I am working on many projects right now. I burned my feet in December and was on bed-rest for several weeks, besides the week spent in the hospital receiving skin grafts. That adds up to almost a month of NO SEWING! I jumped back in with both feet and am participating in a couple of quilt alongs, sew alongs, as well as a couple of charity projects.
One of the charity projects I am contributing to is through Hopeful Threads. This wonderful site puts together monthly charity projects suitable for all ability levels. This month’s project is providing solid colored bloomers to Annabell’s Wish. Annabell’s Wish will be distributing the bloomers to an orphanage in China.
After searching blogland for over 2 hours, I was unable to find a FREE tutorial for bloomers that didn’t assume I had the child with me to provide needed measurements. Fortunately, Hopeful Threads has teamed up with Create H.O.P.E., a group of designers who have donated a collection of lovely pdf patterns for the low price of $5 each. I downloaded the pattern for 30 Minute Shorts and together with a very helpful tutorial from Hopeful Threads, easily transformed the shorts into bloomers!
It took me almost a week to finish 5 pair of bloomers. I should have been done in a day. Maybe it was my daughter watching television in my studio all week. Hmmm. Maybe it was because I was Facebooking while sewing. Yea, that’s probably more like it. I hope the bright colors will bring a little sunshine to those little girls. A week is a long time to spend sewing 5 pairs of bloomers. On the other hand, a week isn’t a very long time to spend praying for the 5 sweet little girls who will be wearing them!
Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. Isaiah 1:17
