Today's Donations.

I'm still catching up with recording donations and today's came from Kaye Hardman and her lovely mother who donated 2 beautifully knitted baby blankets,  2 knitted beanies and a pair of booties. 

Susan Iacuone has donated another 35 beautiful QAYG blocks and 5 beautifully crocheted beanies.

Jenny Cumming sent a parcel containing a large amount of beautifully appliqued and embroidered blocks. 

Thank you all so much for your generous support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

Donations for Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria

We've received more wonderful donations from Dianne Daly who has cleverly upcycled obsolete uniforms donated by Ambulance Victoria.  Dianne makes beautiful nappy/overnight bags from flight suits and has sent another 3. She's also made 7 pair of shorts,  3 cute skirts,  11 pencil cases with pencils,  and 9 bucket hats for Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria. Dianne also made 12 soap pouches, 10 bibs and 6 drawstring bags for Oz Comfort Quilts. 

Annie Tielen has been sewing non-stop and has sent 10 pair of pyjamas, 5 leggings,3 pair of pyjama pants,  13 bibs, 6 zippered pouches, 5 bucket hats, 4 teddies with their custom made jumpers,  4 drawstring bags,  3 pair of shorts,and 4 long sleeved tops.

Annie also made 2 pair of long pants, 4 skirts, 9 pair of shorts, 5 leggings, 5 bucket hats  and 4 drawstring bags for Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria , by upcycling obsolete uniforms donated by Ambulance Victoria. 

There's going to be lots of happy kids who receive these beautiful creations.

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

Generous Supporters

Lots of wonderful donations have arrived with 2 large anonymous donations of quilt tops,  fabric, knitted teddies etc. Eileen Nash also donated a large amount of backing fabric and 12 crocheted blankets. 

Margot Bailey donated another 20 beautifully knitted teddies.

Kaye Clarke donated 20 beautifully knitted jackets for premmies. 

Sue Ross donated a large amount of knitting yarn as well as 15 draw string bags, 7 premmie beanies, 1 pair of booties,  3 beautifully knitted baby jackets with 2 beanies and 3 larger beanies.

Joy Walton donated 2 beautifully knitted jumpers and a lovely knitted blanket. 

Many thanks to Kaye Clarke and Lesley Lowe who gathered so many donations from the Rochester/Kyabram area and a big thank you to Jo Algie who couriered all of the donations back to me. 

I have more to unpack and share very soon. Many thanks everyone for you ongoing support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

Big Group Hug

Big Group Hug sent their van for another pick up yesterday and we filled a third of the van. It's a huge help when they pick up our donations as there's always too much for the car.

We sent 20 quilts,  34 large knitted/crocheted blankets,  8 pair of beautifully knitted socks for toddlers,  65 newborn beanies, 88 pair of newborn socks,  289 soap pouches,  72 knitted beanies,  124 drawstring bags,  6 burp cloths,  83 baby bibs, 26 library bags,  4 tote bags, 8 pencil cases,  4 knitted teddies,  14 knitted scarves,  27 teddy bears with their custom made jumpers,  24 soft toys, and boxes of hand knitted jumpers,  new track pants,  new socks and undies,  new clothes and pyjamas aswell as a box of baby wraps and handknits. 

We also donated a box of 156 items from Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria, made by upcycling obsolete uniforms donated by Ambulance Victoria. There were2 quilts,  61 pencil cases with pencils,  4 nappy bags,  1 tote bag, 12 cute dresses,21 pair of shorts, 17 skirts, 9 bucket hats, 8 zippered pouches,  10 drawstring bags and 11 warm vests.

Many thanks for your generous support everyone.  There will be lots of happy children when they receive our donations.

There's also another major organisation which is joining U4KV so we can upcycle their obsolete uniforms and we would love to have more ladies who would enjoy sewing simple clothes,  tote bags, drawstring bags etc from the uniform fabric.

Hugs, Jan Mac xx  

This Week's Finishes

This first quilt was a donated UFO consisting of a long strip of 2.5 inch squares.  I took them apart and made blocks of squares set 6 x 6. Then I made 4x 4  sets from my 2.5 inch squares and then added an orange frame of 2.5 inch strips. I have more squares so will make at least one more from the donated strip.

I have received  lots of donated fabric over the years and cut the older fabric into 6 inch squares as kits for people to sew. I still have lots on hand so it was good to get another quilt made from them.

I also made 2 more quilts from donated QAYG blocks from various quilters. 

It's been good to get some finishes in between sorting and packing donations ready for delivery. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

This Week's Arrivals.

Lots of lovely donations have arrived again. An anonymous donor delivered 6 beautifully hand pieced quilt tops,  1 partially completed top and a large bag of fabric. 

Margaret Brown donated 2 bags of yarn, 19 beanies and some batting.

Margaret's quilting group, the Nicola Crt quilters,  have been very busy sewing and they have made 91 Santa Sacks,  154 soap pouches,  59 drawstring/library bags,  and 68 beautiful bibs.

Cathy Bruton and the Inverloch Chatty Crafters have donated another large amount of donations including 1 quilt,  2 knitted blankets,  2 crocheted blankets,  1 knitted teddy bear,  1 knitted cardigan,  1 pair of pyjamas,  2 pair of socks, 3 pair of undies, 2 scarves, 4 pair of track pants,  1 t shirt,7 pair of fingerless gloves,  15 Santa Sacks,  12 toiletry bags, 36 soap pouches,  and 9 tote bags. Pam Neenan very kindly delivered them to me.

Pam Neenan donated a large box of baby's blankets and handknits as well as clothing. 

Cathy Bruton also donated totebags, drawstring bags and soap pouches made from obsolete uniforms donated by Ambulance Victoria. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

A Week of Celebrations for Jake.

Our precious grand son,  Jake, has turned 6 and we had lots of festivities to celebrate his special week. I didn't get many photos but it was so lovely to share your excitement and joy in eating your favourite foods and activities. 

More parcels have arrived and Mary Anne Rooney sent 2 large parcels containing 11 cute teddy bears and a large number of lovely QAYG blocks made by the Bendigo and Castlemaine Boomerang bags group. 

Mary-anne Goss from SA has sent another large parcel containing 4 lovely quilt tops. 

Many thanks for your generous donations and support everyone. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx