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teach a man how to fish

 

Last spring, Kay emailed me to ask if she could teach my wrap it up bag to the "tailors" at Musana Children's Home in Uganda, "so that they could make these bags and sell them to benefit the orphanage."

 

 

After I answered her back, I didn't think anything more of it, until I received her email a month or so ago giving me an update.

Not only did Kay update me in written form, she also sent along these photos. The first one is of her and Irene. It appears Kay is getting a lesson from Irene on using a treadle machine before Kay teaches Irene the ins and outs of the wrap it up bag.

 

 

And here is Irene with a wrap it up bag!

Kay says, "not only are the bags selling here stateside, they are also selling them in Uganda where no one has ever thought of using a reusable bag!
It was sheer joy to teach Irene how to make your bag. She and the other ladies work on really lousy treadle machines with the worst thread tension you can imagine! They use a stick inserted in the bobbin to wind their bobbins! It took me forever to get the hang of those machines. But what fun! And as an a muzungu (white person) telling her, "i sew just like you in america" it gave her such affirmation and value."

 

 

Kay, I just want to say how much your email has touched my heart! I so appreciate the time and energy you have/will invest in the women and children at Musana. Thank you for caring enough to involve yourself in others lives by teaching others "how to fish"! And thank you for allowing me to be a small part of it all!

So what do you say? Would you like to get involved too? Check out Musana's website here! Want to make a donation? You can do that online here!

 

And here's one last gratuitous shot of "Solomon", one of the children at the Children's home.

 

 

 

Happy, happy Wednesday to you all!!

~Penny

 

Be a part {modern relief Japan}

 

 

Starting Monday, April 4.

Six Monday rounds.

Awesome quilters.

Donating quilts.

Raffle tickets $10.

To help Japan.

Don't Miss it!

 

p.s.  My "happy picnic quilt" will be in the raffle on April 11th!

Flea Market Fancy for Charity

 

In an auction between friends.

 

 

To help the victims of flooding in Australia.
Tina is donating 1 yard of green posies and 1/2 yard of the green/gray vines.  I am donating a fat quarter of each:  blue leaves, pink seeds, blue bouquet, and red leaves. These fabrics are very hard to find, and the money raised from this auction goes 100% to charity!

Just to be clear, upon payment, the winner will be receiving two packages.  One from me for the fat quarters on the left, and one from Tina for the two fabrics on the right.  The bidding will end on Monday 24th at 7am.

How this auction works:

1. Bidding will start at $50(USD).  You can place a bid by leaving a comment on this blog post with your bid amount and email address. Please make sure that your bid is higher than the previous bidder.
2. Your bid must be in whole dollar increments.
3. This auction is open to everyone, we will happily ship internationally.
4. The auction begins NOW and will END on Monday, January 24th at 7am, 2011 (Mountain time).
5. At the close of the auction, I will contact the winner (please make sure your bid comment includes your email address). ALL bidders must have an active PayPal account. The winner  will pay the winning amount directly into the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal and send me proof of payment via email.

READY, SET, GO!  And good luck!

Penny and Tina

 

Queensland Auctions and flea market fancy???

 

Just a quick post to tell those of you who aren't aware, there are some auctions going on, starting Monday to help the flood victims in Australia. 

And who of you wouldn't love a little FMF? 

photo and FMF to be auctioned courtesy of Aunt Spicy

If that's you, go and bid, starting Monday, Jan 17th!

 

lazy Sunday

Seriously.lazy. 

The sun's shining, it's warm-ish outside, and I'm still sitting here in my pj's.

How are you guys doing?  I hope good.  Having a good valentines day? 

I want to say thank-you to you all for your ever so sweet comments you leave here on sewtakeahike.  They brighten my day, each and every one, and definitely keep me motivated to keep posting, knowing that there's someone out there that's inspired or has a brighter day after coming to this little space and poking around.  I truly appreciate you all!

This is as close as I've come to quilting the ticker tape quilt, and it may have to wait a few more weeks.  We're going to visit my family in a few days so I don't think I want to get hot and heavy into the quilting and then have to step away. 

I have, however, been working on a few things.  A month or two ago, I made up a bunch of double-sided, serged edge receiving blankets and delivered them to the local pro-life center in Loveland.  They asked me to make some bibs with the scraps, so I'm earnestly trying to finish those up today. 

I also tore into my fabric stash on Friday and resorted the whole thing by designer.  I had mountains of fabric lying everywhere and my cat really thought it was all just for him to play in.  Go figure.  Anyway, I had been having such a hard time finding specific fabrics with it sorted by color, so I'm hoping this will work a little better.  I'm already very pleased and I just finished it last night.

Alrighty, I better get going finishing those bibs up.  I hope all your valentines days are sparkly and sweet!

Penny

p.s.  I may be MIA for a couple weeks, we'll talk then!