Many Thanks Murray Mallee Quilters and Narooma CWA and Deliveries.

I've been busy counted packing donations and today I delivered 40 quilts to Eastern Palliative Care for their clients.  I also delivered to Life's Little Treasures the following items, 16 quilts,  987 drawstring bags,  3 knitted baby's jackets,  20 pair of knitted booties,  86 knitted beanies for premmies,  4 pair of mittens and 3 sets of knitted beanies and jackets for premmies. 

We also received more fabulous donations from the Murray Mallee Quilters who donated 4 fabulous quilts,  5pillow cases, 6 tote bags,a bag of fabric. 

Wendy Yates has also been very busycrafting and donated 10 beautifully made dolls, 7 crocheted rabbits, 12 cats, and 14 dinosaurs. 

Jane Pinder's group from Bendigo donated 86 beautifully knitted baby's beanies,  4 pair of mittens and 3 sets of jackets and beanies for premmies. 

Marie Warden and the CWA ladies from Narooma,  NSW,  also sent a large parcel containing a beautifully made quilt and 10 knitted teddy bears.

 Many thanks everyone for your generous donations. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Lots Of Lovelies.

More fabulous donations have arrived with this beautiful quilt from Annette Pearce and the lovely quilt in bright colours from Wendy Fry.

Norma Aitken donated a box of new shoes and clothes for children. 

Beverley Brooks delivered another large tub of drawstring bags and 35 tote bags made by Irene Ashcroft. 

Dymphne Anderson donated a bag of school supplies and some soft toys. 

Kaye Hardman has donated another 10 drawstring bags from fabric donated by Dymphne.

The Boronia Retirement Village has donated another 6 knitted/crocheted blankets,  3 teddies, some gloves, beanies and scarves. 

 Many thanks everyone for your generous donations. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

A Busy Week.

I've had a lovely week with my birthday celebrations on Friday and lovely time with family but I  didn't get as many quilts finished as I counted and packed 1,500 drawstring bags.  However I  did finish this hexagon quilt which I  made from donated hexagons.  I've been piecing hexagon flowers during my travels and then hand appliquing them to background fabric.

I have more donated hexagons in various sizes and they are easy to take on my travels so I will most likely take them on future trips too.

I've also started knitting myself a cardigan which I'm really enjoying.  I've been knitting since I  was 7 and my lovely Mum was an expert knitter so I always had lots of beautiful handknits. However when the Kosovo refugees came to Australia in 1997 I  befriended about 30 of them and donated all of my knitwear to them as they were returning to Kosovo in winter and were unsure of what they were returning to. I've decided that I  need to knit some more for me, as well as handknits to donate. 
 
Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Many Thanks Kathie.

Kathie Williamson has sent another large parcel containing lovely warm knitted scarves, gloves, beanies, soft toys, new socks, undies, a cot sized blanket and a new jacket. 

Many thanks for your generous support everyone. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

This Week's Finishes

I still have lots of squares that I had cut from obsolete uniforms donated by Ambulance Victoria so I made 4 quilts from them this week as well as quilting another donated quilt top. 

The pile of quilt tops needing quilting is still high but I decided that I  also needed to spend some time sewing and I  also have some of my UFOs that I  plan on finishing soon. Most of those will be donated as well. I have 3 more tops basted for quilting and will get them done when this heat wave passes.

 Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

Donations Are Arriving.

Lots of donations have started to arrive this week and I will be packing them and getting them ready to distribute them to the organisations we support. 

Helen Ayres has donated these 4 beautiful quilts,  as well as 2 beautifully knitted baby's jackets,  2 knitted blankets,  1 scarf, 3 pairs of booties,  1 baby's beanie, 12 burp cloths and some prepared bindings. 

Helen also saved me lots of time by stitching Oz Comfort Quilts labels to the quilts. 

Jan Downing dropped off more donations from her sewing group in Tolmie, including 2 knitted blankets made by June, 5 doonas made by Theresse and 2 knitted scarves,  9 beanies, 2 toys and a tote bag, all donated by Jan.

Beverley Brooks,  Valerie Pell and Irene Ashcroft have been very busy sewing and have donated hundreds of drawstring bags as well as 3 pair of booties. 

Kathie Williamson has sent another large parcel containing 9 knitted scarves as well as some new undies, tights, socks and a beanie.

Dianne Daly has sent another large parcel containing beautiful items all sewn by upcycling obsolete uniforms donated by Ambulance Victoria.  Dianne has been very busy sewing and has made 5 nappy/overnight bags,  8 skirts, 9 pair of shorts,  28 pencil cases and 14 bucket hats.

 Thank you all so much for generously donating your skills and time to help people in need. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

I'm Finally Back.

I hadn't planned to take such a long break from blogging but had no opportunity to load blog posts for a few weeks and then had trouble loading photos when I  got home but it seems to be sorted now.

I travelled to Southern India for 2 and a half weeks and had a fabulous time again. This time we visited the waterways of Kerala and it was very relaxing. 

This photo is not what it seems! The street seller was cooking roasted peanuts and the photo captures the moment he tossed them into the air.

This lovely man was only 56 and he took us on a pedal about ride around the markets.

 This trip was with Intrepid and I can highly recommend them. I had been to Southern India 50 years ago and it was very into see how much things had changed and yet India still has retained the culture, colours and chaos that I  enjoy. The food and masala tea was fabulous too and I am planning on returning again at the end of the year or next year.

Hugs, Jan Mac xx