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| Franklin Graham's SAMARITAN'S PURSE OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Filled shoe boxes of love This is your opportunity to share the life changing message of John 3:16 to children and their families in other countries all over the world. |
| I am asking for volunteers to help make these Love Teddy Bears and send them to my church (address below) which is a relay center for the shoe box gifts. The Love Teddy Bear design (size 105 X 140mm) is made in the hoop using different scraps of fabrics and use any thread color. Instructions are below. Click on the Love Teddy Bear to download the design in .hus and .pes format. You do not have to stuff the bears ---- just trim the edges, leave them flat for mailing. I will have a group of ladies to stuff them and stitch the back together for finishing. |
| LOVE TEDDY BEARS FOR GIFTS
by Ellen Mason - 9/2007 For embroidery machine: Using large hoop, select a small print scrap and hoop with a cut away stabilizer. You do not have to remove this stabilizer. Stitch out the face and the words “God (heart) You” - through color change number 3 ( stitch outline of TB). Stop the machine ---- do not un-hoop the fabric. Remove hoop from embroidery arm and turn it over to see the back side. Place a scrap of fabric over the top part of the Teddy Bear making sure that it goes below the arms. With another scrap — fold down one edge and place it over the Teddy Bear at the middle of the arms. Secure the scraps by using some fabric glue around the outside of the Teddy Bear. Return hoop to the embroidery arm and continue stitching. Upon completion, remove from hoop, apply some Fray Chek, allow to dry then trim around edges leaving about 1/4 inches - do not cut any stitching. Insert some fibre fill in the back opening and then finger stitch together for closing. All of these little Teddy Bears sent to my church will be donated to Franklin Graham’s “Operation - Christmas Child” project. |
| MAILING INSTRUCTIONS: Place the trimmed Love Teddy Bears in a padded type large mailing envelope and send to: Ellen Mason - Diane Michel Operation Christmas Child Trinity Baptist Church P. O. Box 1099 Keystone Heights, FL 32656 If you have any questions, please contact me at: joydesigns07@comcast.net |
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| Front and Back views Click on front view to download in .hus |
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| Baskets of Teddy Bears |
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A Testimonal about the Teddy Bears I have a little story I wanted to share with you. One day toward the end of last month I was busy digitizing a design for a client and that little voice spoke in my heart and said you should get those scraps of fleece off the table and start the machine stitching some of Ellen's teddy bears. They won't take up any room and if you start now you'll be able to have several made up when she starts collecting them..... and besides one never knows when someone special will need one of them. Well I learned a long time ago when I don't listen to that voice I'm always sorry. So I set the machine to stitching and went back to my design work. I only got 5 done that day one of which was pink fleece and very soft, it just seemed special to me for some reason. Only had enough fleece to make the one pink one but I put it with the others and quit for the day. A few days later I received word that a 2 year old little girl is in the hospital fighting that terrible Merca infection. I knew then why I had been prompted to make that pink teddy bear. I stuffed and finished the pink teddy bear and sent it to this sweet little girl. I'm sure she probably won't be allowed to have it while she's in the hospital but I hope that it will bring her some comfort and joy when she can have it. Big Hugs, Karene http://www.smilingstitches.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SmilingStitches/ |
| This is one "testimonal" from Karene who sent many Teddy Bears. It's amazing how the Lord uses a little item to bring happiness and comfort to someone. I hope that many of you are already stitching Teddy Bears for the Christmas Child ministry. You may make these little Teddy Bears to give to your local agencies or a child in need. Thank you so much Karene for this personal ministry. To see more of her beautiful work, click on the link below to her web page. |
| YOU CAN SEND TEDDY BEARS NOW FOR THE 2008 OPERATION - CHRISTMAS CHILD |