It’s Pink Saturday again! And as always our Hostess Bev has collected a list of great blogs that want to participate in the celebration of all things Pink. You can find more blogs listed at How Sweet The Sound.

This week I’m featuring a very pretty pink pincushion that I found on eBay through a site that had been listed for Pink Saturday about a month ago. The blog is Cinnamon Stitch and there is an eBay Listing page. I am looking forward to seeing new items from Cinnamon Stitch.

Update on Giveaway: There’s been a slight delay on the Giveaway I posted about two weeks ago. I’ve been tending to a very sick kid this week. Granted, he’s in his thirties, but no matter what – they are still our babies. He came down with a very, very bug – not the flu. He ended up calling the ambulance when he got sick at work and has been camped out on my sofa for the week. He saw our doc today who said he had been very sick after he looked over the tests that the ER had done. Anyway, to be honest, I didn’t think of much but making sure he was ok. He’s now back at his own condo – tired of my couch. lol He will stopping by tomorrow or Sunday and I will get him to do the drawing of the winning name at that time – and then will post it on Sunday. I’m sorry for the delay.


Lastly, one of the things that Bev has asked us to do is feature another blog we’ve visited through Pink Saturday. Last week I found the Bunny Cottage and fell in love with all of Vicki’s beautiful items. I love hand-painted china and beautiful textiles. She has a very lovely blog. Also, this week she asked us to remember the people in Haiti. If you are looking for a place to make a donation, I created a post a few days ago that you might want to check out.


Have a very beautiful Pink Saturday!


Sandra

Haiti is in desperate need of help after the massive earthquake that hit the island. Prayers and contributions are needed. My charity of choice is World Vision. By giving directly to a charity such as World Vision I know that the money will get directly to those who need it most.

Recently on Sewing With Nancy she featured two very worthwhile charities that provide needed items for two worthwhile purposes.

The first is Little Dresses for Africa which is a group that create dresses from pillowcases and then distribute them orphanages in Central Africa. They are a Christian-based, non-profit group that was started by a small group of women who had gone on a short-term mission trip. After returning home they looked for a way to help those in need. One of their group came up with a simple sewing design she had found on the net. Now with over 30,000 dresses made and delivered they are planting seeds of hope.

I plan to start shopping this month’s linen sales to gather together a dozen or so pillowcases, along with ribbon and trim. I’ll post pictures of the finished dresses before I send them off to the group. Then I’ll go out and shop for some more pillowcases.

The other group that has been featured on Sewing with Nancy was the Project Linus another non-profit group. They have many chapters across the country and provide blankets to various organizations. There are nearly 380 chapters and they have provided over 3,000,000 blankets! Each chapter knows what is needed in their area and makes sure the blankets go to the correct place. They make their way to sick children, those that have been traumitized, etc. The best thing is to go the site, find a chapter close to you, and see what their needs are.

Along with pillowcases I’ll be looking for fleece to embroider – a great project for my embroidery machine and lots of the “cute” designs I have.

With the New Year just beginning it’s a good time to start on projects. Will post updates on how I’m doing with the dresses and blankets.