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Texas quilter makes viral Bernie Sanders meme blanket for charity
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Viral Bernie Sanders meme is quilted on a blanket sold to benefit the San Antonio Food Bank (Beatrice Pacheco/Ebay)
SAN ANTONIO – A Texas quilter is giving back to the community by auctioning off her Bernie Sanders blanket she made on Ebay, KSAT reported.
After the Vermont senator became viral for his coat, mittens, and his stance during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration, Beatrice “Betty” Pacheco picked up her quilting kit and made her idea a reality: a Bernie Sanders quilt to be sold for charity, after hearing the meme was being used to give back to charity.
MILWAUKEE Rockford natives Phil Sklar and Brad Novak are striking bobblehead gold with viral moments, the latest being a bobblehead take on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his now famous Inauguration Day mittens.
The Guilford High School graduates who own and operate the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum released their Bernie Sanders Inauguration Day bobblehead on Jan. 20, and it has already become the museum’s second top-seller.
The bobblehead features Sanders seated on a folding chair, his legs and arms crossed, with his brown-and-white wool mittens resting on his chest, an image that went viral on social media during the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
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The teacher behind Bernie Sanders mittens teams up with a teddy bear factory to make them for the masses
By Scottie Andrew, CNN
Updated 9:08 PM ET, Mon February 1, 2021 (CNN)January 20 was supposed to be about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris inauguration, but all eyes were on Jen Ellis mittens.
The brown-and-white patterned mittens Sen. Bernie Sanders wore on Inauguration Day were instantly iconic so much so that they re going to be produced for the masses.
Ellis, the second-grade teacher from Vermont who gave Sanders the mittens on a campaign stop years ago, has partnered with Vermont Teddy Bear to sell Bernie mittens. An undisclosed portion of the proceeds will benefit Make-A-WIsh Vermont, which shares an office space with the Shelburne teddy bear business.
Jan 29, 2021
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) The image of Sen. Bernie Sanders sitting cross-legged while wearing mittens at the presidential inauguration has gone from a viral internet meme to a crocheted doll.
After the photo of the Vermont Senator went viral last week, Sanders campaign quickly put the image on t-shirts and hats, sold it online, and donated the $2 million in funds to Meals on Wheels Vermont, according to the New York Times.
Knitters also jumped on the viral meme, creating a pattern for other avid-knitters to try and make their own pair of Sen. Sanders iconic mittens.
Now, Massachusetts locals and lifelong friends Donielle Broderick and Alex Borges are joining in the fun by crocheting and selling mini Bernie Sanders dolls.