Lots Happening Here.

Gail Pan very kindly donated 6 beautifully made quilts. 

Lyz Kershaw dropped off another 2 lovely quilts as well as 30 soap pouches and 6 drawstring bags. 

Vicki Anceschi also very kindly couriered a car load of our donations to Big Group Hug.  We donated 7 crocheted blankets,  boxes of tote bags, drawstring bags,  soap pouches,  hand knits, baby wraps,  knitted beanies,  soft toys and teddies with custom made jumpers, as well as some bright fabric for their crafty ladies to make into pram covers. 

Thank you all for your generous support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

Lots Of Arrivals This Week.

The Murray Mallee Quilters are great supporters and have sent more fabulous donations with Annette Pearce kindly couriering them for me. Ruth Mitchell donated 4 fabulous quilts as well as 6 beautifully knitted baby's jackets and beanies,. Faye Hender donated 2 quilts a baby's jacket and some baby's toys. 

Joan Rossiter has knitted another 6 lovely warm beanies.  

Kathie Williamson has sent another large parcel containing 6 lovely warm knitted scarves,  a warm jacket,  2 pair of socks and 2 baby's wraps.

Joanna Moreland has sent another 2 large parcels containing 13 lovely quilt tops  as wellas some fabric for backings. 

 Many thanks everyone for your generous support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

A Relaxing Retreat.

I've just had a fabulous 3 night retreat with my wonderful quilting friend,  Norma, when she invited me to her holiday home in Ocean Grove.  I've been working on a special quilt for my granddaughter,  Sophie, and it was very rewarding to finish preparing all 12 of the blocks.

I played Visoflix "chicken" and managed to get every block finished thankfully as I only had a small piece leftover. The blocks took a lot of work and I managed to fuse all of them so they're now ready for buttonwhole stitching on the machine.

I've used a Red Boot Quilt pattern but have changed it a bit. I made more mice as I thought they were cute, and I'll add a plain border instead of piecing a checkerboard border. 

I'm hoping to fit in the stitching as well as quilting donated tops so this project doesn't stall. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx  

New Arrivals.

Helen Ayres has sent another large parcel containing these 2 beautifully made quilts as well as 2 knitted baby's jackets,  2 pair of booties and 2 knitted beanies. 

Jill Khong has been busy knitting and sewing and has dropped off custom made jumpers for 17 teddies as well as 33 Santa Sacks and 39 drawstring bags. 

Many thanks everyone for your generous donations. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx  

This Week's Wrap.

Today Deborah picked up 25 quilts and crocheted blankets for the Alfred Hospital's Palliative Care Units and it was lovely to hear how much they are appreciated by their clients.  Deborah also handed over $70 which was donated by 2 anonymous donors and it will be used to buy more batting. 

This week I only finished 3 of these donated quilt tops as well as knitting a toddler's jumper.

 I'm hoping to be more productive in the coming week. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Comings and Goings.

Today we donated 20 quilts,  a beautifully knitted baby's blanket,  jacand beanie, to SECASA,  an organisation which supports individuals who have experienced sexual abuse.  Norma Aitken very kindly couriered them for me. 

Diane from Mornington donated these 4 beautiful quilt tops as well as some fabric and Kaye Hardman very kindly couriered them for me. 

Annette Pascoe's lovely Mum has been busy knitting these lovely beanies and squares and Annette donated lots of lovely teddy bears.

 Marian Dines sent another large parcel containing 6 lovely quilt tops as well as 2 teddy bears.

Many thanks everyone for your generous support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Anonymous Donor.

This fabulous quilt arrived from an anonymous donor from Sydney.  It's such a great quilt for a male and will be information about palliative care patient.

Thanks so much for your beautiful donation.

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Arrivals and Deliveries.

I finished 5 quilts this week as well as piecing the blue I Spy quilt top.

Ann Bacon donated these lovely Oriental blocks and Norma Aitken very kindly put them together as a top.

Today I also delivered a car load of donations to Backpacks 4 Vic Kids as they had put out a request for Santa Sacks so they could continue packing them for Christmas.  They're aiming for over 7,200 again this year and they will be distributed to children in need throughout the State.

Today we delivered  169 Santa Sacks,  166 soap pouches with soap,  28 soap pouches,  230 toiletry bags with toiletries,  71 pencil cases with school supplies,  33 burp cloths,  9 teddies with custom made jumpers,  1 quilt,  13 drawstring bags,  hand knits, soft toys and books. They were very appreciative of all your wonderful donations and sent Avery sincere thank you. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx