#socquilt

[crafty-geeks]

HEY FRIENDS!

Over the past few days, Beth and I have been talking about what Crafty-Geeks can do to support Racial Justice in our community, country, and society. One of the things we want to do is donate. Because all the comic cons we normally table at (which are Crafty-Geeks’ main source of income) are cancelled this year, we don’t have the money to donate. What we DO have, however, is inventory.

If you’ve been with us for a while, you might remember that about 5 years ago we made this post calling ourselves out for the lack of diversity in our superhero sewing patterns. With the help of a lot of really gracious, awesome people, we compiled a list of Superheroes of Colour that we wanted to add to our sewing pattern collection. Some of the replies can be found here. And, as a result of everyone’s response, we made our Superheroes of Colour quilt (pictured above) which we have been taking with us to display at comic cons for the past four years. 

So, the plan is to sell our Superheroes of Colour quilt (#socquilt) for $600 cdn (plus shipping & handling if you aren't local) so that we can donate all the net proceeds to charity. It only seems right that that particular quilt be donated to the cause. We will also be selling a few pillow covers for $60 each (plus s/h) and donating that money as well. 

 After a lot of thought and research, we've decided on six non-profits we'd like the proceeds of our quilt and pillow cover sales to go to. I have them listed in the purple image above. You can also click this links here:

www.raricanow.org

www.blackwomeninmotion.org

www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca

www.blacklivesmatter.ca

www.crrf-fcrr.ca

www.cfrac.com

Please contact us over on our Instagram if you would like to purchase this Quilt or any of the pillow covers we will also have available for this cause. If a fully-handmade, one-of-a-kind superhero quilt or pillow cover isn’t your cup of tea or is outside of your budget, please just consider donating what you can to any of the organizations listed above. You can find more resources and places to donate here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Thank you for reblogging this post to get the message about our charity quilt out!

#BlackLivesMatter

[tlouey]

I dreamed up this quilt in the fall of 2014, started designing the patterns for the blocks in the spring of 2015, started sewing the blocks that summer, and now... in the spring 2016, it is finally complete!!! 😍!!! And look, Beth (@mizzlizzy) used magical rainbow thread when she top stitched it! Woot! #socquilt

[tlouey]

MY BABY IS COMPLETE. #superheroesofcolor #socquilt #superheroquilt #fanquilt #fanmade Itll be hard to see this one go... I dreamed up this quilt in the fall of 2014, started designing the patterns for the blocks in the spring of 2015, started sewing the blocks that summer, and now... in the spring 2016, it is finally complete!!! 😍!!!

[crafty-geeks]

Still working away at our Superheroes of Colour quilt! One more square to hand piece and then we can get out the sewing machine!

[tlouey]

Fiiiinally finished my last two designs for the #socquilt!!! Now they ready for sewing!! #superheroquilt #superheroesofcolor #superheroes

[tlouey]

9 down, 3 more to make! #SoCQuilt #superheroquilt #epp #EnglishPaperPiecing #craftygeeks #superheroes

[crafty-geeks]

Planning has tentatively begun on our Superheroes of Colour quilt! Thanks again to everyone who sent in suggestions!!