Craft Hope is an organization that links crafters to charities. Every couple of months they feature a project that meets a specific need for a charity. They also have a book full of service projects. The current project is making delivery kits for Konbit Sante, a group that is working to improve the healthcare system in Haiti. The delivery kits help birthing assistants provide a clean area for a birth and prevent infection in the both the newborn and the mother.
Each delivery kit includes a homemade baby blanket, softie and tote bag.
I made the blanket out of pale green flannel and appliqued squares I cut from a flannel print.
I made the little owl softie out of two cotton prints and some felt scraps.
For the tote bag I sewed two long rectangles of cotton print all the way around, right sides together. Then I turned it, closed the opening and pressed the seams. I folded the rectangle in half, sewed the side seams and squared the corners of the bottom of the bag.
Each kit also contains gloves, string, plastic sheeting, hand sanitizer, alcohol wipes and soap.
Everything gets wrapped up in the plastic, tucked into the tote and then mailed off to Maine before it’s shipped to Haiti.
If you want to make a delivery kit or one of the other great projects click here.
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