What Whippys are up to this week.

Ahhh....school holidays...do you love them? do you dislike them?

We do love them in our house - our girls go flat out each long term, so school hols are times of sleeping, lazying, telly watching and cooking! Lots of cooking lately, so the kitchen is in permanent state of mess.  The dishwasher never works so hard than in school hols lol!

DD1's stuffed capsicum - she said it was so full of good stuff, but I can't remember what - she gobbled it right up!

A spontaneous request for knitting lessons by DD2!

some nice big and chunky bamboo needles, some nice big chunky wool in a gorgeous teal colour (that is my go to colour, my 2013 colour ha!)

AND some sewing for me to do!  AusMod Bee gal Julie of Narioka wanted stars and using her very pretty selection of lots of Art Gallery fabrics (Love!) I chose these:


Ribbon Star: link 12"

Constellation (from Block Tool app) 6"  This was a nightmare block, just quietly - Julie may want to throw this one away....

Eccentric Star: link 6"

April Star: link 6"

Forgot to mention a big (for me) cos it is so long time coming (breath) reveal...

tomorrow

Somaly Mam quilt

I feel rather honoured that I have in my house the quilt made through Amitie's fundraiser for 

Somaly Mam Foundation.

This foundation's cause - to abolish human trafficing, in particular Cambodia's children sold for sexual slavery - it sickens me even to write that line - spoke deeply to me - it still does and hope for a very long time to come.

 Somaly Mam - a survivor and fantastic example of strength and hope against such evil, needs support financially for the foundation.

Too easy, I thought.

Emailed the silent auction's organiser to place a bid for me on the night (couldn't get there cos of work) - a pay packet's worth is nothing compared to what they need.

Very very happy I won!

A young girl's face is what it is all about - a cherished life, a loved life, a life of hope and happiness.

This is what this quilt means to me.

Thank you Amitie for organising this to be made, thank you to all the people who put a little bit of love and hope into their star(s) and for all those who played a part in putting it together, quilting it, binding and getting to the organisers.

Thank you to Melinda Gillon (Reynolds) from Project Futures who has been lovely in contacting me and sending me the quilt.

Thank you to Somaly Mam and all her difficult work

It is a very uncomfortable topic to think of, let alone talk about or act on, but donating money to help people is just too easy, just too easy!!

Think about giving up a pay packet for one donation;

can you do it ?

The help it could give is a million times the value.

Amitie Charity Star (3)

Amitie Charity Star (3), a photo by Whippet Good on Flickr.

Made for Somaly Mam Foundation in Cambodia
to go into Amitie's quilt: amitietextiles.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/a-charitable-act.html

Pattern is from here: www.quilterscache.com/V/VOS_CarolynsStarBlock.html

I Love it! Love love love pink and coral orange - I hope this is going to help just a smidgen to help this cause.
Read the Amitie post - it will make your heart break, especially if you have girls yourself.

I plan to go to the Somaly Mam Foundation launch party to support them further - I may even come home with a quilt!