Houston Holocaust Museum - Butterflies needed

[mamarose22]

I've been making butterflies and have close to 500, I am hoping to go to the museum and see the display, live about 4 hrs from there. Will be cool to see all the different types that have been displayed.

WOW! You are one busy beaver. That's very impressive.

[smagola]

Mailed another box today. This one contained 295 crocheted butterflies.

 

Smagola

[mamarose22]

Wow! You are a butterfly making machine.

[purples]

Mailed another box today. This one contained 295 crocheted butterflies.

 

Smagola

 

Wow!!! If you don't mind me asking, what.pattern do you use? It takes me about 20 mind per butterfly pattern that I currently use.

[smagola]

I don't have a set pattern. I have found many on the internet. It usually takes me at least 20 minutes per butterfly.

[MrsMcKee]

I'll definitely be starting on this project this week. I live in Houston, so it would be neat to visit the exhibit next year and see all our hard work. I'll be sure to take photos and post them.

 

This is on museum I have avoided visiting. I guess it's time.

 

Thanks for the info!

[mamarose22]

I have some made and plan to make some more over the summer.

[dragonlady]

Just getting started. Glad deadline posponed to December 2012. I hope to have a least 50 by monday 23rd of July. At which point THEY ARE GOING IN THE MAIL!

[dragonlady]

Mailed 50 on Monday 23rd! One more wip taken care of.

[FizzlePop40]

I seriously should make some butterflies and send 'em out! That would be awesome to be a part of this display, even if just a small one.

[mamarose22]

I hope they are nearing their goal.

[NanaBugs]

Mailed 50 butterflies on Monday.

[mamarose22]

Wow! That's fantastic.

[NanaBugs]

I checked their website and they have approximately 1,350,000 butterflies! 90% of the way to their goal and they've extended the deadline to June 30, 2013.

[mamarose22]

That's wonderful.

In October my community service group will hold a butterfly workshop. I have made some samples and will have some butterfly shapes. We will all bring in all sorts of crafting supplies and we will make many more butterflies. We have a bunch ready that we made earlier in the year. I also have crocheted some and stitched some on plastic canvas. When we are all finished we will take the required photo(s) and mail them off.

[mamarose22]

One of the women in my group had about 50 crocheted butterflies that her mother had crocheted. She hung onto them after her mother died not knowing what to do with them. It was the granny style butterflies and all she had to do was put the pipe cleaners through them to create the antlers. That has been added to our collection. Being that the deadline has been extended again, it will give us time to make up some more butterflies and we'll probably mail them out in the early spring. We already have so many I don't know how we could possibly lay them all out to photograph them. I guess we will just photograph a sampling of them.

[Wandering Violet]

I have a connection to the Holocaust (family in Poland)... I would be honored to make some butterflies (or should I say *try* - I've never made any before)

Thanks for sharing the link for this!

[happy stitcher]

:cheer Great! I'm glad people are still participating in this! :cheer

[Addicted2patterns]

I might try to contribute as well.

[Guest]

I'm going to try as well to get some made. If not this year it be a great start for 2013!

[mamarose22]

My group has collected about 115 or more butterflies.  They are made of many mediums, crocheted, plastic canvas, beads, pipe cleaners, paper, card stock, fabric etc.  and other than the 50 crocheted in the same pattern, the others are all different.  We will be mailing them shortly.  We just have to take a photograph of them (per the rules) to submit. 

Some of you have done a tremendous job by making 100's of butterflies.  However, whether you send 1 or 100 or 500, all are appreciated. 

They aren't due until June, so there's still plenty of time to make some more butterflies.

[Ellie 13]

I sent butterflies in 2011 and 2012. I didn't know you needed a form. I hope they use them anyway.

Ellie 13

[mamarose22]

I emailed the photos (already received acknowledgement), en closed the forms, packed everything up and mailed it out yesterday.  Ellie13 I'm sure plenty of people forgot the forms.  The request the forms so they know who made them and where to send acknowledgements to.

[Ellie 13]

I like to send things as a random act of kindness (R.A.O.K.). No thanks needed, just pay it forward (P.I.F.).

Ellie 13

[kenfreck]

according to the Holocaust Museum website they have reached their goal of 1.5 MILLION butterflies but will continue to collect until June 30, 2013 as many have campaigns or drives for butterflies still going on.   Just wanted to share.