Project: Butterfly Haven | Crafting Change

Butterfly Haven

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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.

what are we crafting?

Item Requested	Craft Type	Quantity Requested	Quantity Still Needed
Receiving Blankets	Sew	25	16
Quillow	Sew	25	24
Drawstring Backpacks	Sew	50	22
Tote Bags	Sew	25	0
Cosmetic Bag for Kids	Sew	50	0

project must-knows

Focus: Support children newly entering foster care or in family crisis with comforting and practical handmade items.

Because these items are often given during emotionally sensitive times, we want to ensure they feel comforting and neutral for every child.

Guidelines:

All items must be child-appropriate.
Avoid fabrics with themes of drugs, alcohol, smoking, weapons, or offensive language/images.
Do not use fabric with words like "family," "mommy," "daddy," "grandma," or "grandpa" — these may be triggering.

Thank you for crafting with sensitivity and care for these children.

Helpful Resources:

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Questions?

Sewing: Kathy Lawrence kathyl@craftingchange.org
Logistical Question? Support@craftingchange.org

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Patterns

Receiving

receiving blankets

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Receiving Blanket Tutorial

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

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Reversible Blanket

Reversible Blanket with decorative stitching

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Easy Baby Blanket

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

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cosmetic bags

Cosmetic BagNEW

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Beginners Cosmetic Bag by The Sewing Room Channel

This Beginners Cosmetic Bag tutorial by The Sewing Channel on YouTube will show you how to make a cosmetic bag size 7 1/2" x 10". You can make it with 2 fabrics on the outside or use just one fabric, zipper closure, very detail sewing instructions.

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