Crafts and Charity

First post towards 1,000 — 12

And so, the journey begins…and I’m already well behind 🙂

The squares are going to Warm Up America. The hats are going to a place called Victory In The Valley, my Kansas cause.

Thanks to Bev’s group over on Ravelry, I now have a cause for Nevada for my Crafting the Nation effort. She is trying to collect as many items for newborn babies as she can for UMC hospital. Here is my updated list:

Alabama
Alaska: St. George’s Anglican Catholic Church Knifty Knitters
http://www.anglicancatholic.org/
8892 Duran Street
Juneau AK 99801 US
~~Arizona: Ninjasezzy preemie drive~~
Arkansas:Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Northwest Arkansas
2510 N. 17th St.
Rogers AR 72756 US
California: Operation Gratitude and/or Afghans for Afghans
Colorado: Warm Hearts Warm Babies
~~Connecticut: Salvation Army w/Priscilla’s Guild~~
Delaware:Newborns in Need, Delaware Chapter
http://www.newbornsinneed.org/delaware
13 Grace Court
Newark DE 19702 US
Florida: VA in St. Petersburg
Georgia: www.emmazinggracefoundation.org
Hawaii
Idaho
~~Illinois: Greater Chicago Ferret Association~~
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas:Victory in the Valley
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine: Nest Jean Lee
NestMaine
P.O. Box 6011
Falmouth, Maine, 04105
Maryland:
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
Caroline Langrall,
Child Life Specialist
1708 W Rogers Ave
Baltimore, MD 21209
Massachusetts: www.afghanproject.org
Michigan: South Oakland Shelter
Minnesota
~~Mississippi: Wings Cancer Foundation through Caps For A Cure~~
Missouri
Montana
~~Nebraska: Robyn’s preemie hat drive~~
Nevada: UMC hospital for Bev Q
New Hampshire
~~New Jersey:Ocean of Love (Chemo caps)~~
New Mexico
New York:Lincoln Medical Center Room 2D5, 234 E 149 St, Bronx, NY 10451 Attn: maria Edwards.
North Carolina: Newborns in Need
North Dakota
~~Ohio: Items made and donated for a local homeless women’s shelter~~
Oklahoma: Crosh-aid
Oregon: Baby Love Blanket Drive
Pennsylvania: Bonnie’s Ronald McDonald House (Danville, PA 17821)
Rhode Island: East Bay Community Action Program
South Carolina
South Dakota: Pretty Bird Woman House
Tennessee
Texas: Prayer shawls for Crazigriffen’s mom’s church
Utah
Vermont
Virginia: Warm Up Winchester
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
~~Wyoming: Caps for Kids~~

“Masterpiece” Shawls

by Margie Clayman

So I had this idea of starting to customize my shawls, as in, I would base my designs on my own interpretations of actual works of art. Eventually, I could make it even more customizable and have people make requests that I make them shawls based on my interpretations of their own favorite work of art.

To test this idea, I’ve made my first shawl, based on Van Gogh’s Starry Night.

Please give me honest opinions. What do you think of the idea, of this shawl, and anything else that comes to mind. I am looking for input of all kinds!

Thanks!

My last 2008 Christmas project

by Margie Clayman

And my last craft project of the year too!

I have worked on this project on and off for 2 years. I was worried the whole time about the final washing of the work because there are so many dark colors. The longer I worked on it the longer I worried about washing it. But, it has now been washed. Now it just needs to dry, be ironed, and be framed. And I’m a week early!! (It’s going to be given at a family party on the 3rd 🙂 )

I am so so so so so so so glad to be done with this project FINALLY!!!!

and Connecticut

by Margie Clayman

A woman named Priscilla in Homespun Helpers belongs to a crochet guild, and they collect items for the Salvation Army. Here is my donation to that cause:

