Busy Elves.

 The Elf Patchwork Group in Eastern Melbourne is a fairly small, but very active group, of about 8 friends and they have very generously donated 14 quilts to our bushfire quilt drive as well as some of them being sewing angels and finishing off donated UFOs.

 The quilts are all different in sizes and styles and will be appropriate for different age and gender groups. The Elves also kindly stitched all the labels on, as one of their members, Fiona Lazenby,  has kindly made almost 400 for me.

 The quilting was generously donated by Rae Ierfone of 3rd Door Quilting.

Thank you so much for your support everyone.
Hugs, Jan Mac 

Donations From Shepparton and Goulburn Valley.

 Gael Thompson very kindly drove down with her car stacked with bags of quilts donated by GV Quilters and Strawberry Patchworkers Quilting Group. Tye quiots are fabulous and there's a huge variety of styles and sizes which will cater for lots of our recipients.

 Sue Vranzizan (Vic) donated the first 10 beautiful beautiful quilts shown.

 Margaret Bryant and GV Quilters from Vic donated the beautiful blue and white quilt.

 Pam Knight donated the following 3 fabulous quilts.

 Margaret Ford donated the next beautiful quilt.

 Barbara van Leest donated the pretty pink cot quilt and the coverlet was by anon.

 I also don't know who donated the next lovely quilt.

 A Strawberry Patchworkers quilter donated 79 lovely QAYG blocks.

 Gael Thompson very kindly donated 90 beautiful QAYG blocks.

 Pam Kennedy,  Lorraine Avery and Sue Vranzizan donated 68 beautiful QAYG blicks as well.
    Many thanks for your donations everyone.
Hugs, Jan Mac

PS. Carolyn you wrote a comment asking for my address but I can't reply without your email address. Or you can email me at janmac3631@gmail.com. 

Interstate Donations.

 Kerry Moore from WA sent a large parcel of lovely donations which included this lovely quilt which will be ideal for a male.

 She very kindly made 2 I Spy tops for boys and sent backing as well.

 Kerry also sent more I Spy fabric as well which will be lovely for more quilts.

 Elaine White from Treasured Textiles in the ACT generously donated another 3 metres of her beautiful batik fabrics.

 Elizabeth Powell donated 28 beautiful knitted squares.

 Queanbeyan Quilters and Pam Cregan donated a large package of orphan blocks which will combine nicely with those I have on hand.

 Sandra Still from Queanbeyan Quilters generously donated 3 beautiful tops, backings and 2 extra fabric lengths.

I'm busy also busy quilting tops and will have more to share soon.
Hugs, Jan Mac 

An Outpouring of Support.

 I feel so blessed to have so much support from quilters around Australia and internationally with more fabulous quilts arriving for our bushfire quilt drive. 
Lorraine Lowe (Qld) sent 6 fabulously different quilts in bright colours and for different age groups and they are going to be treasured.

 Lyn Duhig (Vic) donated the next 3 fabulous quilts in bright colours and also in a variety of styles and for different age groups. They all look wonderful and will put much needed smiles on faces.

 Maria Bertossi (Vic) donated the next 2 beautiful quilts and their lovely soft colours will make new houses feel like home.

 Luisa Gubiani (Vic) has very generously donated another 3 beautiful quilts and their lovely bright colours will brighten their new homes.

 Jeanette House (Vic) donated 7 fabulous quilts, all very different and for different ages and genders.

 Jeanette also sent a QAYG block and a set of blocks to make another lovely quilt. I have more to share as well as quilts I have finished.
  I'm sorry Linda, I forgot to tell you what size to make for smaller tops.  About 40 x 55 inches is probably a good size.  Our beautiful grandsons and their parents are on their way to Hawaii to meet their other grandmother who lives in the US.  They were supposed to leave yesterday but Jake tried to run off in the airport and dislocated his elbow by trying to twist away from his parent's hold on his hand. There was some drama and a trip to hospital in an ambulance, while we drove to the airport to pick up our DD and baby Aidan. Luckily it was easily relocated at the hospital and they decided to stay the night at one of the airport's hotels and they left this afternoon. Jake was a handful due to the drugs they gave when they relocated his elbow and he was hanging upside down in my arms, squeeling and waving to people.  Luckily the boys slept and got onto the plane without further problems.

We're going to miss them terribly but I am going to use the time to quilt as many tops as possible and hopefully start visiting the affected areas to start distributing the quilts.
   Hugs, Jan Mac