quilts for india
One of the things I love about the Craft Hope community is the giving nature of everyone involved. You give your time, your handmade items, and your love. You carefully craft handwritten tags to accompany your gifts. You spend hours, after the children have gone to bed, working on your donations. Finishing one last thing. You go through your yarn stash. You find just the right fabric. You pull items from your own Etsy shop. To help others.
Every little thing makes a difference. It is that sweet comment, posting our button on your site, and twittering about our effort. You are spreading the word. You are showing the world you care. And that matters.
Last summer, we did a project (project 3) to benefit the Miracle Foundation. We collected blankets, beanies, booties, burp cloths, crib sheets, blocks and balls for children in orphanages in India. The first item that I received, out of the 2,809 items we collected, was a beautiful quilt by Ronit. It was the only I thing I had in my possession when I went to visit the Miracle Foundation’s headquarters downtown Austin. I sat there and held that sweet baby quilt. Thinking about my own baby soon to be born, and the new baby in India that would soon be wrapped in love by that beautiful quilt.
Caroline, the founder of the Miracle Foundation, held up the quilt and was in love. She asked if Ronit would mind making a few more to hang on the walls of the orphanages. They are concrete walls, with no decoration. Not like your home, or mine. No pictures strewn about of their families. No cheerful artwork. I quickly emailed Ronit and was greeted with an ‘of course.’ And not much longer, three beautiful quilts arrived for the children in India.
Thank you Ronit. Thank you Craft Hope community. You are the most loving, caring group of individuals I have ever been blessed to know. You are appreciated and you are making a difference.
jade on January 25th 2010 in kindness of strangers, miracle foundation, project 3
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misschris responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 4:25 pm #
heavens, those are gorgeous. GORGEOUS. Ronit rocks!
cinnamon responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 4:45 pm #
My goodness! Those are BEAUTIFUL — and VERY labor intensive! What a gift! Amazing!!
journeyseeds responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 5:30 pm #
Gorgeous…i love all the colors. Beautiful Gift!
Carol Hansen responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 5:35 pm #
Oh the quilts are gorgeous.
I’ve looked at some of the other areas on your site and want to say thank you for all you are doing to encourage people to participate in whatever way they can.
ronit responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 6:10 pm #
I’d just like to publicly thank Jade for all the amazing work she does to make projects like this happen!
Mandy Moring responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 9:42 pm #
Those are GORGEOUS!!! Someone teach me to quilt!!
Maggie responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 10:35 pm #
Those are amazingly beautiful. The walls of India will be blessed with such love and happiness.
* TONYA * responded on 25 Jan 2010 at 11:29 pm #
Wow. Such beautiful colors. What a wonderful gift.
Paula responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 1:11 am #
Beautiful! I can just imagine those bare walls covered now in those gorgeous quilts.
Holly responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 4:47 am #
I am speechless. Except to say they are so lovely–and the generosity just waiting to be tapped in people is so amazing.
Rene' responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 8:40 am #
Those are so beautiful! I can imagine how it will liven up the place. Such generosity!
Melissa responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 8:51 am #
I am so touched by this simple act of kindness. The quilts must have taken a long time, and made with love and commitment. Not only will they be beautiful to look at hanging on the wall in the orphanage, they will create a sense of peace and hope, that no wall paint could ever do.
marsi responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 2:08 pm #
Wow! Those colors will automatically cheer anyone up. I’m always so impressed with quilters because it looks like it takes so much dedication and patience. -So nice of Ronit to donate such beautiful pieces of art.
susan the shoppe owner responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 3:44 pm #
those are amazing!!! i especially love that first one! what a wonderful thing to be able to brighten/color the lives of those little ones!
faith responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 6:04 pm #
Realy nice and in so many ways.
Tania - Jet Designs responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 9:24 pm #
they are the most amazing quilts – the top one is superb. I can’t wait till you are taking more items for the Haiti donations – I have just finished a wonderful necklace – it is on my blog – and have told heaps of other about the Craft Hope etsy store – Cheers Tania
val responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 10:11 pm #
simply lovely
Angelique responded on 26 Jan 2010 at 11:55 pm #
Oh my goodness, these are beautiful. I just discovered your blog last week and finished up a scarf for project 6 tonight. I hope to make quite a few things for your etsy store when you start taking donations for Haiti again, and for future projects that I can do.
You gals keep up the wonderful work that you’re doing. Thank you for working so hard so that we can use our skills for good.
Blessings,
Angelique
tamara responded on 27 Jan 2010 at 1:08 am #
this is beautiful!
anilia responded on 27 Jan 2010 at 11:52 am #
So wonderfully beautiful. The log cabin block is so amazing.
Jennifer responded on 16 Feb 2010 at 12:03 pm #
Those quilts are amazing! Absolutely stunning!
Caitlin responded on 16 Feb 2010 at 9:31 pm #
Thank You for donating those quilts to India. My little sister, who is not 13, was adopted from one of those orphanages. I hate the thought of her being there for 10 months of her life before she came into my family. Thanks for providing color and warmth to little boys and girls like my sister. They deserve it more than you may know!