This Week's Finishes.

 These two fabulous hexagon quilt tops were donated by the Casey U3A Quilters and beautifully quilted by Sharon Siacci of Beyond Meander Quilting (Vic).

 Sharon has very generously donated her quilting expertise and time to quilt some of the larger donated tops.

 The "sheep" quilt top is another cute kid's quilt top made by Marg Coulthard from Vic and it's such a bright and fun quilt.

 This lovely quilt top was made by Sarah Williams from NSW and it's a great use of charm squares.

 I also finished the 7th hand appliqued block for my Di Ford Hall's Lyre design based on an antique top in her collection. Now I only have 2 Lyre blocks to stitch and then swags on the borders.

Another hand appliqued block for Di Ford Hall's Poppy quilt which makes 6 finished of 16. I'm loving some slow stitching as it gives my body a break from wrestling tops through the sewing machine and it's nice to work on some different projects too.
Hugs, Jan Mac 

The Generous Donations Continue.

 Robin Walker and the Fishbowler Sewists from Launceston Tasmania have sent another 3 large parcels containing 7 more quilts, a bed runner and a large amount of fabric for backings. Robin and her group have been incredibly generous with the number of quilts they have made and donated and for our bushfire quilt drive and their quilts will be very much appreciated,  especially as it's getting much colder at night now.

 Jill Miglietti (Vic) dropped off 2 boxes of beautiful fabric and I have already used 2 pieces for binding 2 quilts I was finishing off today. Jill included a real variety of fabric colours and designs and they will be great for adding borders, bindings and backings.
    I've also been talking to people working for the bushfire recovery group and we're continuing to discuss which areas will soon be ready to receive quilts and it's apparent that quite a few are still not ready, which gives us more time to finish off more quilts.
Thanks everyone for your donations and support.
Hugs, Jan Mac xx

Very Busy Donors.

 All of these fabulous donations arrived on Friday and over the weekend and it's wonderful to have so many quilters supporting our bushfire quilt drive. Patty McNamara has been one of my busy sewing angels finishing off quilter's projects,  adding borders etc. Fiona Lazenby has been working with Patty and providing lots of her fabric to make tops and add borders.

 Patty, Fiona and I all met at a Scquilters retreat in Bendigo in 2007 and we found we all had lots of oriental themed squares leftover from the retreat, so Patty made all if these tops and they will be fabulous quilts to bring comfort.

 This lovely embroidered top in red was donated by Heather Mahncke from Vic and Patty finished it by adding the borders. I plan to quilt it very soon.

 Friends, Sandra Orszaczky and Diane Cutting from ACT sent 3 large parcels between them and they have been incredibly generous with their time and fabrics.  Sandra donated 6 tops, 15 sets of binding, 12 QAYG blocks with batting and 16 without.

 Diane made an incredible 14 quilt tops, as well as 6 Star blocks and extra black and bright blocks to add to the lovely black and bright top.

 I'm going to be very busy quilting all of these donations and I am incredibly grateful that you are all staying busy in isolation and blessing others by supporting our bushfire quilt drive.

 Sandea and Diane also sent lots of lovely fabric and they will be great for blocks and backing. When I have a few moments spare, I join FQs in long strip to add to backing fabric to make it big enough for wider quilts. Having these donations really speeds up the process, as does receiving readymade binding.

 Bernice Park from Tasmania has sent another large parcel containing 58 QAYG blocks as well as 4 sets of binding.

Susan Wild from Qld sent  40 QAYG blocks as well as fabric strips to make more so I see lots of QAYG quilts will be made too.

 We've been baby sitting our precious grandsons 3 days a week for the past few weeks as a 2 year old and baby weren't  conducive to the parents getting much work done at home. Next week, as school is going back,  we will be full time carers again so I will be quilting at night and weekends to get more done in time for delivery.
     Please don't be offended if I add borders or alter the tops to make them larger as the large quilts are always in demand, even for smaller children, so the child doesn't outgrow them quickly.
    Seeing a child, teen or adult wrapped in a quilt and with a grateful smile, makes all our hard work worthwhile. It seems like we have lots of quilts already but once we start distribution again the numbers will soon dwindle so I see this quilt drive lasting at least until the end of the year.
Hugs, Jan Mac xx

Caught Up.

It's been a busy day catching up on all the donations that have arrived since Friday so I  can acknowedge our very generous supporters. Today I  bound the 3 quilts which Sharon Siacci of Beyond Meander Quilting very kindly quilted and I have 5 more to do. Sharon is very professional, does a brilliant job and I can highly recommend her.

 Sharon Siacci of Beyond Meander Quilting quilted this beautiful quilt top donated by Michelle Cahoon (Vic) and I  added a multi fabric binding.

 This lovely batik jelly roll top was donated by Maia Butler from NSW and quilted by Sharon. Maia sent it as a backing but it was too pretty so we're using it as a quilt top.

 This lovely One Block Wonder quilt, made in cuddly flannel,  by Sandra Still and quilted by Sharon Siacci of Beyond Meander Quilting.

 Robin Walker and the Fishbowler Sewists from Launceston Tasmania sent another 2 large parcels containing the following 6 quilts.

 They are beautiful and will be sure to bring comfort.

 Maia Butler from NSW has sent another large parcel containing the following 2 quilts as well as a top, binding and 2 sets of QAYG blocks.

 There are 16 of the cute fox blocks and 36 of the other QAYG blocks.

 Bernice Park from Tasmania has sent another large parcel this time with 58 QAYG blocks and 4 sets of binding.

Susan Wild from Qld sent a lovely parcel of 40 QAYG blocks and another large parcel of fabric strips.
   There were too many for just one blog post so I will continue with the rest tomorrow.
Thank you so much for continuing to support our bushfire quilt drive.
Hugs, Jan Mac