This weekend I received a very special delivery from Shannon at Valley Forge Fabrics! They very generously donated YARDS AND YARDS of high quality fabrics to use for Buddee Bags! I have included pictured below.  I can’t wait to get sewing and post pictures of the finished products for everyone to see!

You can visit Valley Forge Fabrics here.

Or visit them on Facebook here.

Donation of material from Valley Forge Fabrics

I hope that everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving.  I enjoyed spending the day with my family.

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has helped me with Buddee Bags.  I continue to make bags whenever I can.  I just donated 8 bags to students and am working on another bunch right now.

I also recently made dresses and shorts to send to Guatemala.  I am including a picture below.  I wanted to say thank you to Sandy for taking them with her to deliver to the children she meets on her trip next month!

Dresses I made for my friend Sandy to take to Guatemala

I am very happy to share that I have been recognized by Start a Snowball foundation! They have provided me with a grant to help “start a snowball” and allow me to make Buddee Bags even bigger!

I am going to use the money to help spread the word with other kids by sending patterns and fabric to schools and organizations that have sewing programs to try to get more kids sewing and helping those in need.

Please take a minute to visit Start a Snowball.  They do such great work and help kids like me get our projects going.  I am so honored to have been selected.

I am also beginning to work on a Day of Service sewing project for January 19 and I hope to get a lot of volunteers (kids and adults) to help me! More news to come on this.

Thank you Start a Snowball!

Yesterday, I was off from school for Election Day.  My Grandma took me to meet the founder of Bernina Sewing Machines.  I learned how hard it can be to make a sewing machine that people will like.  He said it took years to get it just right.

While he was signing his book for me, a photographer from the Bucks County Intelligencer took our photo.  It was in today’s edition!  Here is a link (click here) to see the photo!  I also pasted it below.

I hope someday I can get a Bernina sewing machine!

Meeting the Founder of Bernina Sewing Machines

On Sunday morning I was able to participate in The American Sewing Guild’s annual fashion show.  Everybody who was modeling like me had to make their own clothes from scratch. Attached below is a picture of me at the fashion show in the outfit I sewed.  I also made a matching outfit for my doll.  Big thanks to my Grandma, I couldn’t have done it without you!

American Sewing Guild Fashion Show November 2014

Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped sew Buddee Bags this weekend as a part of Make a Difference Day! I really appreciate your help with this project.

You can see more information about my project at the Make a Difference Day website.

For anyone else who might like to help, patterns for two of my bags are now available on the patterns page!

I have been very busy lately making some more Buddee Bags.  Soon I will be able to give them to people who need them.  I have also given a few more to individuals who have asked for them and also received more donations! Thank you to everyone for your support of Buddee Bags!

I am very excited to announce that I was selected to receive the 2014 Summer of Service Award from Youth Service America and Disney Friends for Change! This award will help me to continue my work with  Buddee Bags.  I am so honored to have been selected for this award.  I know I will continue to be able to help lots of people who need Buddee Bags.

Buddee Bags was selected for the 2014 Summer of Service Award from Disney and YSA!

This was a very busy week because I went back to school.   I have gotten a lot of emails from people who are offering to help sew Buddee Bags so I am going to be making a pattern for them to use.  Today I went to Jo-Ann’s so I could get some more fabric for some special request bags.  I hope to have these done by the end of this week.

At Jo-Ann’s I also got a 10% discount card for being a member of the sewing guild which will come in handy when I need to buy fabric!

A few days ago, my grandmother and I went to a CHICS meeting (Creative Hands in Community Service).  In the picture, you’ll see me with my friend Emma from Dresses with lovE. (You can learn more about Dresses with lovE by clicking here.)

At the meeting, we helped a friend sew pocket pouches to donate to St. Mary’s Hospital.  I had a lot of fun – this is a great group!

I also got A LOT of really great thread and fabric from my CHICS friends.  Thank you to everyone!  They will all come in handy for my next batch of Buddee Bags!

Madeline with her friends at the CHICS meeting