If you're looking for projects where your sewing skills are greatly appreciated, consider these organizations:
Quilts for Kids. You can request their free quilt kits. They contain a pattern, fabric for the top and a backing fabric. You supply the batting (and the labor). They ask you send along an additional quilt from your own fabric, if possible.
http://quiltsforkids.org/
Operation Kid Comfort needs people to help make pillows and quilts for kids of deployed military personnel. They send you pictures of the parent and child which have already been ironed onto fabric. You use those pictures along with your own fabrics to create one of a kind meaningful quilts.
http://www.asymca.org/what-we-do-3/n...n-kid-comfort/
Quilts of Valor needs quilters to help provide servicemembers and veterans with quilts of their own. You can make quilts, but they also have a need for presentation cases (like a pillowcase).
http://www.qovf.org/
The Painted Turtle is one of the Paul Newman Hole in the Wall Camps for seriously ill kids. They are always looking for folks to sew quilts or crochet/knit afghans, or even sew turtle pillows. (They send all campers home with a big ole stuffed turtle pillow.)
http://www.thepaintedturtle.org/turt...stocontribute/
Stocking for Soldiers needs people to sew up Christmas Stockings for our troops overseas. The quick and easy pattern can be printed off the internet. They also have a list of items they are collecting to "stuff" the stockings with.
http://www.stockingsforsoldiers.org/
Project Linus is looking for people to make blankets and afghans for kids. They can be fleece, cotton, flannel, crocheted or knitted, quilted or tied.
http://projectlinus.org/
I've done projects for all of these organizations in the last few months. They've all become my go-to charities. You can see the pictures of all my work - several pages worth - here:
http://debzpicaday.blogspot.com/sear...ty%2Fdonations
I'm always looking for other opportunities where my sewing skills can be put to good use. What are your favorite go-to organizations and how can others get involved?