Goodness gracious I’ve been out of this space for some time now. That doesn’t mean that things are not happening behind the scenes, just that I haven’t had a baby free moment to type. The baby is now sleeping quietly, for the next few moments, so I’ll attempt to update you on the happenings over here at Craft Hope.
We just finished up Project 5, benefiting Margaret’s Hope Chest and the children in the Grand Rapids public school system. What an amazing turnout. The quilts are beautiful! Each stitch for a child in need.
We received 436 quilts. FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX QUILTS! Let that number soak in for a minute. And many of you were first time quilters. Amazing. Simply amazing.
The quilts came from 37 states, 4 Canadian provinces, and 6 foreign countries (England, Uruguay, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, and Scotland). Wow! They have 150 quilt tops to finish. Needless to say I think you are going to keep Margaret’s Hope Chest busy for some time. Thank you for that gift.
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in this project. To those prayer warriors out there, quilters, craft groups and bloggers. Thank you. Sincerely, thank you.
As I’m typing up this blog post, emails roll in from charities. Charities that need Craft Hope’s assistance. These emails tug at my heart strings. Sometimes I feel helpless. I want to be able to help them all. I pray to be able to help them all. Please contact me if you are a charity in need. If I don’t reply, don’t despair. I do keep all charity inquiries in my nice email filing system and hope to work with each and every one of you. I just can’t reply to all emails with a baby in the house. I wish I could.
In other Craft Hope news, the Craft Hope book looks BEAUTIFUL. It’s chock full of incredible designs by some of your favorite designers. All neat and tidy in one book with charity information for each project. Put it on your Christmas list for next year. It’ll be out in the summer of 2010. It goes to print at the first of the year!! Exciting times my friends.
The next project will launch right after Christmas. And I promise to have pictures of the quilts being delivered very soon as well. Stay tuned!
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Hello, friend!
You are making a difference. I love being a part of that!
Wow – 436 quilts – that is really amazing. We are all making a difference (but most of all you!)
I wouldn’t know where to start choosing. Perhaps you should post a few of the requests and find someone to take on the challenge for you…in the name of Craft Hope of course.
Oh, and my finally tally on the craft fair baby blankie raffle was $65 and then I sold the remains of my craft stuff to friends and knitting group also for charity and have a final total of about $125 – all going to Smile Train and all because Craft Hope inspired me.
What a great number of quilts!!! I was happy to contribute!!!
I am happy to have been able to take part in this project. 436 quilts is amazing!
Wow! what a result 436 quilts. I did not take part in this project, but congratulations to everyone and what a great success. Look forward to hearing about the next charity that I may be able to help with. I just loved making the Sock Monkeys and have made quite a few more since then.
Thanks for sharing and make the most of quiet time whilst baby sleeps.
Just found your site and can’t wait to help out on the next project! Thank you for your good work.
Hannah
436 Quilts!!!!!! Thank you so much for putting this together and for letting all of us be a part of it. I can’t wait to see photos of the quilts being delivered. It is a great feeling knowing that one of my quilts will help keep a little one warm this winter. Bring on the next project!!!