9 PATCH GATHER

In March of 08, My daughter B, had an idea, as we sat in a restaurant waiting for our food. She was drawing pictures of animals and people on napkins, and said, Mom, maybe you could sew these together, from the pictures i made, and we can sell them to raise money for a charity. Well, i thought that a grand idea, and so we did.

I have posted about this before, I think, BUT, a really cool thing happened recently.

From the sales of the animals, B raised $600, which she then Donated to Love Without boundaries. basically the foundation raises money for Children in Chinese Orphanages, who need medical attention and can not be put on the Adoption list. Which means, they are not adoptable, and will grow up in the system...

So, B was able to select a child that she wanted her money to go to to help. Recently, we rcvd a note, from the Medical co-Director as a follow up.



Dear B & V,

We have just heard wonderful news! Jin, the little boy you sponsored for hernia surgery no longer needs to have hernia surgery any more. The hernia has healed on its own and we are so happy that he no longer needs surgery.

Because Jin no longer needs surgery, we will be able to reassign your donation to help another child. There is another child from Jin’s same orphanage that has anal atresia and a heart defect, baby Yu. We are planning to move Yu to Shanghai after Chinese New Year so that the doctors at the Children’s Hospital associated with Fudan University can fix both of Yu’s defects. I have attached a photo of Yu for you.

Thank you again for making a difference for a child. We appreciate all you are doing to help these precious children!!

Karen Maunu
Medical Co-Director
Love Without Boundaries Foundation
www.lovewithoutboundaries.com
"Hope and Healing for Children in Need"


Any dry eyes? I'm very touched by the fact that the have sent hand written cards, emails, pictures etc. to let us know how the money has gone. I'm very touched.

As I sit here cutting squares from my scrap bin, I was thinking about how or who else we can help.

I'd like to ask if anyone is interested
in hitting their scrap bins?

I'd like to make a quilt from all the scraps we have but can't figure out what to do with. I've been cutting 2" squares out of my smaller scraps, and I've decided, to ask everyone if we can get a bunch of people to contribute 9 patch squares, out of 2" blocks. I'll put them all together and probably donate it to them for their yearly auction...

If you'd like to help me, send me an email. you can send as many 9 patches as you want, but please use your scraps. It's about using what we have, to help someone else.

2" cut blocks sewn together for a 9 patch... Mine trimmed down is just under 5" squared finished.

Please, if you want to contribute, MAIL them by FEB 14th...