Piilowcases to Help Haiti
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I think the Etsy Community at large could rock this challenge
Here are the details:
Whimbrella says: Ok, Quiltsy -- Here you go!
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The Haitian earthquake hit close to home in Quiltsyland. Just a couple days before the earthquake, Quiltsy member Ellen of bearcreekcreations had seen her daughter Joanna off at the airport. Joanna returned from Christmas break to her job in Port au Prince, Haiti where she works as a mid-wife in a charitable women’s clinic. After receiving word of Joanna’s safety, Ellen swung into action to help. She quickly set up a Facebook group to support the Haitian group’s efforts and facilitate crucial information exchange.
Quiltsy members who joined Ellen’s Facebook group were able to follow the day-to-day trials and successes as the woman’s clinic became more of a MASH unit. Flights of doctors and supplies arrived to treat scores of wounded Haitians, while families of patients and workers camped around outside. The accounts, photos and uploaded video gave a better idea of the real story than any television news report.
About the same time, Quiltsy members discussed participating in the National Million Pillowcase Challenge sponsored by American Patchwork & Quilting magazine’s AllPeopleQuilt.com, a Better Homes & Garden company. The year-long challenge to quilters and sewers is to make and donate one million pillowcases to local charities.
Since the Quiltsy Team is an international and online group, there was a problem participating as a group in the challenge. Where would the pillowcases be sent? What is a local charity when your members are flung all over the globe?
*lightbulb moment* Joanna’s group in Haiti needs pillowcases for all the patients and people living with them! Many emails later, arrangements have been made to get the pillowcases to the group in Haiti and Quiltsy members are busy busting their fabric stashes to make pillowcases.
Quiltsy would like to open up this challenge to anyone else desiring to send a pillowcase along with theirs.
There are many easy (and free) pillowcase patterns available on the internet. As expected, AllPeopleQuilt.com has several available to download. www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/index.html There are no requirements other than standard size and cotton fabric.
Deadline to get your pillowcase included in this dispatch to Haiti is March 9th. That is about 3 weeks in which to make some pillowcases. Please contact whimbrella for mailing details if you want to participate.
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Here’s my thought, if a few teams joined forces in this, it would be so awesome. So talk to your other teams about it and give whimbrella a hand with coordinating it.
For more info on the pillowcase challenge click here
teamquiltsy.blogspot.com/2010/02/quiltsys-pillowcase-challengehaiti...
Posted at 3:25pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
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Not my forte, just wanted to say how awesome it as, all the ways that people have thought of to help! :-)
Posted at 4:18pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
cindylouwho2 says:
what a fabulous idea! off to share this...
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THANKS! I just shared with team etsyBaby.
The more the merrier!
Posted at 5:14pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
I twittered about both, Pillowcases for Haiti and the 1 million pillowcase project.
Thanks Whim for brining it to our attention in the other thread.
Posted at 5:16pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
I've put the word out to every team I'm active in. Hearts 4 Haiti was instantly successful, I'm quite sure we can get 1 million pillowcases donated.
Posted at 6:04pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
Thanks to whim for getting me started on this and thanks to everyone willing to participate and help spread the word.
Posted at 6:06pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
Berry, you make me laugh!
I sent my sights a little lower than 1 million pillowcases for Haiti, but if we come close to that it would be terrific! (I was thinking more along the lines of a couple suitcases full -- maybe a few more...)
Thanks for ALL your help!!!!!!
Posted at 6:10pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
Do you think we should start a flickr group for everyone to upload photos of their pillowcases? I bet everyone would get a kick from seeing them as they get done.
Posted at 6:11pm Feb 17, 2010 EST
I blogged about it on my blog
berrybluecreationsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/pillowcases-to-help-hai...
and a similar version on the Createability Team Blog
createabilityteametsy.blogspot.com/
Posted at 7:03pm Feb 17, 2010 EST