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Sites about making fiber arts items for charity.

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• Cross Stitch
• Knitting and Crochet
• Quilting
• Sewing

Resources in This Category

• A Common Thread

  http://fidalgo.net/~aes/acommonthread.html
  Providing sewn, quilted, crocheted, and knitted blankets to the local Project Linus chapter in Skagit and Whatcom counties, Washington. Includes guidelines and photographs.

• Afghans for Angels

  http://www.angelfire.com/ia2/AforApage2/index.html
  Volunteer organization that creates knit, crochet, quilted, and hand decorated blankets for parents who have lost an infant.

• American Soldier Memorial Project

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansoldiermemorial/
  Discussion group for cross-stitchers and embroiderers who are making memorials for soldiers who have fallen in Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Operation Enduring Freedom.

• Barb's Caring Touch

  http://barbs-caring-touch.tripod.com/
  Crocheting, knitting, and sewing items for premature infants.

• Bonnie Babies

  http://www.bonniebabies.co.uk/
  UK registered organization that provides sewn, crochet or knitted clothing, blankets, and burial items to special baby care units. Includes patterns, forum, and photo gallery.

• Bundles of Love

  http://www.bundlesoflove.org/
  Non-profit organization in Minnesota that sews, knits and crochets essential clothing and blankets for infants in need and teaches expectant mothers to sew. Includes patterns, local groups, and newsletters.

• Carewear

  http://www.carewear.org/
  US-wide group of volunteers who knit, crochet, and sew baby items distributed through hospitals. Includes patterns, a database of hospitals, and a newsletter.

• CuzWeCare, Inc.

  http://www.cuzwecare.org/
  Provides sewn comfort pillows and preemie outfits and knit and crocheted caps and lapghans to those in need. Includes news, recipients list, and how to help.

• Halos of Hope

  http://www.halosofhope.org/
  Provides knitted, crocheted, and sewn hats to chemotherapy patients in the US. Includes news and a list of centers accepting donations.

• Helping Hearts for Cheyenne River

  http://helpinghearts0.tripod.com/
  Knitting, crocheting, and sewing for the reservation in South Dakota. Includes patterns and discussion group.

• Newborns in Need

  http://www.newbornsinneed.org/
  Knitting, crocheting, and sewing items for babies. Includes local chapter directory and discussion group

• Northwest Wings of Love

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nwwingsoflove/
  Supports different Pacific Northwest charitable organizations every month with knit, crochet, and needlework items.

• Project Linus

  http://www.projectlinus.org/
  Headquarters of the nonprofit organization that provides handmade blankets to children in need. Includes newsletter, FAQ, patterns, and a listing of local chapters.

• Project Linus: Mat-Su Valley Chapter

  http://www.mtaonline.net/~mehoyt/
  Chapter serving children in need in Alaska. Includes how to get involved.

• Project Linus: Saint-Eustache, Quebec

  http://pages.infinit.net/danielp/linus/
  Local chapter donates handmade blankets to severely ill or traumatised children. Patterns available, bilingual site (English and French.)

• Snuggles Project

  http://www.snugglesproject.org/
  Hugs for Homeless Animals program to provide crocheted, knit, sewn, and quilted blankets to shelter animals. Includes membership information, patterns, and a list of shelters.

• Steven's Comfy Toes/Cyndy's Tiny Tootsies

  http://stevenscomfytoes.blogspot.com/
  Provides knitted, crocheted, sewn, and quilted slippers, hats, mittens, and scarves to needy children ages birth to 12 years in the White Pine County Area of Nevada. Includes examples and links to patterns.

• The Pink Slipper Project

  http://www.pinkslipperproject.org/
  Provides knitted, crocheted, and sewn slippers to women and children living in shelters. Includes mailing list and patterns.

• The Shawl Ministry

  http://www.shawlministry.com/
  Knit, crocheted, quilted, and sewn shawls for comfort and solace. Includes knitting and crochet patterns, forum, workshop schedule, news coverage, and photo gallery.

• The Ships Project

  http://www.theshipsproject.com/Home.htm
  Sending knitted, crocheted, and sewn items to US troops. Includes guidelines and patterns.

• Tiny Stitches, Inc.

  http://www.tinystitches.org/
  Non-profit organization that provides knit, crocheted, and sewn layettes to disadvanaged babies and burial layettes to families in northern Georgia. Includes meeting schedule, newsletters, and photo gallery.

• Touching Little Lives

  http://www.touchinglittlelives.org/
  Nonprofit organization providing knit, crocheted, and sewn items to NICUs and burial layettes to grieving parents in Ohio. Includes forum, patterns, size chart, and newsletter.

• Warm Hearts, Warm Babies

  http://www.warmheartswarmbabies.org/
  Group that sews, knits, crochets, and quilts for premature infants and babies in need in Colorado. Includes crochet patterns and newsletter.

• Warming Families Across Oregon

  http://www.angelfire.com/or2/warmingfamilies/
  Contact information to find out where to send handmade items for homeless shelters, nursing homes, and domestic violence shelters in Oregon.

• Warming Families: Brampton and Greater Toronto Area Chapter

  http://gtawarmingfamilies.weebly.com/index.html
  Local chapter collects warm items to be distributed to homeless and domestic violence shelters. Contact information and details on how to help.

• Warming Families: Central Illinois Chapter

  http://members.tripod.com/fergie_85732-ivil/
  Serving the McLean County area. Contact and donation information available, as well as links to free patterns.

• Yahoo Group: Caring For Cooper

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CaringforCooper/
  Volunteers who knit, crochet, and sew baby items for Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.

• Yahoo Group: Caring4Canadians

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caring4canadians/
  For needlecrafters of all ages that are creating items to donate to Canadian charities.

• Yahoo Group: From the Heart of Texas

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FromtheHeartofTexas/
  Knitting, crocheting, and sewing for charity. Includes pattern directory.

• Yahoo Group: Hugs4Hope

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hugs4Hope/
  People who knit, crochet, and sew items for preemie and newborn babies in North Carolina and New York.

• Yahoo Group: Knitting for Brisbane's Needy

  http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/knittingforbrisbanesneedy/
  Group that knits, crochets, looms, sews, quilts, and makes toys for charities in Queensland, Australia.

 

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