Family events are still taking up lots of our days and it's lovely to have time to spend with them during the holidays. Parcels and drop offs have started again and Dianne Daly delivered large number of donations recently, including 8 crocheted baby blankets made by her lovely mother, Annie Sterling.
Dianne and Annie also knitted 5 large and 16 small teddy bears, as well as 2 baby jackets, 10 beanies, 16 pair of booties and 34 cuddle hearts for Life's Little Treasures.
Dianne also made 2 marble mazes, 9 drawstring bags, and 16 Santa Sacks.
Dianne also made the lovely quilt for a child.
The 7 cute skirts and 2 bucket hats were also made by Dianne for Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria, using donated obsolete uniforms from Ambulance Victoria.
Faye Hender and the Murray Mallee Quilters have been very busy sewing and quilting for our flood quilt drive for Northern Victoria and they have donated 14 fabulous quilts as well as 3 pillowcases and some flannel fabric/UFOs. Annette Pearce very kindly couriered them to us after collecting them from Faye in Swan Hill which was a big help and they will be labelled and delivered to Rochester very soon.
Such a wonderful range of quilts which will be sure to bring comfort to those affected by the floods.
I'm quilting tops and also making drawstring bags and Santa Sacks when the weather is too hot to wrestle a quilt. The bags are always in demand by many organisations and the sizes are in the files. The drawstring bags are about 11 x 13 inches or 14x 16 inches, and Santa Sacks are 18x 20 and 20 x 24 inches but of course smaller sizes will also be welcome.
I'm also crocheting squares for more adult blankets as many people (mostly male) who lived in caravan parks in the flooded areas are still struggling with finding suitable accommodation and I have been advised that large crocheted or knitted blankets are appreciated by them, more than pretty quilts.
There's plenty to keep us busy and whatever you like to make and donate will be appreciated by the many people and organisations we support.
Hugs, Jan Mac xx
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