Yes, indeed they do! While browsing in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, we stumbled upon a little shop called Vietnam Quilts. It turns out this is a charity organization that provides safe employment and a regular income for rural women in Vietnam. Proceeds made from selling their quilted and sewn projects are reinvested into the local communities for things like education scholarships and health education programs for women.
Unfortunately, they asked me not to take photos of any of the quilts in the shop. I really wanted to show them to you!!
However, I thought it would be okay if I showed you photos of the sweet pillow cover that I bought there and sent to my blog friend Terri.
They do these adorable little Vietnamese girls and boys that are basically an Asian version of a sunbonnet Sue. Wonderful!
Hand quilting and even some embroidery to make the bamboo poles and the rope.
I encourage you to check out their web site to see what they’re about. You can even make purchases via the web, if you are so inclined.
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Such a cool quilt shop and organization. I love getting things that benefit women in countries poorer than the US. Thank you SO much for this pillow cover/mini! For now, I have it hanging on the wall in my sewing room until I pick up the right size pillow form.
The quilting on this is beautiful! It’s too bad they wouldn’t allow pictures. I would have loved to see the others in the shop.
hi all
I am a swiss woman (62) and I just finished my four weeks volunteering there in 13, hang bac in hanoi.
in my most wonderful time with lots of experiences I met so many interested costumer from all over the world. of course you can take pictures there. there must have been a misunderstanding. but you also can see all these wonderful quilts on their website: http://www.vietnam-quilts.orgs. you can do your shopping through internet as well. while staying in cambodia now (the organisation also has a shop here in siem reap, one in ho chi minh city and on in phnom pen) I am looking forward to beeing a member of a group of staff visiting the quilters in remote villigas in the vietnamese delta next week. please tell the addresses to everybody who travels through vietnam and cambodia. and you support the best nonprofit project I ever have met. cheers, brigitta