The fabric is sorted by fabric type. Be sure to look for the wool pieces that have been paired up with coordinating backs and are rough cut. Here is a picture of the shelves with the paired pieces; it is the third shelf from the bottom, and this shelving unit is next to the closet. That will save you a lot of time in sewing more lap blankets!
The closet has narrow shelves that works perfectly for all that ribbon and trim. Be sure to look in there. There is a Bissell hanging on the back of the closet door to use if in going through the fabric, a mess gets made.
There's a small file cabinet. The top 2 drawers contain ribbon and trim pieces. The bottom drawer contains large, clear trash bags. Please don't leave any food or drink items in the trash since they don't collect it every day.
On Monday at 10:30, Salvation Army will deliver a huge load of bedspreads to the Rutherford House, donated by Hotel Hershey. They are a weird peach color, and a bit thicker than the green ones. We will bundle these with twine and temporarily stack them in the craft room which is right behind our storage room.
Major Elizabeth Griner has arranged for a bunch of volunteers to cut out the rest of the green bedspreads for us on October 4th. They will deliver them to Rutherford House on October 6th.
Major Elizabeth Griner said they will need 3,000 lap blankets by Christmas to give to the elderly. Even though it's not likely that we can sew 3,000 lap blankets, we can sure make enough to save them quite a bit of money so they won't have to buy so many blankets to make up the 3,000.
So when the cut bedspreads for Bethesda Mission get delivered to the Rutherford House on October 6th, we need to stop working on all other projects we have on-going, and concentrate 100% on getting these bedspreads done. Then we need to concentrate 100% on getting as many high quality, durable, and attractive lap blankets done as we can.
That gives us about 3 weeks to finish up whatever sewing projects you might be in the middle of, or the opportunity to use up all that gorgeous fabric sitting on the shelves over there at the Rutherford House to make lap blankets. When we run out of the fun stuff, we'll go back to cutting up bedspreads and making lap blankets out of them. But please, no more sewing on smocks, walker bags, personal care bags, clothing, etc. We MUST do as many lap blankets as possible, and we ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY must get the Bethesda Mission bedspreads done. (I think we are about half way there).
We're beginning to run short of 1" bias binding, which we need for making the Bethesda Mission bedspreads and the lap blankets made out of the side pieces of the bedspreads. We have a lot of flat lace that can be used (in the closet) when we run out of the bias binding. I have asked Jennifer from RSVP to try to get us more 1" bias binding. Please put a notice on your bulletin boards at work, church, gym, or wherever, or a notice in your church bulletin, for 1" or larger bias binding (or seam tape, whatever you call it). We can use blanket binding, but it's a bit trickier to make it look nice. We can also cut the blanket binding in half, which makes it a bit easier to sew, and doubles the amount of blanket binding available. If worse comes to worse, we can make our own bias binding, but I'd rather be able to spend the time making lap blankets instead of bias binding, eh??!!
Thank God for providing us with such a nice storage place, and lots and lots of fabric and notions, and for all that we need to do the work He set before us. Please don't go to the store and buy any supplies unless you are sure we don't already have it at the Rutherford House, or unless you just like to spend money! hee hee!! Just give me a call if you aren't sure what's over at the Rutherford House.
And I thank God for my sewin' sisters!
On Monday at 10:30, Salvation Army will deliver a huge load of bedspreads to the Rutherford House, donated by Hotel Hershey. They are a weird peach color, and a bit thicker than the green ones. We will bundle these with twine and temporarily stack them in the craft room which is right behind our storage room.
Major Elizabeth Griner has arranged for a bunch of volunteers to cut out the rest of the green bedspreads for us on October 4th. They will deliver them to Rutherford House on October 6th.
Major Elizabeth Griner said they will need 3,000 lap blankets by Christmas to give to the elderly. Even though it's not likely that we can sew 3,000 lap blankets, we can sure make enough to save them quite a bit of money so they won't have to buy so many blankets to make up the 3,000.
So when the cut bedspreads for Bethesda Mission get delivered to the Rutherford House on October 6th, we need to stop working on all other projects we have on-going, and concentrate 100% on getting these bedspreads done. Then we need to concentrate 100% on getting as many high quality, durable, and attractive lap blankets done as we can.
That gives us about 3 weeks to finish up whatever sewing projects you might be in the middle of, or the opportunity to use up all that gorgeous fabric sitting on the shelves over there at the Rutherford House to make lap blankets. When we run out of the fun stuff, we'll go back to cutting up bedspreads and making lap blankets out of them. But please, no more sewing on smocks, walker bags, personal care bags, clothing, etc. We MUST do as many lap blankets as possible, and we ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY must get the Bethesda Mission bedspreads done. (I think we are about half way there).
We're beginning to run short of 1" bias binding, which we need for making the Bethesda Mission bedspreads and the lap blankets made out of the side pieces of the bedspreads. We have a lot of flat lace that can be used (in the closet) when we run out of the bias binding. I have asked Jennifer from RSVP to try to get us more 1" bias binding. Please put a notice on your bulletin boards at work, church, gym, or wherever, or a notice in your church bulletin, for 1" or larger bias binding (or seam tape, whatever you call it). We can use blanket binding, but it's a bit trickier to make it look nice. We can also cut the blanket binding in half, which makes it a bit easier to sew, and doubles the amount of blanket binding available. If worse comes to worse, we can make our own bias binding, but I'd rather be able to spend the time making lap blankets instead of bias binding, eh??!!
Thank God for providing us with such a nice storage place, and lots and lots of fabric and notions, and for all that we need to do the work He set before us. Please don't go to the store and buy any supplies unless you are sure we don't already have it at the Rutherford House, or unless you just like to spend money! hee hee!! Just give me a call if you aren't sure what's over at the Rutherford House.
And I thank God for my sewin' sisters!
Together we can, and have made a big difference in the Greater Harrisburg Area. Let's keep a lot of folks warm this winter through our prayers and our sewing!
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