Showing posts with label donations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label donations. Show all posts

Friday, March 27, 2015

Quiltsy Cares interview with Sally Manke

Today's featured quilter is Sally Manke, Fiber Artist.  Her charity is the Elizabeth C. Hosick Dialysis Center in Paul Oliver Hospital.  Each year she participates in the donation quilt project sponsored by the local Ben Franklin Fabric Department. They choose a different local organization each March and this was the charity they chose for this year.  Sally dontaed two lap quilts sized to keep dialysis patients warm as they receive treatment. 
 Colorful flannel scrap quilt backed with minkey

Sally is a retired home economics and art educator who says, "I am doing what I love and loving what I do!"  Sally lives on the beautiful western shore of Lake Michigan in Lower Michigan
Whole Cloth Quilt with delicate feminine long arm quilting
She has been sewing and quilting since before she could reach the foot peddle on her great Aunt Han’s Featherweight. The foot control sat in her lap so she could make the machine go!  
Donating the quilts at the local Ben Franklin Fabric Department. Sally on right with fabric department employee on left.

She has been a member of the quiltsy teem since February, 2011.

Her favorite things to make in her shop are Art Quilts and Rope Coiled Clothesline Baskets.

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As Captain of the Quiltsy team on Etsy it is my pleasure to occasionally feature one of my team-mates.  This post is part of a series on what the Quiltsy team members do for charities they care about! This is a lovely group of talented quilters who make a variety of quality quilted and sewn items for sale. I have sold my own quilts in my shop, Pamelaquilts, for almost 9 years now and enjoy quilting and pattern designing. I have been sewing all my life, thanks to my mom, and fell in love with the art of quilting over 25 years ago. I have worked hard at learning the art of quilting and have mastered many techniques, from the time honored skill of fine hand quilting to the modern methods using quick piecing and machine quilting.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Friday's Favorites: Crafters Who Care

In lieu of the traditional Friday's Favorites post, I come to you on a Thursday with an appeal for the victims and families of victims from the earthquake in Haiti. If you're able to help, please find a reputable organization to give monetary donations to. The Red Cross is doing telethons across the nation this week, as are many other good organizations. Also, if you're looking for a unique way to give, many Etsy sellers are donating their proceeds or portions of their proceeds to the relief efforts. You can find such offerings here.