Cheryl S from Michigan has been super busy! Look at this fabulous donation and look how many people she's keeping warm with her wonderful crocheted donations!! You might remember her previous donation where I discussed her double slippers. What a fabulous idea. She makes 2 slippers and stitches them together. This does several things, it makes them truly warm, makes them more sturdy and it makes them reversible!!! What a plus. I liked her idea so much I've listed it several times as a tip. Thank you Cheryl for your idea and your donation of 11 pairs of slippers.
Cheryl is very creative, see the green bag in right corner of the last picture? Somehow (we need you to tell us how), she crocheted a zip lock bag. Clicking all pictures folks makes them larger. It's a handy bag one might use for personal care items. Looks actractive, but has a zip lock bag inside so would work well for like a toothbrush/toothpaste etc.
She's included a pretty doily (nice for a table top), 5 cotton washcloths, 1 cowl, 7 hats in her donation.
Check out the doll and her wardrobe! She's tucked all cute into her own snuggle sack and has several changes of clothes. Remembering these posts are placed in que, so this has already been donated by the time you read this post. The folks at The Homeless Families Foundation were thrilled to get this and it will be a Christmas Present to one of little girls.
Project, "Welcome Home" sure got a helping hand with these 4 fabulous afghans. They too have already been delivered. Wonderful timing Cheryl. They had a good number of families moving out of the temporary housing into their permanent housing right before Christmas. I was thrilled we had so many ghans done to delivery to them for these house warming gifts. How special too that they were able to get in settled for Christmas. We wish these families well with our thoughtful handmade afghans.
I think my favorite is the pretty green and white plaid looking ghan, though they're all great.
AND...check out her cute red sweater for a little boy. Hoping she can remember what pattern she used for it, as it looks like a good one. AND...mittens, which always make me clap. We're fast approaching our Mitten focus folks....January will be mitten focus.
You've got just a few more days to mail your squares then onto mittens we go.
2011 Donations:
Scarves 467
Hats 941+7=948
Mittens 253+5=258
Socks 333
Squares 849
Rain Ponchos 216
Cotton Washcloths 340+5=345
Sweaters/Poncho's 10+1=11
Slippers 115+11=126
Afghans 51+4=55 (2 sent to our friends at Pine Street)
Misc Items I've not counted misc items like all the personal care items, the neck warmers, head bands, shawl, hot packs, or yarn etc.
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All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated, and all donations keep someone warm. We help, one stitch at a time. YOU truly DO make a difference. THANK YOU!
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I understand the speechless psmflowerlady...should have heard me when I opened the box....
ReplyDeleteWhat a great variety of items. Clever idea with the ziploc bag. Is the bag actually attached to the crochet or just sits inside?
ReplyDeleteWonderful gifts!
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ReplyDeleteI love the almost-woven look of the second afghan. Are those individual squares on that second afghan? Or are they somehow longer strips? A very neat effect - checker-board-slash-plaid-slash-woven - I like it!
Sandie, in follow up with Cheryl she says the bag was stitched in, though she'd like to come up with a different method as she feels this won't be durable for the long haul.
ReplyDeleteSSeger, right you are, and many thanks for your visit.
Hi DD, I too loved the plaid. She did this in stripes, as she said she liked to minimize the joining. I love the idea and think it worked out well. In fact, I made a little chart here on my desk and plan to use the plaid idea in some future afghan design. I did the strip thing in your friend Lauren's wedding ghan...it does help minimize the joins.