Yesterday I got home and there was a box in the mail addressed to me. One of my Dad’s friends and his family was in Kisumu, Kenya on vacation and they went to a market where they bought me a lot of African fabric. The patterns are amazing and the colors are so bright! I would also like to thank everyone who has recently donated to Buddee Bags. I am hoping to have a new batch ready to deliver soon.
New fabric from Africa
A couple of days ago, I went to my first American Sewing Guild meeting. Everybody from the Bucks County Chapter was nice and very welcoming. It is always fun to meet new people and learn about new projects. I had a chance to show off my anywhere bag, people really loved it! I also learned how to make a bag out of neckties during the “show and tell” part. I volunteered to bring some treats to the next meeting – I can’t wait until the next meeting!
My Grandma and I at the ASG meeting
Today I was able to deliver some special request bags over to the Arbors. It was nice to see the residents again and see they were still using their bags and neck pillows.
I’ve been keeping busy over the last week working on new bags and looking for the next place I will donate to. I am so thankful for the donations I received this week, I am now able to buy more fabric and make more bags. I am hoping to have the next batch done in about two weeks and then I can deliver them.
I had a great time yesterday teaching two of my cousins how to sew! They each made a pillow for themselves and helped me stuff some neck pillows to donate.
Tomorrow I am going to my first meeting as a Sewing Guild member! I am really looking forward to it!
Today I had the chance to go to the Arbors. I met all the residents and got to spend some time with them. I was glad to see they all appreciated the walker, wheelchair and anywhere bags plus the neck pillows. I even had some requests for more wheelchair bags because I ran out. I also got two more donations today which will help me with the next round of bags and pillows.
Today I worked on some new designs to bring to The Arbors tomorrow. Today I made 6 walker bags which turned out great. Around 11:30am I am going to the Arbors to finally get to drop off the walker,wheelchair and the anywhere bag plus the neck pillows. Below I am adding some pictures of my final product.
On Friday I am finally going to drop of the walker and wheelchair bags along with some neck pillows. So tomorrow I am going to work on some more I need to finish. Thankfully I have my Brother Sam (an excellent sewer and stuffer) to help me!! My Grammy and my Tia are going to go with me to the Arbors to have lunch with the residents receiving the Buddee Bags.
I extremely appreciate all the donations I have been getting, they will help me finish some Buddee Bags so I can take them to the Arbors where my Buddee lived for a period of time. I have so many I need to finish even my family wants to help. This is a picture of me teaching my brother how to sew.
This is a picture of me and my brother sewing.
This is a picture of me giving my Pop Pop a golf pillow I made. It was very special because he loves to golf. This is the first pillow I made. My Grandma taught me how to make it.
This is the first pillow I ever made.
Yesterday I delivered 23 neck pillows to St.Mary’s Hospital. I sewed them with my grandmother. They were very thankful because they give them out as fast as they get them. The volunteer at St. Mary’s told me they are very popular and everyone wants one.
Madeline delivering neck pillows to a volunteer at St. Mary’s Hospital