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| Photo: Thistle Farms |
Thistle Farms is the business arm of a Magdalene, a Nashville, Tennessee residential program for women who have survived prostitution, trafficking and addiction. Through the sale of natural bath and body products, candles, handmade paper and more, the business employs local women who are getting back on their feet.
Each Wednesday and a few other times throughout the week, volunteers are welcome to come and join the mission by crafting it up. There were somewhere around 50 people working together on the day I joined. I felt the love the moment I walked in the doors.
You can see a few pics I snapped of the handmade paper greeting cards, coasters and a couple of the women I volunteered with in the sewing studio. Love them! The teacup chandelier is a stunning centerpiece in the new Thistle Stop Cafe, a coffee house which also employs women from the residential
recovery program.
While at the sewing shop, I helped out assembling these really simple coasters, which will also be for sale in the Thistle Stop Cafe and some local business that vend Thistle products. The coasters are folded from 5" fabric squares, and sewn shut with just four stitched lines around the perimeter before they are flipped right side out. Easy!
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| Photo: Thistle Farms |
For a look at more of the beautiful craftiness that is going on at Thistle Farms, check out this Flickr photostream.
Looking for Batiks:
If you have any yardage of batik fabrics that you'd like to donate to Thistle Farms and their sewing studio, please let me know. They'd be so happy to receive it!
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