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Posted by sewingforchildren on August 16, 2008, 9:57 am
I am new to the site, but sewing for me has been a joy and something I can
do without deadlines as I am homebound because of ME/CFS for many years.
Why I am writing is because I make small travel-size pillows with
pillowcases for children who come to an Advocacy Center here in the
Prescott AZ area. These are children in crisis, but this is the
middle-step place, not the domestic shelter. They come in because of abuse
or unstable homes. When they come, they can select one of the pillows
which is theirs to keep. I try to make as many as I can for them. Why I am
writing is fabric. I use what I have, and my hope is that if you have a
half yard of some fabric that a child would like (nature, children's
characters, etc.) and you don't need it, would you consider sharing it?
The last ones I made had "sixties" symbols, fairytale castles, Disney CARS
(movie), AZ Diamondbacks -- everything I can find. The Center tells me
these are very good for the children. I hope so.
I will continue making the pillows as much as I can. I know the joy of
these little travel-size pillows (I was given one during some harder
days).
Thank you for reading this.
Nancy
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Posted by Samantha Hill - remove TRASH t on August 16, 2008, 12:45 pm
sewingforchildren wrote:
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> I will continue making the pillows as much as I can. I know the joy of
> these little travel-size pillows (I was given one during some harder
> days).
Maybe you should visit thrift stores in your area for a cheap source of
fabric for pillows. Shirts, skirts, sheets, etc. should give you a lot
cheaper source of fabric.
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Posted by betsy on August 16, 2008, 9:10 pm
Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply wrote:
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> sewingforchildren wrote:
>> I will continue making the pillows as much as I can. I know the joy of
>> these little travel-size pillows (I was given one during some harder
>> days).
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> Maybe you should visit thrift stores in your area for a cheap source of
> fabric for pillows. Shirts, skirts, sheets, etc. should give you a lot
> cheaper source of fabric.
Since she said she is homebound, this would be difficult. Where I live,
bag day at church rummage sales and free church rummage sales are a good
way to get quite a bit of fabric for very little. Maybe a local friend
could go to just a couple of these a year for her to stock up.
--Betsy
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Posted by Samantha Hill - remove TRASH t on August 17, 2008, 12:58 am
betsy wrote:
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> Since she said she is homebound, this would be difficult. Where I live,
> bag day at church rummage sales and free church rummage sales are a good
> way to get quite a bit of fabric for very little. Maybe a local friend
> could go to just a couple of these a year for her to stock up.
I also emailed her and suggested she contact her local paper and try to
get them to write a human interest story on her project, because I bet
that would net her lots of donated materials as well.
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Posted by betsy on August 18, 2008, 5:35 am
Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply wrote:
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> betsy wrote:
>> Since she said she is homebound, this would be difficult. Where I
>> live, bag day at church rummage sales and free church rummage sales
>> are a good way to get quite a bit of fabric for very little. Maybe a
>> local friend could go to just a couple of these a year for her to
>> stock up.
>
>
> I also emailed her and suggested she contact her local paper and try to
> get them to write a human interest story on her project, because I bet
> that would net her lots of donated materials as well.
That sounds like a great idea. I'm sure that there are plenty of
people locally who would like to donate. If she participates on a
local freecycle group, that would be another place to request fabric.
--Betsy
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> I will continue making the pillows as much as I can. I know the joy of
> these little travel-size pillows (I was given one during some harder
> days).