I'm visiting family this weekend for fun, but also due to a Facebook message calling for help with projects at the church I grew up going to.
The church has been doing a significant amount of remodeling and the sad thing is, it makes me feel like I don't really belong there anymore, but I went anyway. They had a whole bunch of projects they were asking for help with due to the construction and state of everything; building a shed, putting up a couple basketball hoops, organizing and storing all the Christmas decorations, but MOST IMPORTANTLY they had tons of fabric to be turned into blankets to send to Haiti and quilts for Lutheran World Relief.
This meant, I brought my trusty new sewing machine with me on my weekend trip. It must say something about my new stitching interests if I travel without my husband, but have to buckle in my sewing machine.
Anyway, I also found out that one of their other projects was stitching up tote bags to fill with school supplies to go to girls' schools for LWR. My neighbor across the street and I finished a total of 40 tote bags! I think that's just amazing.
The group working on the Haiti blankets was making the tied fringe fleece blankets and they made 42 blankets!
And after I finished with my tote bags, the woman in charge of the quilts asked me if I'd stick around and just keep stitching for awhile. Sew I did (hehehe), and got a quilt top done. 60 x 80 inches for LWR. I'm just sew impressed!
Ok, so I could come up with these lame sewing puns all day, but that is the end of my story.
It was great to feel like I was part of a purpose for something bigger than just a church service.
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GOOD for you! :)
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