We are still working

2:26 pm Uncategorized

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.Harold Kushner

Though I have been quiet lately, that doesn’t mean I’m not working on the project! We ALL have been. More than 30 afghans are being stitched right now. I put together two last week (one was rimmed for me by Sheila B., and one by Donna N.). I have three afghans that Mo rimmed for me, and one that Tracey J. rimmed. I am in the process of arranging a day at my local coffee house to get local volunteers to help stitch them together.

At this point, I have 95 afghans here at the house. They are finished and packaged. I don’t have all the pictures on the afghan gallery.

I took the advice of Deborah Starobin-Armstrong, who coordinates The Handmade Afghan Project, and put the afghans in clear plastic bags tied with lots of ribbons.
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Over the next couple of weeks, I hope to tell you about some “spin-off” programs that have begun AND tell you more about the bag project. At This Eclectic Life, I showed a medicine bag that I intended to put together. It’s finished and I’m teaching my husband how to sew so we can make more. I’ll post about it soon.

Squares are still coming in (and I promise not to waste them), but we don’t need any more for the current project. I still have a few more pictures to take. thanks to the following folks:

Betty in New York:

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Jan H. in Aurora, Illinois
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Shirley in Kansas City, MO

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Toyoma in Japan

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Nobue in Japan

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One Response
  1. Esther Van Hal :

    Date: April 1, 2008 @ 8:21 pm

    Hi Shelly,
    The afghans look great all packaged up. You should be proud of yourself!
    I sent you an email last week sometime replying to you about the extra squares. I would love to see a picture when you have time.

    Esther

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