Such Generous Quilters.

Earlier this week Denise Esposito and Deanna Ferg dropped in to deliver these 20 fabulous quilts.  Deanna donated the first 13, Denise donated the 3 in bright colours and their friend, Karen Varden don't hesitate last 4 lovely quilts. 

Each quilt was labelled which saved me hours of time, and these wonderful quilts will be ideal for our Quilt Drive for the bushfire affected areas. 

Thanks so much ladies, it was lovely to meet you too.

Hugs, Jan Mac xx  

Out And About With Donations.

I've joined a very nice group of women who meet monthly to visit places of interest around Melbourne and today we visited Gulf Station at Yarra Glen. It was a very interesting place and our tour guide was very knowledgeable.  Seeing some kitchen equipment used by my grandparents brought back lots of happy memories. 

I've also received a large parcel containing 47 beautifully crocheted squares donated by Amber Darwin. 

Joan Hill from Mildura  donated 2 lovely blankets and a large number of knitted/crocheted squares. 

The Creative Living Group from Mildura sent a box of knitted/crocheted squares aswell as a lovely scarf.

Tara Henshaw,  Nicole Adamson, Julianne Purcell and Kim Henshaw sent 7 lovely cowls/scarves , 5 beanies and a large number of crocheted squares. 

Norma Aitken donated a box of fabric swell as some kits to make drawstring bags. 

 Many thanks everyone for your support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Big Group Hug And Donations.

Vicki Anceschi very kindly helped me out again by picking up a car load of donations for Big Group Hug.  She volunteers for them and is also one of our members and I really appreciate her help as storage is limited.

Oz Comfort Quilts donated  40 blankets,  480 drawstring bags,  21 tote bags, 0ver 100 beanies,  15 scarves, several bags of handknits and a bag of soft toys.

Vicki also dropped off 60 scrunchies and 41 Santa Sacks from Big Group Hug and they will be going to Backpacks 4 Vic Kids. 

Jay Mair from the Slipped Stitches, a craft group in Ipswich,  Qld, dropped off 3 beautifully crocheted blankets. 

Vicki Tootell donated another box of items including some new soft toys, a small quilt and some fabric.

Many thanks everyone for your generous support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

Donations Arrive Again.

This lovely box of crocheted squares was donated by the Bermagui Yarners from NSW  and will nake a beautiful blanket. 

Linda Moody from Vic donated a lovely warm crocheted blanket,  as well as a scarf and 4 beanies. 

Annette Pearce kindly couriered these lovely donations from the Pub Yarns in Kew.  Pennie Ibbotson donated the 4 knitted "emotional support chickens" and the other 

members made the 2 crocheted blankets. 

June Crawford,  Lynda, Gina and Jan made a large number of crocheted/knitted squares. 

Jan made these 2 beautifully crocheted blankets. 

The group also donated several bags of cross stitch kits , knitting needles,  crochet hooks and patchwork items, which will be given to craft groups in bushfire affected areas. 

Many thanks everyone for your support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx  

Some Progress.

This fabulous Australian themed quilt top was donated with backing and binding and Norma Aitken very kindly quilted it for me so I only had to finish the binding. It's a lovely quilt for our Bushfire Quilt Drive. 

This was a donated top which I quilted. 

I also finished 2 single bed blankets from donated squares and knitted a premmie baby's jacket. 

 Apart from that I'm still busy sorting and packing donations but hope to get back to more quilt and blanket finishes soon. Many thanks everyone for your generous support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Arrivals and Deliveries.

These 2 fabulous quilts were from an anonymous donor inTasmania.

Kathie Williamson sent another large parcel containing 9 warm knitted scarves,  3 pair of socks and a baby's bib. 

Cathy Bruton and the Inverloch Chatty Crafters donated a bag of soft toys, 3 quilt tops,  8 knitted/crocheted blankets,  16 Santa Sacks,  3 drawstring bags,  2 crocheted bags, 9 tote bags and 3 pair of gloves. Pam Neenan kindly couriered them for me.

Leila Christie donated 6 lovely crocheted squares. 

Pam Neenan also kindly couriered our donations to Backpacks 4 Vic Kids including  49 Santa Sacks, 3 bags of new soft toys for Christmas gifts, 12 bucket hats, 1 pair new shorts and 1 skirt, bags of handknits,  and bags of gently used clothing for children. 

Many thanks everyone for your generous support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx