And then there were three

Now that I've made a trio of these, what's next?

In high school and college, and the first few years after I entered the workplace, I wanted new and fashionable clothes. Sewing gave me endless possibilities of affordable, one-of-a-kind styles. I was motivated to sew clothes for myself. Now that I work at home, and people dress more casually than twenty odd years ago, I'm not inspired to sew clothes for myself. In addition the fabric stores don't cater to sewing clothing anymore, instead they are stocked to meet the needs of sewing crafts and baby items. I would guess that the available fabric for apparel in the fabric stores today is 5% of what it used to be. I was shocked by this at first but then realized I must adjust to change even in the fabric store. The bolts of fabric today are primarily flannel and fleece for making baby blankets, cotton for making quilts and home decorating fabrics.

What's a seamstress to do? Make baby items, quilts or decorate my home, or continue to make wristlet purses. I can only use so many of those.

So, while surfing for sewing notions I found a website (Newborns in Need) that is focused on sewing baby blankets and clothing for newborns and donating them to those in need. I love that idea. I get to be creative and feel good about helping someone too. I mean I don't need many sewn items for myself any longer and I'm thrilled to discover that others might be happy to receive what I might come up with.
If you are interested in checking this out, go to http://www.newbornsinneed.org/

I found a second site (Project Linus) that donates hand made blankets to children who have suffered a trauma or illness. http://www.projectlinus.org/index.html