[SCA-AE] Fabric Donations - Project Linus

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I want to thank those of you who donated - even shipped! - fabric to me 
for my Middle School students for Project Linus, a Not-For-Profit that 
gives quilts away to kids in long-term medical care, or who have just 
lost their house to a fire, or something else where it seems that a 
"hug" from someone who made them something to have for themselves would 
help.  
 I had all sorts of 7th & 8th grade FCCLA club members, and even a group 
of 6th graders! who were working away.  We have 2 wonderful quilts 
(small sized!) finished, and about 4 of real varying quality but of 
heartfelt work.
 A couple of kids were even in on the last 3 days when we didn't have 
school, when teachers have time to do grades, have all those 
who-will-pass and other meetings, and clean up.  Which did mean that I 
spent the NEXT week (in an almost empty, closed
 school) trying to clean my classroom, but when you have kids willing to 
come in when school is over, just trying to finish such a project, how 
can you say no?  I can't, and never could.  So we sewed, made some 
milkshakes and smoothies, and in general got in other kids who were in 
school making up work anyway.  I ended up with a larger mess than when I 
started those days, but with so many kids who had a great 
give-of-yourself experience.

I find it amazing and humorous that most of them will immediately chose 
anything that looks like a brocade.

The Little falls Evening Times ran a picture and a story about it.  
While I cannot find the addresses off of the boxes for the 4 of you who 
sent me fabric, I did want to thank you.  If you want to send me your 
email address again, I will see if I can scan the article in and send it 
to you as a thank you.

Any more fabric scraps would be very, very welcome.  Nothing that is too 
thin and slippery (as in thin, shiny polyester) as the kids aren't up to 
sewing it, and it wears too fast in a quilt.  Anything about the size of 
your spread out hand (5x5, or even bigger) could be cut up into at least 
one square!  And I will be at Pennsic.....
Thanks again,
Rowena