Sewing For Charity

If you have ever been hit with a disaster or watched a close friend lose everything to a house fire or weather disaster, you know the need for people to help each other. Most sewers have a heart of gold and a fabric stash. Here are some ways to help others using your sewing skills.
If you belong to a sewing group, you can get the whole group involved. If your working on your own, I'm sure you can find family and friends that would love to help. With the help of the internet community, we should be able to fill all these needs.

Charities Sponsored for Helping Children

Instructions For Preemie Angel Gown - Help the families and spread love for a newborn with difficulties. Make Angel Gowns and donate them to the neonatal section of public hospitals. Template and Directions on line. From the Home Sewing Association.

Christmas Stocking Pattern -- Template and directions on line for christmas stockings to be donated to the Salvation Army For Children at Christmas, information on where to send them is included. I'm sure no one would object to every locality starting a similar effort.

Operation Toy Box - A fascinating non profit group started by Christy Sanderson when she was 16 years old. There are many free doll patterns that a boy or girl would enjoy in the Doll Net Links

Newborns In Need - Supplies clothing and blankets to newborns in need, even burial outfits if needed. A very heartwarming project.

Project Linus - A blanket making project to supply blankets to ill, traumatized or any child in need of a hug. Written up in Family Circle.

Charity Crafts - Many ideas and places looking for crocheted and knitted donations. Many of the newborn hats that are needed could use up your left over yarn, to supply comfort and warmth to a tiny infant.

ABC Quilts Project - A national organization which supplies quilts to children at risk. "ABC Quilts delivers Love and Comfort in the form of handmade crib quilts to babies born HIV/AIDS positive, suffering from effects of parental drug use, or who are abandoned."

Project Warm Fuzzies - A Quilting program for children's hospitals. Full information on a variety of ways you can help

Charities Sponsored for Helping the Homeless

Heartwarmer Coats - On line instructions to make coats for the homeless

Ugly Quilts for the Homeless - directions to construct a special sleeping bag to help the homeless stay warm until they get the help they need.

Charities Sponsored To Help Cancer Patients

Production Sewing of Chemotherapy Turbans - Full on line directions to make turbans for donating to to radiation treatment centers and oncologist.

Comfort Caps (TM) Cancer Hat Project - Information about the start of this project with "To obtain information on setting up a ComfortCap program in your neighborhood, visit the Original Sewing & Craft Expo, or write to Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machine Company, 11760 Berea Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44111-1601, or contact them at their website." You may also want to contact your local machine dealer, I know mine has set an event to help with this project.

Sewing For Hospitals Ideas - Sewing list members share ways to use your sewing skills to help local hospitals.

Still Looking For A Place To Help?

Quilting For Good Works and Charity - Our Mining Company Quilting Guide has compiled more places that quilters can donate their skills.

Craft and Idea Links - If your not sure what you can make.

Craft - Sewing Net Links - From your guide, many sewing related Craft Links.

Projects - Non Clothing Net Links - From your guide, non clothing projects.

Free Craft Pattern Links - If you need a pattern for a project , this page is another place to start from. Lots of links to free patterns for various types of crafts