Emma of DMC Threads blog is spending nearly a month in Bali, sharing embroidery and crafting skills with the children of Jodie O’Shea Orphanage. Follow her adventures through her blog posts. And thank you Emma, DMC, and all …

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In October and December, I told you about the efforts of Shari Jensen and the Stitchmap Yahoo Group to gather and share stitchy stash with women in eastern Texas who lost their homes to widespread wildfires. Shari’s March 29 …

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My sincere thanks to all of you for your kindness to and support of Debbie Nelson. I told a bit of Debbie’s story and shared with you the sad news that Debbie and her husband lost their home, all their

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Let’s all buy one of these beautiful pins by Jacquelynne of The Noble Wife! We’ll look spiffy, and we’ll help needy families. Jacquelynne says,

For those of you who don’t know about my pins…. I make them all by hand,

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Virginia Spiegel‘s fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society, Foto/Fiber 2012, was a resounding success, meeting its goal of garnering more than $7000 in two days for this worthy cause. Well done! I’m so pleased to tell you that I …

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This isn’t one of my typical “inspiration” posts. I’m not even talking about stitching. I’m talking about a woman whose remarkable spirit uplifts everyone she meets. And she needs our help.

Remember this group photo from our Fork and Talk …

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Jojoebi of A Bit of This and a Bit of That blog invites you to participate in a project to express love and caring. She says,

I started thinking that it would be nice to send the survivors of the

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Leonie Hartley-Hoover of Stitching with Attitude created this remarkable art quilt as a donation for Foto/Fiber 2012, which benefits the American Cancer Society. She calls it Love You to the Moon and Back. I call it crazy quilting meets modern …

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Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations has put her own spin on SharonB’s TAST challenge. She intends to make a beaded mandala each week highlighting the week’s TAST stitch. The first two are shown here. She says,

I do hope that

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Foto/Fiber 2012 is Virginia Spiegel‘s monumental effort to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The current push is to add US$ 7,000 to the US$ 215,000 she already has raised! How does Foto/Fiber work? In brief, for a …

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Check out this announcement from Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint:

My daughter, Sally King, is running her first marathon…The marathon will take place February 12th, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida and is an amazing way to bring awareness to Breast

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Back in October, I mentioned the efforts of Shari Jensen and the Stitchmap Yahoo Group to gather and share stitchy stash with women in eastern Texas who lost their homes to widespread wildfires. This week, Shari filled me in on …

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Maureen of Maureen’s Vintage Acquisitions tells us about an awesome project by the Crazy Quilt International Yahoo Group. She says,

Over the past few months many of the women on the…group have made hearts for Betty Pillsbury to show her

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Christie of The Fabric Shopper is still working on her raffle to fund an after-school program for inner-city kids to learn to craft and sew. She says,

I have two main life experiences.  Teaching kindergarten for 6 years is the

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Doreen of The Art Needlepoint Company sent us a heads-up that the site is doing a benefit for Heifer International. This amazing organization is headquartered in my home town, and for ten years I worked for a collaborating international …

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