Important Notice for All Donors

(From my Discord notices)

Sunday I will be making up for what I felt was too short a streaming time. I had to quit early last Friday due to severe back pain, and only streamed for 14 hours out of the weekend. I feel I could have streamed longer. While we did great in raising 870 that day, I feel if I had made it even through Saturday, we could have blown that original $500 goal to the moon and beyond. My goals for Sunday are as such: Stream at least one minute longer than 14 hours, and bring the #StrengthInEveryStitch total donations to $1500

If we meet the $1500 mark, ALL DONORS, even from last Friday September 9, will be entered into a special raffle. The winner will get a special, custom, 14 inch (35.5 cm) tall character doll. As long as there are reference photos, I can make it. I would normally sell these between $80 and $100, as they have removable clothing and can take a minimum of a week of constant work with no breaks.

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This means, if you donated, and I have the ability to contact you (Tiltify didn't save contact info) I will put your name into an RNG app and draw a name at random. Currently there are 32 names in the "hat". Any new names will go into the "hat" this Sunday. Below are 2 examples of the type of doll this drawing will entitle the winner to:

The above dolls show the 2 main styles of doll body I have experience in. The top is a more adult proportioned piece, the bottom more cute. The top doll was made from an existing pattern, but I can easily customize it. The bottom only the body is from a pattern, every other piece is improvised. With the top doll, only the blazer and trench coat are removable. In the bottom, all articles of clothing can be removed.

By character doll, I mean if it's a character with a photo reference of some kind, I can try to make it. Even OC's.

Again, this drawing is open to ALL DONORS, regardless of when they donated during this campaign, provided I have a way to contact you. This raffle is my way of saying thank you to everyone's generosity.

Let's push for $1500 this Sunday, and pick a lucky winner from the pool!

Donation Goal Reached, Time Goal a Flop

Thanks to everyone, we raised $870 Friday September 9. Unfortunately, I had to end the stream at 12:30 am September 10 due to severe back pain. There are still giveaway items left and I am unsatisfied with the amount of time I spent online.

First I want to thank everyone who helped out with the stream Friday. All the mods, the creators of items, and the visitors. We not only reached the $500 goal, we passed it! And remember I promised to shave my head?

Finding out we reached the goal... after some derping.

The head shaving itself.

The aftermath.

Now, before the stream started, I was spending my days walking without my cane and carrying heavy things without assistance, trying to do more than I was capable while getting supplies. Then I streamed, and when it became clear we were close to reaching goal, I brought out a very heavy mirror into the kitchen to set up a shaving station. RIP back! I bore through the pain but by midnight I dreaded any task involving reaching or bending over. 12:30 am I was done. Fourteen hours is my longest stream time, but I'm not satisfied. Like a Disney Princess, I want more!

I have set up another donation page, this time directly through AFSP.org. My goal is to raise $130, to bring the Strength In Every Stitch 2016 campaign to a total $1000. I will run this campaign all week from September 12 through September 18.

Sunday, September 18, I plan to stream until I can't stream anymore. I will give out the remaining giveaway prizes. It will be a marathon, no set schedule, no set projects. Just whatever I feel like working on, I will work on. Marathon crafting! There is no up time goal, other than to surpass 14 hours. There are still donation incentives:

ALL DONATIONS will get your name listed on the purple side of the donation pillow.
DONATIONS $25-$49 will allow you to choose a subject to add to the giant painting.
DONATIONS $50+ will qualify you for a free substitute doll like the ones used in Pokemon video games.

Note how the incentives have slightly changed. I will start the first stream in this additional campaign Monday afternoon. I highly recommend following me on Twitter @bruisedweasel, and watch for the #StrengthInEveryStitch hashtag. During the week I will be working on the Substitute Dolls the $80 tier donors will receive from the Tiltify campaign.

You will only be able to view these streams on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/bruisedweasel. You can donate at http://afsp.donordrive.com/campaign/sies16. Both Paypal and credit cards are accepted through this page.

Thank you again everyone for the success of the Tiltify portion of the campaign. Please spread around the new AFSP.org link, and let's try to reach $1,000 with this second round!