Quilts and More.

Lots of wonderful donations have arrived and they will soon be packed and distributed to people in need. 

Diane Cutting from ACT donated another 4 beautiful quilt tops as well as 2 backings.

Karen Barrett from Qld has sent another large parcel containing 88 soap pouches, 3 cute soft toys and some lovely theme fabric for me to use to cover logos on repurposed jackets and jumpers.

Dymphne Anderson donated 16 teddy bears and fabric for drawstring bags. 

Kaye Hardman's lovely mother, Billie,  knitted another 4 warm beanies and Kaye made 12 drawstring bags. 

One of Kaye's friends beautifully knitted 9 jumpers for bears donated by Janet Kidson. 

Stephanie Driel from WA has sent another large parcel containing 42 beautifully made QAYG blocks with binding and 17 beanies.

June Wilson has donated 4 beautiful quilts,  2 crocheted blankets,  4 knitted beanies and a teddy bear.

There was an anonymous donation of 2 beautifully crocheted blankets,  a knitted toy and 2 large bags containing new pyjama pants and track suit pants.

Ann Crimp from WA has sent a large parcel containing 3 beautifully knitted jumpers/ cardigans,  8 beanies,  9 beanies for newborns  and 13 pair of knitted booties. 

Thank you all so much for your donations to help those in need. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria and Backpacks 4 Vic Kids.

 

We unexpectedly had a free day on Friday

so I spent the morning sorting and packing donations and then delivered a car load to Backpacks 4 Vic Kids this afternoon.

We delivered 42 quilts, 280 Santa Sacks, 155 soap pouches,23 pair of booties, 14 beanies, 73 teddy bears with their custom made jumpers, 8 small blankets, 8 burp cloths, 4 bibs, 12 jumpers/cardigans and another box of hand knits.

We also delivered the following for Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria : 40 pencil cases with pencils, 8 skirts, 12 shorts, 1 quilt, 25 bucket hats, 6 small pouches, 4 drawstring bags, 3 baby/nappy bags and 4 jumpers, all made by upcycling obsolete uniforms donated by Ambulance Victoria.

It was great to get feedback about what is needed and discuss how we might be able to help. They are starting a new program soon for homeless teens and will be needing tote bags which they can use to provide a change of clothes and toiletries. The Ambulance Victoria trousers we have would be ideal as they need to be dark coloured and non-gender specific so if you have time to make some tote bags please let me know so I can post out some of the trousers. They want them about the size of shopping bags and there's a good pattern for Boomerang bags online which is easy to follow but I would make the bags about 18 x 22 inches.

They also loved the bucket hats and prefer them for up to 10 years of age as the older kids have peaked hats.

They're aiming for 6,000 Santa Sacks this year and have already packed 600 so we'll keep working on those and drawstring bags as well. They've asked for bigger sized Santa Sacks measuring about 20 x 24 inches as a lot of the toys have large packaging. 

 The clothes that they need most frequently are track pants for ages 5 to 7 years, flannelette pyjama pants for ages 4 to 10 years, and shorts for pyjamas for ages 10 to 18 years. They have tops they can match but need the pants.

Many thanks everyone for all of your generous contributions to help children in need. We're also in need for more people who would be interested in sewing shorts, skirts, bucket hats and drawstring bags from the obsolete uniforms, and postage is provided.

Hugs, Jan Mac XX

Comings.

 

More lovely donations have arrived with Lyz Kershaw donating another 3 lovely kid's quilts, a tote bag, 3 Santa Sacks and an orphan block. 

 

Faye Hender and the Murray Mallee Quilters have very generously donated another 9 beautiful quilts and Wendy Yates donated 4 knitted teddies, 12 lovely warm beanies and 11 burp cloths. 

 

Viv Costigan also donated 25 fabulous library bags. A very big thank you to Annette Pearce too as she couriered their donations from Swan Hill. 

 

Jill Khong donated 109 lovely drawstring bags as well as knitting jumpers for 65 teddies and Lucy Peacock donated 14 very cute teddy bears.

