[identity profile] rightsaidred.livejournal.com
So I found a post on Ravlery that led me to this Craftsy blog:

http://blog.craftsy.com/2012/03/meet-maddie/



This is a little girl in Tennessee who learned how to quilt, and is setting up a charity to make and distribute quilts for needy kids. According to an article I found in her local paper, the plan is that they will be distributed by first responders to kids who have experienced car wrecks, house fires, and other such trauma.  Only problem is, Grandma is on a fixed income, and the fabric stash is limited.  There's an address listed at the bottom of the Craftsy page where you can send fabric scraps and other quilting materials for Maddie.  Further down in the comments, her grandmother lists fabric stores that are in their area (should you prefer to send gift cards) as well as Maddie's e-mail, should you want to drop her a note.

I post this because I think it's wonderful to see a small kid who loves crafts so much, and who is giving away her hard work to help the less fortunate. And I think that as crafters, as well as kind human beings, this is something we ought to celebrate and support however we can, be it by donations of materials, or just by kind words of encouragement.
[identity profile] ilea.livejournal.com
Ok craftgrrls! Let's get this going!

We're going to be making pillowcases for Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and delivering them To Sew Expo's Pillowcase Patrol

LJ has agreed to be the collection point for our pillow cases. So when you are done making them send your package off to:

Craftgrrl Crafts for Charity
c/o LiveJournal Inc.
580 Market St. Ste 500
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA

From there they will be shipped off to [livejournal.com profile] mschilepepper who will take them over to Sew expo.

In order to get them there in time the pillow cases must be received no later than 2/22/12.

Here's some patterns/tutorials that were suggested:
http://jmnstars.blogspot.com/2010/12/look-what-i-made-monday_26.html
http://www.pacificfabrics.com/media/uploads/2011/02/13/files/Pillowcase_Pattern.pdf
http://siterepository.s3.amazonaws.com/00569201012271239106026.pdf
http://www.kickassquiltsupplies.com/hotdog.htm
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/freepatterns/BasicPillowcase2011.pdf

If you can't sew but can embroider/cross stitch you can buy a standard size pillow case and beautify it all up.

I'd really like to collect 900 pillowcases which is about a months supply. It's ambitious and probably unobtainable but lets give it a try! Please spread this post far and wide so we can get all the help we'd need to possibly reach that goal.
[identity profile] ilea.livejournal.com
UPDATE! :http://craftgrrl.livejournal.com/13721849.html

(I'm sure you all are tired of hearing from me by now - Sorry!)

So it's been brought to my attention that Sew Expo has a crafting for charity thing called pillow case patrol. It's where a bunch of seamstresses and embroiderers make pillow cases for the kids at Mary Bridge Childrens Hospital. Last year they took in 2800 pillowcases which is about a 3 month supply.

I really think that for our first Craftgrrl Craft for Charity we should get in on this. A pillowcase only takes about a yard and a half of fabric (HELLO STASH BUSTER!) and is so insanely easy to make that even the most inexperienced of us could do them... not to mention it's for a good cause. Pillowcases are even light enough that maybe the non-US based craftgrrls could participate.

We could make them, send them all to one place and then have them all delivered to Sew Expo in March with a big note that says something like <3 craftgrrl with the names of everyone who participated. We could even have a photo gallery for you all to upload pics of your pillow cases before you send them off.

What do you guys think? WHO IS WITH ME?!?!?!

Pillow case patterns:
http://www.pacificfabrics.com/media/uploads/2011/02/13/files/Pillowcase_Pattern.pdf
http://siterepository.s3.amazonaws.com/00569201012271239106026.pdf
[identity profile] crunk-caitlin.livejournal.com
What crafty charities do you participate in? I'd like to find a charity to donate handmade stuffed animals or knitted things to. I could use the practice, and I'm pretty sure there is someone out there who could use the products!

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