It has been brought to my attention,
by a very sweet and caring nurse,
that the babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
located at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio,
need blankets.
Home-made blankets.
Blankets made with love.
Ordinarily, I would prepare a few during the course of
building my other projects, probably setting them
up as a Leader/Ender project,
and donating a few at a time.
However, these fragile infants
are the babes of our brave military men and women,
so I'm asking for a little help.
Small quilts, measuring 24" x 24" or larger,
are perfect for keeping the babies warmer in the isolate,
and provide them with a securitiy blanket as they get older.
The nurse I mentioned will embroider the baby's name on the blankets
if the parents would like that.
Please e-mail me for an address
if you care to send along a quilt or two.
I am assuming the responsibility of collecting
and distributing them while I am here in TX.
Here's my first one.
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| Inspiration for this little quilt came from http://sentimentalquilter.blogspot.com/ She has some great tutorials: http://www.countrylanequilts.com/id30.html |
It sure would be great if you could pass this along,
mention it to your friends,
mention it on your own blog.
Thanks!
15 comments:
Good luck with this Karen, it is a very worthy cause we owe them so much.
This is an amazing project and one that warms my heart. Thanks for taking this one on, Karen, I would love the address to contribute to this wonderfully worthwhile quilt project for these tiny, needy, babies.
How I wish I was a quilter, such a worthy cause.
Back again, I've shared your request on my blog, with a link to your post.
There are church groups that make quilts for newborns. You might want to consider contacting a few. There are some great quilters in them. Second are the care homes. There are a lots in there that love to quilt still and would love a project like this.
Best in your endeavors.
What a beautiful thing you are coordinating, Karen! If I was not already making baby quilts for our own Mercy Children's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, I would certainly join you. I hope you receive LOTS of quilts. We're having our Quilt-a-Thon this weekend and hope to have lots of participation. We are definitely "better together." Bless you!
Great project. I hope you gets lots of quilters.
Very worthy cause, we are making them our hospitals here...
Very nice thoughts, I will pass this on to some quilters
What a great project! You can count me in. You always get involved in such wonderful activities. Nola
I would love to make a few of these!
Would they accept just simple flannel receiving blankets that are home-made? I made several of these for my son and they wash up so soft. Plus, they are great to swaddle the little ones when they are a little bigger. I generally make them 45" square - which is bigger than most store-bought receiving blankets.
Karen, I live near San Antonio, where I was born and raised. I have a soft place in my heart for both military families and for preemies, since my son and daughter in law were in the Navy and my grandson was a preemie. This is the busiest time of year for me, but I would love to try to work in a quilt for this cause.
I would love to contribute---thanks for posting and also for acting as the 'receiving center'. :) Will check my email for the addy. :)
I have some extra made up from the quilts given to me after the tornado disaster of last April 27th. I only give them out when requested...making sure they are Wanted! I would love to send 3-4 to your hospital. Please send me your address.
Blessings
Gmama Jane
jehillis@gmail.com
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