Jodie of Ric Rac is helping her mother raise $2,600 to send two children to Camp Phoenix, a fun break for burn survivors and their families. Jodie’s mom is a volunteer at this Australian facility. For every $5 you donate … Read More ...
Sharing the crafty joy
Jennifer of CraftSanity spent a week at her kiddo’s elementary school, teaching 500 kindergarten through fifth-graders to weave and leading them in creating a patchwork rug for the school library. Her blog post shares the concrete and intangible benefits of … Read More ...
Stitching in Bali
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 of … Read More ...
Texas stitchers thank you!
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 … Read More ...
Update: Debbie Nelson
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 … Read More ...
Buy a pin for a sheep
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,
… Read More ...For those of you who don’t know about my pins…. I make them all by hand,
Success: Foto/Fiber 2012
Virginia Spiegel‘s fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society, Foto/Fiber 2012, was a resounding success, meeting its goal of garnering more than $7000 in two days for this worthy cause. Well done! I’m so pleased to tell you that I … Read More ...
Inspiration: Debbie Nelson
This isn’t one of my typical “inspiration” posts. I’m not even talking about stitching. I’m talking about a woman whose remarkable spirit uplifts everyone she meets. And she needs our help.
Remember this group photo from our Fork and Talk … Read More ...
Houses for Japan
Jojoebi of A Bit of This and a Bit of That blog invites you to participate in a project to express love and caring. She says,
… Read More ...I started thinking that it would be nice to send the survivors of the
Love You to the Moon to fight cancer
Leonie Hartley-Hoover of Stitching with Attitude created this remarkable art quilt as a donation for Foto/Fiber 2012, which benefits the American Cancer Society. She calls it Love You to the Moon and Back. I call it crazy quilting meets modern … Read More ...
TAST-inspired mandalas for charity
Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations has put her own spin on SharonB’s TAST challenge. She intends to make a beaded mandala each week highlighting the week’s TAST stitch. The first two are shown here. She says,
… Read More ...I do hope that
Foto/Fiber makes a difference
Foto/Fiber 2012 is Virginia Spiegel‘s monumental effort to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The current push is to add US$ 7,000 to the US$ 215,000 she already has raised! How does Foto/Fiber work? In brief, for a … Read More ...
Needlepoint your support
Check out this announcement from Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint:
… Read More ...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
Texas fire relief continues
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 … Read More ...
Loving hearts for Betty
Maureen of Maureen’s Vintage Acquisitions tells us about an awesome project by the Crazy Quilt International Yahoo Group. She says,
… Read More ...Over the past few months many of the women on the…group have made hearts for Betty Pillsbury to show her