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 October 2014 Newsletter 

Make A Blanket Day (MABD)

2014 Schedule

 

All MABD Days

10 am - 3 pm

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Marilynn's Pickets & Patchwork, Nyssa

 

 November 14 

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Meadow Lake Village,

Meridian

 

November - not scheduled yet
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Donna's House

11874 Altamont, Caldwell

(Bring a pot luck dish for lunch)

 

Thursday, October 2

  Thursday, December 4  

 
 
The best kind of
sleep under
heaven above is under a blanket
handmade
   with love.  

Blanket

Drop-off Sites

 

Marilynn's Pickets & Patchwork, Nyssa
  
Robinson's Sewing Center
572 Caldwell Blvd, Nampa
  
Idaho Sewing & Vacuum
4500A Overland Rd, Boise
  
The Quilt Crossing
10959 W Fairview Ave, Boise  
  
A big Thank You to all of our Drop-Off Sites!
Project Linus
11874 Altamont St.
Caldwell, Idaho 83605
www.LinusIdaho.org
 
208 250-2119
  
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Never judge a
work of art
by its defects! 
October MABD 
October 2  ~ 10 am - 3 pm 
Donna's House 

We have blankets to tie, fleece blankets to fringe, fleece blankets to repair, blankets to label, scan, and bag.  If anyone has blankets ready to tie, could you bring them with you?

Potluck lunch, as usual!
Chapter Funding
 
For the past several years we have received very generous donations from the Quilt Shop Hop held annually in April.  These funds have been our main source of income to buy fabric and batting and pay other chapter expenses.

Starting next year, they will be splitting the funds they raise during the Shop Hop between our Project Linus chapter and another very worthy project - the MSTI Respite House.

This means that our chapter will need to find additional funding sources. Is there anyone in our group who has grant writing experience?  Do any of you work for a company that matches your hours?  Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
Blankets Sent to Weed, California 
 
Thirty of the small blankets we had on hand went to Weed, California, Head Start.  The Project Linus chapter coordinator closest to Weed asked for 600 blankets for the kids in Weed. She said they could definitely use small blankets since the Head Start building burnt to the ground.  Now, I'm glad we had all those small blankets!

They received enough blankets from Project Linus chapters all over the country to cover their need.
 
Why We Make Blankets

 

When I was folding my son's car blanket yesterday, I began to reflect on how often he has used it & how many compliments we have received about it in almost seven years. When it was first presented to him while having an MRI as an infant, we were anxious parents waiting to learn of his diagnosis, which ended up being a degenerative genetic disease with a prognosis of only two years. During the time since, the lovely, warm knitted blanket has kept Michael warm in our van on many a cold day. I often wonder who took the time to carefully craft it and donate it to Project Linus, and even though I probably won't ever know, we will always treasure it as a thoughtful gift that has wrapped our son in love and warmth for a long time. Thank you for continuing this loving and practical outreach venture.

Blanket Guidelines

 

Suggested Blanket Sizes:

 

Baby - 30" x 30" to 30" x 36"

(please use soft baby yarn for baby afghans)

Child - 40" x 55" to 40" x 60"

Teen - 45" x 65" to 45" x 72"

 

These are approximate sizes. Kids AND blankets come in all sizes.  Our Project Linus blankets are donated to all ages - from newborns up to age eighteen.

 

Our hospitals prefer that baby blankets to be at least 30" x 30" - no smaller, please.

 

Please use a pattern for baby afghans with no holes that will catch tiny fingers and toes. 

 

We never receive enough "boy" blankets and teen-sized blankets. Nurses tell us that more boys are admitted to hospitals than girls.

 

Our hospitals will not accept fleece blankets for preemies.  Please make fleece blankets in child or teen sizes as listed above.

   

A note about fleece blankets - we prefer single layer fleece with no knots, just neatly fringed.  Fringe should be no longer than 2 or 3 inches.  The longer you cut the fringe, the less blanket there is for snuggling!  Nurses tell us that laying on knots can cause bedsores.

 

Click here for fleece blanket guidelines  

   

You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.