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About

Butterfly Haven is a 501c3 nonprofit in St. Louis, MO. Butterfly Haven serves children impacted by Foster Care and families who have experienced a Crisis situation such as a house fire or the recent flooding that impacted the area. 

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 what are we crafting? 

Item Requested
Craft Type
Quantity Requested
Quantity Still Needed
Pillowcases
Sew
100
73
Receiving Blankets
Sew
100
90
Quillows
Sew
25
25
Bibs
Sew
100
35
Burp Cloths
Sew
100
0
Hair Scrunchies
Sew/Crochet
200
0
Bags
Sew
100
63

 project must-knows 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are helping Butterfly Haven with several needs for their closet that helps families with children newly entering foster care as well as families in crisis. We are also helping them with bags for their food pantry. Patrons visiting their pantry often travel on public transportation and need sturdy, reusable bags to carry canned food items home. 

1. Tote Bags: Butterfly Haven will be using tote bags in their food pantry so patrons can easily carry their items home  on public transportation.

  • Any tote bag pattern is ok.

  • Bags should be made from sturdy fabric like upholstery, denim, canvas or the upcycled feed bags or our pattern for bags made from a tarp! 

2. Burrito Pillowcases: These are for all ages children. All pillows are all the standard size pillow no matter the age you are making for. 

  • Use fun fabrics appropriate for kids.

  • Kids love licensed prints and cartoon characters, book characters and movie characters like Mickey Mouse, Batman, Superman, Harry Potter, Disney. 

  • Do not use fabric with words like mom, dad or family. 

  • Avoid fabrics with drugs, alcohol or weapons.

  • Please use soft, non scratch material: woven quilter's cotton, woven cotton blends as well as flannel (ensure you prewash them all)

  • The pillowcase is from 3 coordinating materials and the finished size should be 20"-21" wide by 30-32" long.

3. Baby Items- Bibs, Burp Cloths & Receiving Blankets. These are to help families with babies either in foster care or families in crisis that have lost everything. There are 2 main types of bibs to sew: ones for droolers and ones for heavy duty spitter-uppers that have a waterproof layer.  Burp cloths are designed to go over the shoulder and we have 2 great patterns. Receiving blankets are typically 40"x40" and 2 layers of snuggly flannel. Check out our patterns or use your favorite! 

4. Hair Scrunchies- One of the most requested items in their resource room, they go through about 25 per month, they are requesting these in fun prints and colors for all ages of girls. Any pattern is acceptable, use your favorite if you have one. We have added a fun crochet pattern using velvet yarn! 

5. Quillow - This fun blanket transforms into a pillow! Easy to make and handy for kids. 

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Must Knows
Patterns

  Tote Bags 

Tote Bags

Crafting Change Super Tote Video

Video Tutorial for this easy tote that uses heavier weight fabric.

Crafting Change Easy Tote

Our modification of the Green Bag Lady tote provides finished seams and option for longer handles. Serge or Sew!

DIY Tote-Beginner

Basic lined beginner friendly tote bag

Crafting Change Super Tote

Easy tote using heavier weight fabrics.

Green Bag Lady Bag

This unlined tote bag sews up super fast!

Feed Bag Tutorial

The best video on how to make a feed bag into a tote!

Crafting Change Easy Tote Video Tutorial

Video tutorial for our modification of the Green Bag Lady tote provides finished seams and option for longer handles. Serge or Sew!

Earth Day Jean Tote

Easy reusable tote up-cycled from an old pair of jeans

Tote from a Camo Tarp

A fun new way to make a tote bag from a large tarp from a hardware store!

Pillowcases

 burrito pillowcases 

Burrito Pillowcase Pattern

Written Pattern for Burrito Pillow Case

Burrito Pillowcase Video Tutorial

The best video tutorial out there for making a burrito pillowcase!

  hair scrunchies 

Scrunchie

Hair Scrunchie (The Burrito Method)

Make a scrunchie in 5 minutes!

DIY Velvet Scrunchie (Crochet)

This super simple crocheted hair scrunchie is a great stash buster for your bulky velvety yarn!

Hair Scrunchie by Sew Very Easy

This easy to make hair scrunchie takes a FQ and makes 4!

 bibs and burps 

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Sew Very Easy Burp Cloth with Shoulder Protector

Super Easy with no fabric waste!

The Bigger Better Bib

Bib for newborn to 4 mos.

The Best Most Absorbent Burp Cloth Ever

Super absorbent burp cloth using cotton chenille

Willow Market Absorbent Bib

Super absorbent Bibs

DIY Hand Towel Baby Bib

Easy DIY Bib

 receiving blankets 

Receiving

Receiving Blanket Tutorial

This technique is stellar, you will need to modify the blanket size for this project.

Reversible Blanket

Reversible Blanket with decorative stitching

Easy Baby Blanket

This super easy blanket can be made in as little as 20 minutes!

  quillow  

Quillo

Crafting Change Kids Quillow

Video Tutorial for our new pattern! A quillow is a blanket that folds up into a pillow; this one has a handle and is sized just right for kids!

How To Sew A Fleece Quillow

Blanket that transforms into a pillow!

Shipping

 shipping guidelines 

Whenever you have items ready to ship, they are ready to accept them: 

UPS/FedEX/USPS

Butterfly Haven Inc

8505 Mid County Industrial Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63114

If your box will cost you more than $20 to ship, Butterfly Haven is partnered with Give Back Box to get you a $20 UPS label from Give Back Box and ship up to 50 pounds and 108" in girth to Butterfly Haven here.

Due to a computer glitch, they send out the same label with the same tracking number to every person and you can't use it. After you receive your label, please immediately email Monika at info@givebackbox.com and ask for a "fresh" label with an unused tracking number. You will get a new label in 1-2 days. This is the label you should use. 

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