Donations and SandPits.

 Jenny Jasper (Vic) has dropped off the first 2 beautiful quilts shown here. The first one is QAYG  and just needs another row added while the second was made by her friend, Kym, and just needs binding.

 Jenny also donated a roll of batting and over 50 knitted items including hats,  cowls ahd scarves to keep people warm and they will be very much appreciated.

 Jacqy Wong from Vic dropped off more lovely QAYG blocks she, and her Mt Beauty quilters,  have made.

 Christa Lobb from NSW has sent a very large box of lovely string pieced blocks in various sizes and they will make many lovely quilts.

 Maia Butler from NSW has sent another large parcel containing 36 beautiful blue QAYG blocks and they will make a lovely quilt.

 We've spent the day outside making a sand pit for the boys and we had trouble getting Jake out of it. It was such a lovely day and not too cold and hopefully tomorrow will be too so he can play there again with his trucks and making sand castles.
Hugs, Jan Mac

A Variety of Donations .

  Rita Cella has donated the first 4 fabulous quilts shown here and the recipients will be thrilled to receive them.

 Luisa Gubiani  is Rita's sister and Luisa has already donated several large quilts and she has donated another 2 beautiful quilts this time.

 Ann Grant from NSW donated this beautiful crane quilt in oriental fabrics as well as some lovely items for the Peter Mac auxiliary shop.

 The quilt shown in masculine plaids and the following I Spy quilt tops were made by Helen Stewart from Vic and I quilted them, adding borders to the second to make it a bit larger.

 Gil Wright from NSW very generously donated several tops and I added animal applique and borders to make it larger.

 Michelle (Vic) very generously  donated 5 tops, 1 partially finished top,  200 QAYG blocks, and novelty fabric for I Spy blocks.

 The Keep Us In Stitches group donated 15 lovely and warm knitted/ crocheted blankets which will be very welcome now the weather is so cold.

Vikki Hope and her lovely Mum donated an 8 metre roll of batting which will be a great help with getting more tops finished.
  Thanks so much everyone for all of your support. We gave out 60 quilts to the students of Nicholson primary school and 23 quilts to the Buchan primary school, both in East Gippsland, and it's good to know that the kuds will be wrapped in our warm hugs tomorrow when school resumes.
Hugs, Jan Mac 

A Special Trip.

 We had a child-free day on Friday so we visited the Nicholson and Buchan primary schools to deliver quilts to the students, as we'd had to postpone our trip due to the Covid-19 restrictions. It was a slow and long day of travel but the principals were very impressed by the quality, variety and size of the quilts and they will share photos when they hand them out next week.

 From Buchan, we drove for an hour and a half to camp the night at McKillops trestle bridge across the Snowy River.  It was minus 3 overnight and the camper had ice on the roof but we were warm and slept well.

 These fabulous blocks were donated by Jo-anne Starr from Vic and the original quilt had blocks set 8x8 with a central block which is the size of 4 smaller blocks.

 Jo-anne's blocks are beautifully made and I decided to change the design to use a setting of 6x6 blocks which will still nake a large quilt and it will be a special gift quilt to treasure.

 Jo-anne had already made 29 smaller blocks as well as the centre block so I only needed to make another 3 blocks and I finished them this week so I need to get busy joining them together, ready for quilting.

It was a tiring trip because of all the driving but we did enjoy meeting the staff and our overnight stay. We would have been warmer if we'd slept in the fridge as it was set to 4 degrees, but we slept so all was well. Today I'm catching up on documenting donations, taking photos etc,  and now plan on doing some quiet stitching.
   I hope you're all enjoying some time to stitch and I am very grateful for all of your very generous donations which will help comfort so many people affected by the devastating bush fires.
Hugs, Jan Mac 

Donations, Finishes and a Special Day.

 What a busy but fun weekend. Jeanette House (Vic) donated 3 fabulous large quilts which will be treasured in their new homes.

 Jeanette wrote that she's  finishing off some UFOs and it means more storage for her but such a special gift to a person in need of comfort.

 Robin Walker and the Fishbowler Sewists from Launceston Tasmania donated the large top below and Norma Aitken from Waverley Patchworkers very kindly quilted this large top and the one following.

 Helen Stewart and friends donated this large top and Norma beautifully quilted it.

 Norma also dropped off 4 more quilts with the first 3 from Keep Us In Stitches quilters (Vic).

 This quilt is reversible with the elephant panel on the other side, shown below.  A lovely quilt to donate.

 Suzanne Moore from Waverley Patchworkers donated the next lovely large quilt.

 Barbara Dawson (Vic) donated 5 lovely kid's tops, as well as backing, labels and binding.

 Denise Ratcliffe (NSW) donated a very large parcel of string pieced blocks which will nake some lovely quilts.

Sharon Siacci of Beyond Meander Quilting  also quilted a beautiful bright top with flowers,  made by Sandra Still from NSW.

 Karen Bennett (Qld) donated the next lovely floral top.

 Jo Calder (Vic) donated the 36 larger QAYG  blocks in boys fabric and I have made 2 quilts from them.

 It was Aidan's first birthday yesterday and we gave Jake a gift as well. He's obsessed with Blippi, an educational channel, on Youtube and we gave him a Blippi costume and little cars. It was hard to take good photos as he was on the move.

 The birthday boy had cake for the first time and had a sugar rush and didn't sleep much yesterday but made up for it this morning. He's allergic to dairy and eggs and it was lovely to see him enjoying party food with the rest of the family.
   He slept so long this morning that I finished quilting 3 more tops for boys and hope to get them bound tonight. It was a busy weekend but a lovely family celebration and Aidan has cut 3 new teeth last week so he's his usual happy self.
Hugs, Jan Mac