. . . of you, my friends – calling all of you.

You can help me fulfill a dream. Shelly’s dream.

Several months ago I heard about this woman in Denton, TX who had a dream to gift EVERY (140!) child who would attend Camp Sanguinity this summer with a granny square afghan. Each afghan would require 48 squares 6 inches in size. Each square would then be edged with black and sewn into an afghan which would then be edged in black.

Share a Square was born!

Shelly gave over (at least) one room in her home to house the resultant afghans until this summer.

Shelly’s dream was fulfilled by people like each of you who stop by to read this blog. THANK YOU! She has received (more than) enough squares to make the 140 afghans and, I believe all are now in the hands of a willing volunteer who is putting them together. She is posting pictures of the finished (and returned) afghans on her blog.

Shelly’s dream grew and took a turn . . . and the Bag Project was born. Texas Rose and I would each try to raise 70 bags to go along with the afghans to hold the tags after the children took them off.

This is a quick update on that project. Thanks to Miyo in Tokyo and Kat in Los Angeles, I now have 9 finished bags.

In addition, Shelly sent me some bags that were donated and I hope to get them decorated up this weekend. I bought some really colorful beads – now I just have to get busy and get them attached.

But, I am a long way from 70 bags, my friends. So I am calling on all of you to help.

If, however, you are not able to help with bags – and you missed the opportunity to make 6 inch squares – there is ONE LAST DREAM of Shelly’s that you could help fulfill:

Her dream: to pay the way for ALL 140 kids to attend Camp Sanguinity for FREE! It will cost $150 per child to go to camp. Your $5 or $10 would go a long way to seeing that dream come true. Please! and, Thank you!