Leigh's neice, Chloe suffers from the rare condition DBA. Chloe needs regular blood transfusions to survive. Find out more about Chloe's story here.
Leigh, like many others is unable to donate blood so cannot help Chloe through what appears the 'normal' route. Therefore she wanted to find an alternative way to help. That is how The Blood Bag Project was born.
As a sign of your support and to help raise money Leigh has created a community project, The Blood Bag Project. She is asking you to create a textile blood bag (using the template here). The bags must be made from textile and must be created using the template so they have a sense of unity. The rest of it is up to you. The blood bags will be exhibited in some way and then will be auctioned off individually with 100% of the profits donated to The National Blood Donation Service (50%) and The Anthony Nolan Trust (50%).
Don't forget, you can also give blood. Find your local blood donation centre here.
You can follow the Blood Bag Project via the website, on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
Here's my first blood bag:
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