Sharon from Sewing Hands received the distinguished service award from South College. You may remember their enormous support last year on fund raising and making blankets. What a blessing to be recognized and to have such encouragement.Sewing Hands
Peggy, Cheryl, Sara, Deborah, Sharon, Kathy, Lois, Evelyn
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Recognition
Sharon from Sewing Hands received the distinguished service award from South College. You may remember their enormous support last year on fund raising and making blankets. What a blessing to be recognized and to have such encouragement.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Project Update
Both boxes for the New Orleans project were delivered . We are waiting on pictures and will post them soon.
A special thank you to Dottie Follett for her generous donation! We were able to purchase all of the spray basting needed for our Michigan project because of her help.
And speaking of the Michigan project....the fleece blankets have been completed and are already on their way up to Michigan. 15 of the 20 quilt tops have been made. Many crocheted winter caps in all sizes have been (and are continuing to be) made. I'll put some pictures of those up too. Plus Deborah has plans to make slippers from the leftover fleece blanket pieces. The Michigan ladies and their children are going to be toasty warm this winter!
A special thank you to Dottie Follett for her generous donation! We were able to purchase all of the spray basting needed for our Michigan project because of her help.
And speaking of the Michigan project....the fleece blankets have been completed and are already on their way up to Michigan. 15 of the 20 quilt tops have been made. Many crocheted winter caps in all sizes have been (and are continuing to be) made. I'll put some pictures of those up too. Plus Deborah has plans to make slippers from the leftover fleece blanket pieces. The Michigan ladies and their children are going to be toasty warm this winter!
Monday, April 22, 2013
A "Sewing Hand"
Meet Kathy - a Sewing Hand extraordinaire from Florida. She has been helping Deborah with fleece blankets, scrappy tops and even items for our fundraising event this fall. Thanks Kathy for all of your hard work!
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Delivery to Immokalee's Friendship House
Deborah Nichols and Lois Botkin made the trip to Immokalee, Florida on April 1st and delivered 25 dresses, 25 shorts and 25 stuffed animals to The Friendship House (a homeless shelter for men, women and families). Here they are with Administrative Assistant Ana Estrella.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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!
Saturday, March 16, 2013
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
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
Friday, February 8, 2013
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
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