AlaAlabama
Alaska: St. George’s Anglican Catholic Church Knifty Knitters
http://www.anglicancatholic.org/
8892 Duran Street
Juneau AK 99801 US
~~Arizona: Ninjasezzy preemie drive~~
Arkansas:Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Northwest Arkansas
2510 N. 17th St.
Rogers AR 72756 US
California: Twizittles local oncology ward drive
Colorado: Warm Hearts Warm Babies
~~Connecticut: Salvation Army w/Priscilla’s Guild~~
Delaware:Newborns in Need, Delaware Chapter
http://www.newbornsinneed.org/delaware
13 Grace Court
Newark DE 19702 US
Florida: VA in St. Petersburg
Georgia: www.emmazinggracefoundation.org
Hawaii
Idaho
~~Illinois: Greater Chicago Ferret Association~~
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas:Victory in the Valley
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine: Nest Jean Lee
NestMaine
P.O. Box 6011
Falmouth, Maine, 04105
Maryland:
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
Caroline Langrall,
Child Life Specialist
1708 W Rogers Ave
Baltimore, MD 21209
Massachusetts: www.afghanproject.org
Michigan: South Oakland Shelter
Minnesota
~~Mississippi: Wings Cancer Foundation through Caps For A Cure~~
Missouri
Montana
~~Nebraska: Robyn’s preemie hat drive~~
Nevada
New Hampshire
~~New Jersey:Ocean of Love (Chemo caps)~~
New Mexico
New York:Lincoln Medical Center Room 2D5, 234 E 149 St, Bronx, NY 10451 Attn: maria Edwards.
North Carolina: Newborns in Need
North Dakota
~~Ohio: Items made and donated for a local homeless women’s shelter~~
Oklahoma: Crosh-aid
Oregon: Baby Love Blanket Drive
Pennsylvania: Bonnie’s Ronald McDonald House (Danville, PA 17821)
Rhode Island: East Bay Community Action Program
South Carolina
South Dakota: Pretty Bird Woman House
Tennessee
Texas: Prayer shawls for Crazigriffen’s mom’s church
Utah
Vermont
Virginia: Warm Up Winchester
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
~~Wyoming: Caps for Kids~~

Wyoming

by Margie Clayman

Here are 5 hats that I’m sending to a member of Homespun Helpers. She is helping a cause in Wyoming called Caps for Kids:

Alabama
Alaska: St. George’s Anglican Catholic Church Knifty Knitters
http://www.anglicancatholic.org/
8892 Duran Street
Juneau AK 99801 US
Arizona: Ninjasezzy preemie drive
Arkansas:Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Northwest Arkansas
2510 N. 17th St.
Rogers AR 72756 US
California: Twizittles local oncology ward drive
Colorado: Warm Hearts Warm Babies
Connecticut: Salvation Army w/Priscilla’s Guild
Delaware:Newborns in Need, Delaware Chapter
http://www.newbornsinneed.org/delaware
13 Grace Court
Newark DE 19702 US
Florida: VA in St. Petersburg
Georgia: www.emmazinggracefoundation.org
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois: Greater Chicago Ferret Association
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas:Victory in the Valley
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine: Nest Jean Lee
NestMaine
P.O. Box 6011
Falmouth, Maine, 04105
Maryland:
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
Caroline Langrall,
Child Life Specialist
1708 W Rogers Ave
Baltimore, MD 21209
Massachusetts: www.afghanproject.org
Michigan: South Oakland Shelter
Minnesota
Mississippi: Wings Cancer Foundation through Caps For A Cure
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska: Robyn’s preemie hat drive
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey:Ocean of Love (Chemo caps)
New Mexico
New York:Lincoln Medical Center Room 2D5, 234 E 149 St, Bronx, NY 10451 Attn: maria Edwards.
North Carolina: Newborns in Need
North Dakota
Ohio: Items made and donated for a local homeless women’s shelter
Oklahoma: Crosh-aid
Oregon: Baby Love Blanket Drive
Pennsylvania: Bonnie’s Ronald McDonald House (Danville, PA 17821)
Rhode Island: East Bay Community Action Program
South Carolina
South Dakota: Pretty Bird Woman House
Tennessee
Texas: Prayer shawls for Crazigriffen’s mom’s church
Utah
Vermont
Virginia: Warm Up Winchester
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
~~Wyoming: Caps for Kids~~

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