What A Week.

I took 4 days off to attend the Australasian Quilters Connvention and enjoyed a lovely time catching up with new and old friends.  I took a modern quilt class with Jemima Flendt from WA and a micro foundation piecing quilt of 12 inch square with Kumiko Frydl from Japan/US. Both tutors were excellent and I really enjoyed their classes. I finished the modern quilt top of equilateral triangles and it will soon be quilted for donation. 

Lots of donations arrived while I was away and I am just catching up with everything now. Lyn Cox donated 19 cute soft toys and pre-washed them ready for donation. 

Maia and Maret Butler from NSW are skilled knitters and have sent 2 large boxes containing 5 baby's blankets,  2 beanies, 1 knitted baby's dress, 12 beautifully knitted children's jumpers/cardigans and a beautifully embroidered quilt which just needs completion, and some yarn.

Pam Knight is also a skilled knitters who has sent 19 beautifully knitted pair of socks, 5 beanies and 3 pair of fingerless gloves so there will soon be lots of warm children. 

Maxine Staley's lovely mother,  Audrey Stritch from Qld,  has beautifully knitted 10 baby beanies, 3 adult beanies,  6 pair of knitted sock/slippers  and 4 pair of fingerless gloves. 

Patty McNamara has donated 13 cute teddies, 1 Barbie doll, a knitted beanie and vest,  a bag of toiletries,  a Christmas stocking,  a baby wrap and some orphan blocks. 

There was an anonymous donation of a small quilt,  2 cot sizedbackings and batting,  a pair of shorts, a tote bag, 2 purses and a kitchen hand towel.

Wendy Carter has donated another 5 beautiful quilts. 

I was invited to be a guest speaker for Essendon Quilters yesterday and they donated 3 beautiful quilts. 

Dymphne Anderson donated another 5 teddies as well as 2 knitted baby jackets,  1 beanie and 5 pair of knitted booties. 

Wendy Yates from the Murray Mallee Quilters has donated another 6 beautiful quilts. 

Annette Pearce has donated a large bag of batting off cuts for QAYG blocks. 

Margaret Brown has donated 3 bags of soft toys and her group, Nicola Court Quilters,  have been busy sewing and have made 3 burp cloths,  77 soap pouches,  48 bibs, 40 drawstring bags,  36 knitted squares,  2 bags of fibre filling,  a bag of wool and some knit fabric for pyjamas. 

Julie Robinson from Tasmania has donated 2 beautifully knitted baby jackets as well as a premmie jackets and booties. 

Thank you all so much for your generous and ongoing support  everyone.

Hugs, Jan Mac xx