Stitching for Charity
A Bargello Needlepoint.com reader, Julie Fera, sent a photo of The Caron Snowflake Santa that she finished before the holiday season as a charitable donation. Here’s the beautiful photo and what she said about the project and how it was used:
“I worked on the Caron Snowflake Santa for an outreach program that was being done by the Buffalo (NY) Chapter EGA. I had previously printed the Santa pattern from the Caron website. I posted a comment that I would love to send you a photo for you to see.
The Buffalo Chapter EGA was planning to decorate a 24″ wreath with Santas as an auction item for a local charitable organization. So I went through my patterns/charts looking for a Santa that would be appropriate, and the Caron Snowflake Santa met my needs.
Although I loved the Santa as he appeared in the pattern, when you are doing charitable stitching, I try to shop my SABLE (stash accumulated beyond life expectancy). I found a Watercolours called Holiday. In addition, I had a good selection of other threads that would go with the Holiday Watercolours. In the end I used Caron threads: Watercolours, Snow, and Impressions; a #4 Kreinik braid, and some flosses.
I loved doing the turkey work for the hat’s pompom. The pompom really added to his charm, as does the twinkle in his eyes. I spent approximately 15 hours on the stitching and finishing over eight days.”
Thanks, Julie for the photo and description, and thanks to the Buffalo Chapter EGA for its charitable outreach. To contact Julie for more details on the project, email her at greenultra@yahoo.com; for more information about the Buffalo Chapter EGA outreach program, send an email to JCMD1@adelphia.net.
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