As some of you know, my mom and I made 52 quilts in 2015 to donate to the hospital that preformed life saving heart surgery on me when I was twelve. It was an amazing experience, and it was so heartwarming to see the gratitude of the doctors and the people who received them.
Because that experience has so stuck with me, a pile of leftover fabric joining our household had an immediate and obvious use (p.s. It’s not actually for quilts).

One of my friends that attends a different high school made teddy bears for a class service project, and they were beyond adorable. I mean, just look at it!

While the teddy bears originally seemed like an excellent idea, his school group quickly discovered that they had purchased about 20 times more fabric than they needed for 10 bears (as I’m sure is obvious from the previous picture, they’re really not very big and they had gotten more than 10 yards of fleece), and somehow it was decided that the leftover fabric was coming to live at my house.
Hey, no complaints here. I’ll always take it.
So, our new project is…TEDDY BEARS!!!!

Thankfully, the bears only take 1-2 hours as opposed to the quilts that took 10+, which will allow me to do a lot more even with my packed schedule. I’m super excited. If any of you want to pitch in, I’d love the help, and I can send you a pattern with some basic instructions. Depending on how many get made, I’d love to donate to the hospital the helped me, our local police station, and potentially a couple of shelters and other hospitals in the area.
Love, Sparkle
“One of the greatest accomplishments in this word would be that of lifting human hearts. Blessed are they that are kind and considerate of the feelings of other people.”
-Richard L. Evans