We're in it Now
Most non-profits will have some kind of annual gathering to thank the volunteers. Cocktail parties around the holidays are rather popular. My chapter of Project Linus has a Saturday morning tea in September. The fabulous thing about it is the program filled with representatives…
There was a ton – a ton – of donated fleece at Starbucks night last month. I took eight pieces and managed to finish them all just in time. Nothing fancy going on here. The Cubs fleece has embroidered logos, which some kid is…
OMG I totally forgot to take pictures of the three finished blankets that I brought to Starbucks night. One was a solid pink fleece with the variegated yarn from Joann Fabric. The second was a solid purple blanket with a different variegated fleece from…
Today was the bi-monthly Blanket Day for my chapter of Project Linus. I hadn’t quite finished my stash, which is ok because Starbucks night is this week. However, I managed to bring in five: We are about at the point where I don’t know…
Starbucks night is tomorrow and here is my latest batch of Project Linus blankets: On the left with the vintage cars has four rows of Caron white. The red one in the center has a variegated yarn from Red Heart (I forget the name)…
Three Project Linus events in one week: Saturday’s Bi-Monthly Blanket Day – 490 blankets bagged, tagged and ready to deliver Tuesday’s Fundraiser at Culver’s – $455 raised on the raffles alone and a pile of quilt squares from Kids Helping Kids Wednesday’s Monthy Starbucks’s…
My chapter of Project Linus is holding its bi-monthly Blanket Day tomorrow, which means that today was a different kind of Laundry and Packing Day: The large, yellow one used a variegated yarn. I forget the name but am pretty sure it involved the…
Wednesday night at Starbucks, I was sitting next to Christine – who can crochet anything. I asked a lady few chairs over about her yarn, but she didn’t hear me. Christine identified that brand and exact name. I thought that was cool, so I…
Friday, my car pretended that she was sick so that she could spend the day with Bill at the garage. Seriously. He heard the noise two days earlier when I asked him to listen, but when there was a whole day with an appointment…
Saturday is Blanket Day and I just took this batch downstairs to the laundry: The solid yellow has one of the Red Heart Kids yarns – I forget the name. The lady bug blanket has Red Heart’s Cherry Red. I am so glad I…
