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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 10:45:21 AM
My best friend and MJF FarmChick "Big Shanty Farmchick" came down the day after Thanksgiving and together we finished up her big Pink Slipper Project for a battered women's shelter. If you are not familiar with this project, you can visit pinkslipperproject.com
for all of the patterns and information. Sandy had already crocheted the booties in all sorts of pink and then on her way down from Atlanta, stopped in the Bells Outlet store in south Ga. and picked up every pink PJ in all sizes for 70% off. Then when she got here, we set up shop in my dining room and got to work on the rag slippers from both flannel and fleece fabrics. Here is our photo journey of the afternoon and evening.
Then she had collected toiletries and I added a few and we placed them in holiday bags for each person to have when they came to the shelter along with PJS and slippers.
After we finished all of that, we went out to Joanne Fabrics in search for material for us to have some slippers and here we are enjoying the fruits of our labors!!
No Black Friday shopping for these two farmgirls. We had a blast and then an even better time delivering them on Saturday!! What a great way to start the Holiday Season with warm toes!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl |
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| katmom |
Posted - Jun 16 2012 : 11:11:42 PM
OH my! how did I miss this thread? LUV IT!
I luv the 'slippers too! hmm, I think I need to make some of these in toddler size for my grand kiddos!
hugz
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| Marylyn |
Posted - Jun 05 2012 : 08:25:28 AM
Sorry, but I just found this...what an awesome idea and project!!! Having been in a shelter many years ago there was a room full of donated, used items that I greatly appreciated when I moved out...but if I had received something like what you ladies did I would probably still be crying....you gals are awesome!!! Now off to my sewing machine to see what I can come up with!!!!
Love,
Auntie M
Farmgirl # 4062 |
| rphelps4 |
Posted - Apr 24 2012 : 06:30:57 AM
WOW what a great idea, I have been a batter wife, that will mean so much to them, having something nice and pretty!! Roxanna |
| sonshine4u |
Posted - Apr 24 2012 : 06:07:43 AM
I totally missed this post first time around....wow! How cute and what a wonderful way to spend the day together! I detest black friday and think that you ladies chose wisely! Way to go!
~April :)
Playing in the Sonshine
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Apr 19 2012 : 06:37:10 AM
I am very late in telling you congratulations. What a great effort and a wonderful result. How proud of yourselves you must have been. Tremendous.
Marianne |
| Ca-Reds |
Posted - Apr 04 2012 : 4:28:13 PM
What a wounderful thing to do!!! I think i might try something like this to get my chapter off and running!
-Kristy
"Plan ahead, it wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark!" |
| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Feb 13 2012 : 08:07:50 AM
thanks gals,
I just went to the web site and downloaded both the rag slippers and the knitted ones. Can't wait to get started
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
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| laurentany |
Posted - Jan 25 2012 : 8:12:50 PM
I agree 100% with all of our other farmgirl sisters. What an absolutely wonderful and giving, selfless way to brighten others holidays! Blessings to you both!
Hugs,
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
Farmgirl Sister#1403
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.. |
| TeresaJ25 |
Posted - Jan 25 2012 : 10:01:53 AM
You both are inpirations to us all!
xoxo
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
Little Henhouse on the Island
Keep reading. Keep learning. Keep loving. Keep giving. Keep smiling. Keep listening. Keep forgiving. Keep praying |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 4:11:00 PM
How did I miss this post?!!! What a kind, nice, wonderful things to do. Absolutely moving to see the pictures. The slippers are just too cute! I hope y'all have given yourselves a pat on the back.
Thanks.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jan 09 2012 : 05:44:00 AM
Thank you for doing this project. Way back in the days of my first marriage, there were no shelters for me to go to when I needed one. Now we have one nearby and I often donate items too. One year I donated dishcloths, so when the women moved out of the shelter, they could have something nice to start their new home with.
I love the fact that you treated yourself to your own slippers. How nice.
Farmgirl #800
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From my Camera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pioneerwomanatheart/
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| Kim L. |
Posted - Dec 29 2011 : 11:19:56 AM
What a wonderful project! Thank you for sharing and caring:)
~Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.~
Mother Teresa
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Dec 29 2011 : 08:51:01 AM
Thanks for sharing! Great project!
My daughter and I may do something similiar and incorporate into the breast cancer events we do!!
Thanks!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
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| forgetmenot |
Posted - Dec 28 2011 : 9:40:44 PM
What a fun, wonderful thing to do! I'm sure the recipient's will love them. I used to work with homeless, battered women. This is off the subject..but, do you know ..the majority of them had never received a flower in their whole lives.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
| Beverly Gill |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 6:16:47 PM
I started making these slippers over in India to give to women recuperating from cancer-----looks simple right???My slippers unfortunately didn't look nice.....so I stopped.
Beverly Gill
There's no place like home |
| smiley |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 6:10:15 PM
Wow! That is so cool! |
| Heather B |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 4:43:21 PM
Wonderful charity project and you both sound like you had a blast!
Heather
http://homesteadincity.blogspot.com/
http://littlehouseonthebumper.blogspot.com/ (My "glamper" page)
"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
Farm Girl Sister #662 |
| Tea Lady |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 3:54:18 PM
What a wonderful thing to do! Thanks for sharing your pictures too. You and your friend are amazing. God bless you.
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
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| Penny Wise |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 3:26:42 PM
that is awesome! and i love the pictures to show us!!!!!thank you for what you two have done!
Farmgirl # 2139
proud member of the Farmgirls of the Southwest Henhouse
~*~ counting my pennies and biding my time; my dreams are adding up!~*~ |
