Donations

We are always pleased to receive donations of fabric, and I was delighted to meet Elaine (and husband) at Fosse Park for her to hand over a load of unwanted fabric and wadding. 

Apparently Elaine used to do craft fairs, but she found that people weren't keen on paying a reasonable price for a unique hand made item.  A common story.  ((someone recently told me that she had been asked to make two double bed quilts.  When the person came to collect them, she charged him £175.  He was a bit surprised, and said, I'm sorry, I'll have to come back, because I've only got £30 in my wallet. True tale! )  anyway, Elaine's bad luck worked out very well for Project Linus, as all the lovely bright and novelty fabric - plus wadding- will be put to very good use.  Thank you so much, Elaine! 

And another kind of donation - money!  Lynne Chapman teaches belly dancing and every year she organises a show for her pupils, which is a kind of showcase plus fundraiser.  This Christmas's show was in aid of Project Linus!  She had donated a whopping £200 to our Leicestershire group and another £200 to Project Linus UK!  Thank you so much Lynne and dancers, and since your sister Julie is one of our stalwart supporters, you know very well that the money will be put to very good use! 

Record year for Leicestershire Project Linus!

I have been the local Project Linus rep since September 2005!  I have loved every minute and met some wonderful people.  I have also enjoyed seeing the numbers of quilt donations gradually increase over the years.  In my first complete year, 2006, we had 110 quilts, which was very good going.  This year we have had 423!!  That is fabulous!  Thank you so much particularly to Paula, Maria and Julie, who are legends, and the members of the Knit and Stitch group who endure me bossing them around every month.  I couldn't forget the wonderful ladies of Quilting Together in Shepshed, who made 99 quilts this year - that's practically a quarter of all the quilts!  Add to that the members of Lutterworth Quiltmakers and Rocheberie Scholhouse Quilters who regularly supply quilts.  Then there are the groups like Loving Hands, Quiltitude and the Barwell U3A craft group who do their bit and the people like Pat, Jill-Marie, Christine, Roxanna and others who have contributed to this wonderful total.  Thank you to you all. 

In honour of this auspicious total, I have taken over a built in wardrobe for Linus storage.  My husband sorted out some shelves for me, to keep things organised and tidy. 

From the bottom, we have donated sewing machines, then quilts.  The next shelf has the Accuquilt and dies, and on the top the labelled quilts in bags of tens.  There's still room for extra, so I'm looking forward to receiving even more quilts in 2018.  Happy sewing!