Growing up as a child, did you ever cling to a security blanket when you were feeling scared, nervous, or just wanting to cuddle up on the couch? Imagine going through some of those challenging times without the blanket that gave you comfort and strength. With fabric as our main resource at our headquarters, Spoonflower employees have the opportunity to help provide those blankets for children (and adults) to share a little extra strength when it’s needed most with Blankets for Good.
Busy employees donate their time and sewing skills to help make blankets for the local community.
Blankets for Good is a quarterly employee sew-in and uses returned marketplace fabric (don’t worry, we will never use your private fabrics!) to make blankets to donate to local and international charities. The Spoonflower Greenhouse hosts charitable sew-ins for local community members to attend but Spoonflower employees were also eager to share their sewing abilities for a greater cause. With the help of the sustainability committee, a group that meets periodically to discuss ways to be more environmentally friendly and community-driven, Blankets for Good was born!
Earlier this month, we hosted a Blankets for Good sew-in where we stitched up 31 blankets to include in a Blankets for Good donation.
Operation team members Briana and Connie enjoy a break from processing orders to help make blankets.
Just a week before our sew-in, Columbia, South Carolina, was hit with a devastating flood that left many people without homes. The Blankets for Good team quickly jumped into action asking “How can we help?” We are proud to share that Spoonflower employees donated the blankets from this month’s sew-in to local Columbia, SC shelters. While we’ll never be able to replace a child’s first blankie, it’s comforting to know our blankets will have the ability to fill that spot in a child’s life.
The Blankets for Good team “jumps” into action when it comes to making blankets for those who need it most.
Want to donate a blanket to a local shelter in your community? Just follow the easy steps below to get started!
Hi Patricia,
We’re so glad to hear you’re interested in donating your fabric to our Blankets for Good initiative! While we aren’t fabric donations at this time, we are hoping to create a program for those interested in donating their fabric! We can’t thank you enough for your interest in supporting our employee led initiative! In the meantime, if you have fabric remnants at home, I recommend contacting your local Project Linus chapter : http://www.projectlinus.org/volunteer/
This is so wonderful – I would love it if there was a donate button to use our Spoonflower designs and we pay for the fabric. Would that be possible in the future? Thank you for doing this!
Hi Rachel!
Thanks so much for your interest in Blankets for Good! While we aren’t accepting blanket donations at this time, Project Linus (http://www.projectlinus.org/) is a wonderful organization that is always accepting blanket donations! Please do let me know if you have any other questions about donation opportunities!
Do you guys take blanket donations? Or know of local organizations that do?
We do donate to other charities! Simply fill out this form to be considered: https://spoonflower.wufoo.com/forms/sponsorship-proposal/
Does Spoonflower ever donate fabrics to other Charities? I work with a group who would love to participate. We are a 501c3, but we need the fabric.
Thanks, Patricia!
Thanks!
Terrific project!
What a wonderful project and nothing goes to waste.