We make blankets and give them away to children who are in need of comfort.
It’s a reminder that they matter, they are not invisible, not forgotten, and that SOMEONE cares about them.
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It’s easy to change lives by volunteering one hour per month.
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Featured Chapter News
The Best Spring Break Ever – Making Binkies with Friends for Neighbors
Linfield Christian School students Austin Brown and Alexis Brown brought Area Coordinator Kimberly Legg in Temecula 54 binkies! We've had previous stories about this brother-sister team. We're so happy they were able to help over the break. They are masters at "the Binky Patrol Way" of making fleece blankets. These blankets will head to the Los Angeles Children's Hospital Pediatric Oncology and Dialysis Unit. Kimberly Legg shared, "These two amazing students are changing a child's story, one blanket at a time. So grateful for their assistance as we deliver blankets to LA."
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SewCanShe has GREAT free patterns. She charges $3 for most optimized PDF files, but the free ones can be used. I like this one as it's easy and doesn't involve TRIANGLES - oooooh the dreaded TRIANGLES! What can you do with three yards? The ladies at Fabric Cafe have built a mini-empire on just that [read the story]
The following is a step-by-step process for creating a no-sew binky. ALL FABRIC - BEFORE YOU CUT FRINGE - CUT OFF THE SELVEDGE. They cannot be accepted without that cut-off. The edges are the selvedge - it looks so ugly. PLEASE cut your fringes EVENLY. DO NOT TIE them too tight, known as "choking the [read the story]