 

Kaye Hardman knitted 14 jumpers for the teddies donated by Janet Kidson, and also donated a large bag of toiletries. 

 

Dee McDonald from NSW donated 25 lovely warm beanies as well as 3 knitted teddies. 

 

Many thanks everyone your ongoing support. 

Hugs, Jan Mac Xx

The Week's Events.

Big Group Hug have requested drawstring bags as they were running short and, thanks to our lovely members we were able to help them out. I knew we had 230 drawstring bags donated by Barbara Black and the Monday Quilters and then managed to put together more so we donated 325 in total. We also donated 8 quilts, 2 blankets, 111 knitted beanies, 10 pair of hand knitted socks, 4 pair of knitted gloves, some trousers and a jacket. Thankfully they were able to arrange someone to collect the donations.

We also donated 30 quilts to Eastern Palliative Care today and they were very gratefully received as they had run out.

Pam Neenan was taking her donations to Backpacks 4 Vic Kids today and very kindly took some donations for us, including 34 teddy bears with their custom made knitted jumpers, a large bag of soft toys and a box of warm jackets and track pants.

Dianne Daly (Vic) has donated a large parcel of upcycled items for Uniforms 4 Kids Victoria, using obsolete uniforms from Ambulance Victoria. She has sent 4 fabulous nappy/overnight bags, 3 skirts, 5 pair of shorts, 8 bucket hats,and 19 pencil cases with pencils. She also sent a lovely crocheted blanket, 8 tote bags,4 pair of booties and 2 beanies. Dianne even lines the nappy bags and they are beautifully sewn.

Marg Coulthard (Vic) has been busy knitting and has sent 24 pairs of socks for newborns.

Kathie Williamson (Vic) has very generously donated 36 beanies, 5 knitted scarves and some new undies.

Gill Rosser (Vic) has very generously donated 2 large tubs of fabric.

Many thanks for your generous donations and support everyone. Xx

Marg Coulthard (Vic) has been busy knitting and has sent 24 pairs of socks for newborns. 

 

Kathie Williamson (Vic) has very generously donated 36 beanies, 5 knitted scarves and some new undies.

 

Gill Rosser (Vic) has very generously donated 2 large tubs of fabric.

 

Many thanks for your generous donations and support everyone. 

Hugs, Jan Mac XX

Ins and Outs.

Yesterday we donated another 10 quilts and 5 crocheted blankets to The Alfred hospital's palliative care unit at Sandringham . The counsellor rang me to tell me how much our beautiful quilts are appreciated by the patients, their families and staff, as they brighten the rooms and give them something positive to focus on. She asked me to pass on her very sincere thanks to everyone for their generous support. 

 

Karen Pantony (Vic) donated a lovely quilt top and backing,  some UFO blocks,  some fabric and some orphan blocks. 

Hilary Thornton from NSW donated 18 Santa Sacks,  21 drawstring bags and a bag of felt hearts.

Jacky Hens from NSW sent 2 large parcels containing 1 beautiful QS quilt tops with backing and binding, 2 quilt kits, 4 lovely quilt tops,  6 metres of backing fabric and some orphan blocks. 

Many thanks for your generous support everyone. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx 

 

Donations From WA, NSW and Victoria.

Maria Wilson from WA has very generously donated another 2 beautiful quilts for children as well as some orphan blocks. 

Marian Dines (Vic) has sent another large box containing 4 lovely quilt tops with backings and bindings,  3 lovely knitted teddies and 3 Santa Sacks. 

Sue Taylor (Vic) has donated 6 beautifully crocheted blankets as well as 6 crocheted beanies and a lovely jacket for a toddler. 

There was an anonymous donation of a scarf and 5 lovely crocheted face washers.

Sandra McLay's sister has donated 2 beautifully knitted jumpers for children,  2 baby jackets and 2 pair of booties. 

Marie Warden from NSW has sent a large parcel of fabric and 6 lovely quilt tops from her friend Lynne Charlton's estate.

Many thanks for your generous support everyone. 

Hugs, Jan Mac xx