft Hope
If you’re looking to do a good deed or two while shopping, check out the Craft Hope etsy shop. All purchases made here will benefit Doctors Without Borders in Haiti, so there’s not better time to pick up some patterns, like this one:
November 27, 2009
Forget blocks!
If the fabrics are sweet enough, who needs more than one patch?
This beautiful 12-square quilt was made for charity by petits details.
November 11, 2009
Quilts of Valor
There’s no better time than Veterans Day to post about Quilts of Valor, a group that distributes handmade quilts to Veterans who need them.
I love these tops that Silly l’il Doe is planning to send to QOV. Notice the subtle pieced “sashing.” What a great way to achieve a more masculine look without having to default to solids. And you can’t go wrong with pinwheels.
She has an awfully cute helper, too!
One cool thing about QoV is that they have volunteer longarmers, which is great for those of us who are short on time, or don’t have the technology to to whip out a fully quilted project in a few hours.
If you’re thinking about doing some charitable quilting, Quilts of Valor is a great cause. The American military is the best trained in the world, but we don’t always know what’s best for our returning soldiers. What better way to say “thank you” than with a quilt?
There’s a QoV flickr group for lots more inspiration. And be sure to check out these tops from the industrious Amada Jean. She collected blocks from her blog readers (including me!) and will ultimately be able to use them to make FIVE whole quilts. Yay!
All of which definitely makes me want to try to use this space for some group charitable quilting sometime down the road. There are so many great causes that it can all get overwhelming for one person. Then I look at what Amanda Jean was able to collect and put together in a matter of weeks, and I think, “We can do it!”
October 27, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday: ISpy for a Good Cause
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.