At Home Projects Available

I know it's only been a few days on lockdown and if you are like me, the at-home projects are endless.  But if you are wanting something else to do in a crafting sort of way, I still have many projects available. And I am sure I have forgotten something!

• Want to learn to loom knit?  I have a wide variety of looms available for you to borrow and there is a multitude of youtube videos that will quickly get you started.
• Want to trace patterns and cut fabric?  We have flannel for bibs, blankets and sharing hearts.  We have fleece for bears.  We have duck cloth for Rice bags.
• Want to sew?  We have bears and changing pads ready to go now and a lot of flannel out being traced. We have kits for Angel gowns ready now also. 
• Want to make no-sew blankets?  We have fleece we can give you if needed. 

We have several more ideas that need to be refined for some specialty fabric we received or stretch fleece, stretch terry and stretch nylon like work out gear would be in.  If you have any ideas, let me know. 

Thanks to everyone who has already picked up or said they are working on items for our group!

Please stay healthy and be wise but most importantly remember that God has this all under control and is in charge.  When you start to get overwhelmed, pray.  

I love you all and miss you.

Stay in touch and let me know if I can help you stay busy.

Tina

Sew Thursdays Cancelled

It is with a heavy heart that we send out this message. Until further notice, we will not be meeting on Thursday mornings. As much as we don't want to do this, for selfish reasons, we feel it is better to be safe than sorry.  We have no projects that are time-sensitive currently.

So, in place of sewing Thursdays, we ask that you continue to charity sew from home. All of our patterns are on this blog, and you can use this time to lessen your fabric stash! If you don't have a fabric stash and would like to help with ours, just let us know, and we will put together all you need to get started on a project. 

If you want a new project ... consider joining in with our friends at O'Sewpersonal Fabric Shop's March Charity Sew. Their goal is 50 pediatric surgical caps for Children's Hospital of St. Louis. You can drop off your caps at the fabric shop inside or curbside or email us at busyhands4all@gmail.com for additional pickup/drop off arrangements.

Please stay in touch and healthy. We are going to miss you all but will see you soon.

Days for Girls Update from our International Chapters Director

From International Chapters & Teams Newsletter

2020 is shaping up to be a big year and I can't think of any group I would rather be working alongside!

With 2019's numbers finalized, I'm happy to share that Days for Girls has now reached over 1.7 million women and girls in 144 countries. This is a reminder that every single kit matters and each AWH education session is vitally important. Look at what we can achieve together!

Looking to 2020, at present we have 1,105 registered Chapters, Teams, and Clubs. 2020 here we come! Will 2020 be the year we reach 2 million?


With love,

Leyla Isin-Xiong
International Chapters Director
Days for Girls International