Super Kids Club girls help Sewing Hands

Once again the girls from the Super Kids Club in Bonita Spring, Florida are busy at work helping Sewing Hands.  You will remember that last year they helped us with the fleece blankets.  This year they are expanding their sewing skills and have been making the scrappy squares for our quilts.  Way to go girls !!!! 



 

 

 

We have also had a number of Sewing Hands making the dresses and shorts that are going to the Friendship House.  They are Kathy Donohue, Evelyn Fennema,  Lois Botkin,  and Deborah Nichols.  Good job ladies!

More Thank Yous

We are well into our 2013 projects.  Here is an update:
New Orleans project:  Deborah is putting the finishing touches on the dresses/shorts.  Sharon has all of  the quilt tops made and will be quilting them over her Spring Break.

Immokalee project:  Dresses are made and just need labels in them, Shorts need buttonholes but will be done soon.

Michigan project:   There are still some fleece blankets (for children) AND scrappy quilt tops (for women) that need to be made.  If you are helping us with any of these please let Sharon or Deborah know so we can include them in the count.

In October/November we will have a table at a church craft day to raise funds for Sewing Hands.  We will be selling pillowcases with matching dolls (dressed in the pillowcase fabric), placemats and matching christmas tree napkins, and tabletoppers with fabric that is appropriate for either Fall or Christmas.  As we get samples of these made up I will post them along with the prices.  We are also going to have ONE very special Christmas quilt that will be available for purchase.  All of these things will not only be wonderful for you to have for yourself but will make great gifts for the holiday season.

We've had a couple of recent donations -
         
        Joyce, THANK YOU for your generous donation
        THANK YOU Lynda for the space bags


Happy Sewing to Everyone,
Sharon & Deborah

Mountain Stitches Donation

Once again Sewing Hands has been blessed.  A very big THANK YOU to Susan Dudley (Mountain Stitches by Susan) for the enormously generous donation of yards and yards of beautiful wool.  Many beautiful receiving blankets for babies and lap blankets for seniors will be able to be made from this gorgeous material.
                                                                                

Susan's first-class quilt shop can be found in the Great Smoky Mountain Arts & Crafts Community. Please visit her website - http://mountainstitchesbysusan.com       

Thank you!

We received two generous donations that will enable us to buy all of the t-shirts AND more batting.  Thank you Jim and Mike!  Sewing Hands is very blessed to have friends like you.

3rd Project for 2013

         We have confirmation that the Friendship House in Immokalee, Florida would love to have 25 dresses and 25 shorts for the children that pass through their facility.  The Friendship house is a homeless shelter with 44 beds.  They serve men, women and families.  They have 3 rooms specifically dedicated to families and our contact, Ana Estrella, told me yesterday that the family rooms are all full.  Immokalee is located in Collier County, Florida and is a farming community with many migrant workers.  These individuals work long hours in the orange groves and tomato fields.   Sewing Hands is very excited to be able to use our sewing talents to help the children living at the Friendship House!  Deborah is heading up the coordination of dresses and shorts.  If you are interested in helping with this project please contact us at handmadebysewinghands@gmail.com

Video - How to Make a Scrappy Block

My first attempt at a video!  How to Make a Scrappy Block

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Sewing Hands!  It is time to begin our projects for 2013.   Here is what is (so far) on the drawing board (or cutting table as the case may be).

SPRING PROJECT - Hagar's House, New Orleans Louisiana (click on the link to learn more)
                                   This is a homeless shelter for women and children.  They would like 10
                                    quilts, some dresses for toddler girls and some shorts for pre-teen girls.
                                    Sharon and Deborah will be making the delivery June 1st.


FALL PROJECT -    A domestic violence abuse shelter in Michigan.  Due to the nature of this
                                  agency we have agreed to not publish their name or city.  They have asked
                                  for 20 quilts for women and 30 fleece blankets for children.


We realize that many of you like to make the clothing and there wasn't a large request for dresses and shorts from these two places.  So we are working on a third project that would require 25 dresses and 25 shorts.  Once we receive confirmation I will put out another blog to give you the particulars.

So....before we all run over to our sewing machines I need to thank some new helpers.

Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Bollmeyer for your donation!
Thank you Pam Reno for your donation!
Thank you Lois Kuhn for your donation!

Lastly, we have two new "sewing hands".... Lynda Everman, Tennessee and Karen Gormany, Wisconsin.   Welcome!  We appreciate you sharing your talents with us.

Happy Sewing,
Sharon and Deborah