Karen, from South Carolina, made this scarf of handspun art yarn of wool & vintage fabrics and then crocheted the yarn and combined it with novelty yarns and strips of cotton fabrics. She’s currently selling this one-of-a-kind scarf, and another, similar one, on eBay. One hundred percent of the purchase price will be donated to the Obama campaign (and she’s offering free shipping).

Side note: Poor Karen, she emailed these items to us a few days ago and then eBay took her auction down. While her auctions are back up now, we still believe Meg Whitman’s behind it.

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Remember Sarah (not me, the other Sarah) and her Caribou for Biden T-shirts?

Well she has graciously agreed to be a guest printer at our Screen Printing for Change Party tomorrow, so you can get your very own Caribou for Biden item printed up on the spot! How cool is that?

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We received this press release today and are so excited about the Obamaware fundraiser!

On October 19th, 27 top ceramic artists will present “Obamaware,” a limited edition group of Obama/Biden-specific ceramics in an effort to raise money in for the Obama campaign. New York-based Studio potter Ayumi Horie organized the effort and will host the sale on her website, https://www.ayumihorie.com/obamaware.html.  The pots are by turns funny, hopeful, imaginative, witty, inspiring – and practical, including John Byrd’s commemorative Sarah Palin beer steins to Diana Fayt’s Victorian-style silhouettes of Obama accompanied by symbolic olive branches.  As participating sculptor Jeffry Mitchell remarked, making pieces for this project (“Elephants for Obama”) makes him feel he is doing what he knows how to do best in an effort to support an election we can’t afford to lose.  Potters have a long history of putting messages on objects people use every day – this is a literal example of politics around the “kitchen table” that politicians mention so often.  We can think of it as optimistic White House china: buy one, and our wish might come true.

Preview link:
http://www.ayumihorie.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=36

Auction starts on Ebay, Sunday, Oct 19th 8pm EST and lasts 3 days:
http://stores.ebay.com/Obamaware

You should also read The Kitchen Table’s excellent essay about the Obamaware project. It’s one of the best reads of the campaign, which really describes the intersection of craft and politics.

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This video from the Quilters for Obama group really touched us as symbolic of the entire campaign over these many, many long months. This quilt, made by close to 30 quilters from all over this great nation, is part of a large fundraising effort on the part of the Quilters for Obama group. To date, they have raised almost $13,000 (from over 400 donors!) to support the Obama campaign. A bit more about this peoject:

There are star blocks representing all 50 states, 3 territories, Washington DC and even Americans Abroad…all who propelled Obama victoriously through the primaries! At the very center of this quilt is Barack Obama himself (created by 15,000+ tiny cross stitches) whom we are working so hard for, because he is working so hard for us!

They are raffling this quilt off, and the last day to enter the drawing is October 15, 2008. The drawing will be October 21, 2008. To enter, you can make a donation to the Obama campaign this fundraising page.The quilters request that the winner of this quilt NOT sell or auction it for their own personal gain, but, that they cherish this as an heirloom which commemorates this historic election or donate it to the Obama family/Obama Presidential Library.

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As Election Day draws nearer and nearer, we’re seeing more and more innovative and remarkable fundraising crafts in support of Senator Obama’s campaign. This is one is certainly special. This is a quilt made by none other than Denyse Schmidt and friends. (For more on Denyse, check out this excellent interview in American Craft Magazine from this Sept.) She believes this quilt is part of a long tradition of political quilting:

Long before women had the vote, they created quilts with political and commemorative themes. We are proud to participate in this honorable tradition.

You can enter to win this beautiful piece of Americana by making a $10 donation to this fundraising page on my.barackobama.com.

(Shout-out to Heather Ross for originally blogging about this fundraiser.)

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