Sewing Sunsets

Before I share more sewing projects with you, I want to share some of my holiday thoughts–after the holidays.  One thing that always intrigues me every year during the holidays is that many individuals, organizations, and churches scurry around trying to make sure that the less fortunate have a good holiday by providing food and clothing and presents for these families.  This is a great thing to do and I think it’s wonderful that so many people are willing to help someone else have a great Thanksgiving and Christmas.  However, once December is over and January rolls around, I often think that the same people, who may have had a much merrier Christmas  because of someone else’s generosity, are forgotten for the rest of the year. 

As you know, I encourage those who sew, craft, quilt, knit, or crochet to donate items to the less fortunate.  You never know how one small quilt or a new shirt might encourage someone who is experiencing hopelessness.  Carrie Underwood has a song on her new album that illustrates what I am talking about here.  The title of the song is “Change”.  I love the sentiment and the message in this song.  The verses more or less ask the question of how we react to seeing some very real needs of the less fortunate and poverty stricken.  Do we actually get up and do something about it by donating our money, our time, or our talents, or do we simply tell ourselves that we are fools for believing that we can “change the world”?  I love the chorus that says something along the lines of  “do you tell yourself that you’re just a fool for believing that you can change the world?”  The truth is that one person may not be able to change the world for the better, but if each one of us helped those less fortunate in some way, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem to us, we could change the world–at least we could change the world for the better for one person, a families, or even a few families.  Many years ago I heard a sermon entitled “The Power of One” which has always stuck with me.  A recent news story in my area illustrated this.  In this area, a retired grandmother decided to do something to encourage those men and women serving in the military, so she sewed pillows.  A friend helps her with this process and at the time the story aired, she had donated 6,000 pillows.  She goes to the airport to give the service men and women this small gift and token of appreciation as they are headed overseas to serve our country.  This is just one example of how one person can make a difference in someone else’s life.

This year, I want to encourage all of us to donate our hand crafted items to those in need so that the new year may shine just a little bit brighter and a seed of hope may be born in a discouraged heart.

Happy Sewing!

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