DK Quilt Guild -- working on VA hospital quilts
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View ArticleKoscadia Meet Up, Sunday, June 29
Bleeding hearts, native to Portland, OROjibwa is coming to Portland and we are having a meet up with him at Catnip Manor (home of the Reed sisters) on Sunday, June 29 at 1pm. As per usual, this will...
View ArticleDK VA Hospital Support Project: Book Drive! Got Used Books to Give?
Last year, we delivered a bunch of quilts, teddy bears, and hand made cards to the Palo Alto VA Hospital for the patients in their Spinal Cord Injury Unit.This year, on July 18, Kossacks are giving a...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: Quick and Simple Quilts
DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips....
View ArticleWAYWO: Update for Hats & Scarves for Detroit VA Hospital
Broths and I are co-chairs for the Warmth for Vets project. A collection of handmade hats and scarves for homeless Veterans in Detroit to be distributed by the VA Hospital there.Suejazz made theseI...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: Charity Quilts
Okiciyap 2013 Block~ Proud of My Bleeding Heart DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your...
View ArticleQuilts, Vets, NN14, and Handmade Cards
Several weeks ago Sara R posted a diary to collect funds for use on this year’s KOSsack project to donate quilts, crocheted or knitted scarves and hats, teddy bears, and other items to 65 people at the...
View ArticleWAYWO: NN14 VA Hospital Update
NormAl and I leave on Wednesday for Detroit, bringing quilts and hats and scarves for veterans.The quilts are for the Detroit VA Nursing Home and the hats and scarves are for homeless vets, to be...
View ArticleDK VA Hospital Support Project: Detroit
Part of our display at Netroots NationThursday, we were granted a space at Netroots Nation to display items we would deliver the next day to the Detroit VA Hospital. It was a generous space:THANK...
View ArticleWAYWO: NN14 Detroit VA Hospital Delivery
This is a brief photo diary of the delivery to the VA Hospital in Detroit of quilts, knitted/crocheted hats and scarves, as well as Teddy Bears and cards.Norm's Quilt for the VA Hospital
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: Photos of DK VA Hospital Quilts
This is a photo diary of the quilts that were given to the Detroit VA Hospital as part of the DK VA Hospital Service Project. A lot of talent and time went into these lovely quilts. I thought this...
View ArticleKoscadia Meetup, 9/28/14, pictures and recap
From left to right: J Orygun, also mom of 5, loggersbrat It was a lovely day in Portlandia to meet at a favorite food truck pod, à la carts Food Pavilion. I, loggersbrat, Quill, pdxteacher, also mom...
View ArticleImportant Updates: For Sara R and Ann. For all of you and the magic you make.
The sound of thread being pulled through cloth whispers like a barely breathed prayer.Through the years, Sara R and her sister winglion (Ann) have made thousands of prayers manifest. Our thoughts and...
View ArticleThank you.
You are the community of our hearts. Mine Ann's and let's not forget the cats...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing, 11/21 - Come to Portland, OR next year?
For two years now, we have delivered quilts, handmade cards and teddy bears to a VA Hospital, concurrent with Netroots Nation. Last year, we added knitted or crocheted hats and scarves to the gift,...
View ArticleHow to Get Help for a Veteran You Believe Has PTSD
Vet63 published a compelling diary in which he describes a friend of his who is an older Veteran still suffering from the psychological pain inflicted during the War in Viet Nam.Over the last 3 decades...
View Article♥Note To A Marine♥
Hi Joe♥ ♥I'm Still Here, Waiting♥Veterans Crisis Line 1-800-273-TALK (8255 and dial 1) Gov't And Social Services Links For Our Marines♥ All Our ♥Troops And ♥VeteransUnited Veterans Of AmericaBecause;...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: DK VA Hospital Service Project
DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips....
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild - quilts for veterans
DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips....
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing, Aug. 28, 2015: DK VA Hospital Service Project
Want to practice a Random Act of Kindness? Do something nice for someone you will never meet? Think of the veterans who are sick or injured, lying in a VA Hospital. There are lots of ways to make...
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