Linus Project!

So anyone who's cool has heard of Regretsy, the horrible site that pokes fun at hopeful and would-be artisans for their shitty or outright bizarre crafts. Like merkin panties, highly detailed vagina pendants, used-tube-sock-elephant-penis-holder (complete with the item photographed on live human penis), etc.

So out of all this whimsicle fuckery comes charity. A site so many Etsians find offensive uses it's popularity to give back to the community. For every $200 that's raised, Regretsy finds an Etsy seller to make items to be donated for the current charity. Winediva made knitted cancer caps for The Hatbox Foundation (and has now started her own charity to continue this work) and Pomegranite80, a seller featured on Regretsy, was given a donation for her donkey rescue. There's also been work for Toys for Tots and now for Project Linus.

I'm am proud to announce that I have been bestowed the honor of making blankets for Linus Project. I was so determined to get this, I just spent the last week and a half diving into my fabric stash and seeing what I can use. I hadn't even gotten the job, but it didn't matter. So now sitting on my floor is a pile about 4 feet high of fabrics waiting to be washed along for 12 bolts of solids I gotta wash along with it. There will be much quilting/sewing/appliqueing to be done in the coming weeks!

Photos soon!

EDIT! I completely forgot to mention that Tiny Airplanes is graciously donating homemade labels to be attached to my blankets. Nikki is super awesome and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with for the labels.