More information about AHOPE can be found here - http://www.ahopeforchildren.org/.
Kerry and I share a fondness about adoption. Kerry adopted her second child, Tay from Ethiopia and I'm adopted. We both have girls born in late Spring of 2008 which is how we met. You can read about Kerry's journey to Ethiopia and how this group got founded.
Scott, Piper, Tay and Kerry |
You can read about Megan's adoption journey and life with her kids here: www.blueberrybuzz.wordpress.com.
Some other sweet adoption blogs are Findingmagnolia.com, motherparadox.blogspot.com, and kevindhendricks.com/abby and you will see why adoption is a tie that binds people together.
The Houston Modern Quilt Guild has decided to be part of this wonderful team.
A few pictures of last year's projects:
Stockings |
Tote Bag |
Burlap Coffee Bean Bag |
I have 16 burlap coffee bean bags. The HMQG has a charity sew-in scheduled for Saturday, April 6, 2013 to make items to benefit AHOPE and our ongoing efforts to make wheel chair lap quilts for elderly in nursing homes.
Where: St. Martins Episcopal Church
717 Sage, Houston
Time: 10 am until 4 pm
Items due for AHOPE sewing is August 31, 2013.
Helpful Links for Sewing Burlap:
http://www.ellaclaireinspired.com/2012/05/washing-and-cutting-burlap.html
http://paintedfurnitureideas.com/how-to-cut-burlap-so-that-it-wont-unravel/
-Karri
Hey Kerri, so that others don't get confused reading this blog post, April 8th is a Monday. :)
ReplyDeleteSorry, our charity sew in is Saturday April 6. got my dates confused.
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