Yesterday a woman I had been conversing with over e-mail came in and brought me this quilt and told me more about her new project called the Carrizo Project. "The Carrizo project is teaching women to sew in Honduras. The women can attend a free sewing school to make baby/ lap blankets on donated machines with repurposed fabric, discarded needles and thread"
Please read more at www.carrizoproject.org
Ok so it's got all the bells for me. Handmade, quilts, teaching a new skill, using repurposed and recycled objects and Moms! Lot's of Moms! Yup. I love it.
This is one of the first, the sewing is not technically perfect but they are learning and you know what...Shhh I kind of like things with a bit of imperfection.
I will be selling them in the shop, so far this is the only one but we will be getting more in the Fall. I think maybe this is the sort of thing memories are made from.
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