Sewing day at Walcote!

 On 17th April we had a Project Linus sewing day at Walcote Village Hall.  Twenty five people came over to support us, and the sewing machines hummed with the kits and blocks being whipped up into hugs!  Some quilts and tops were finished on the day, but lots of people took their projects home to finish them.

Here are some of the quilts and tops assembled on the day.Apart from our main purpose of making Linus quilts, everyone had a lovely day. It is always good to get together with likeminded people, share ideas and learn from each other.  We are all so lucky to be part of such a wonderful community!  Thank you all!

Time ticks on

 I still haven't resolved my computer issues, and updating the blog is much more time consuming, so, I have been putting it off!  Here is a photo taken in April at Ward 11 when Jan and I braved the hospital car park queues to take 30 quilts in.  

The staff don't look very happy, but believe me, they were!

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Then I was contacted by Aimee from the Diana service for 25 quilts.  We meet in Wigston Tesco's car park, which seems to work very well. Aimee was very admiring of the quilts and loved all the different patterns and fabrics.  (She also asked whether I made all the quilts, and I was very happy to tell her that I had a lot of helpers!)

                             

Workshop in Burbage

 Yesterday Paula, Julie and I went over to the U3A craft group in Burbage to sew for Linus with the lovely ladies there. We go there every year and always have a great time. This time I took some orphan blocks which I asked them to quilt so we could join them quilt-as-you-go. 

Here is the group beavering away! Julie is helping in the far left of the photo, and Paula is in pink at the far end of the table.

Here are some of the completed blocks being admired by the group.

And here is a better view of some of the completed blocks. It’s amazing how quilting brings the block to life.  ‘It’s not a quilt till it’s quilted’ and joined together! 

First delivery of 2026

 Last week Jan and I went over to the Saffron Lane Children’s Centre to deliver quilts.  The health visitors there will be able to deliver the quilts to needy families.  It was the first time I had been over there, and we had fun trying to find it (as usual!). Postcodes aren’t always the best way to find a new destination.

Blogger isn’t playing nicely with my photos, but here is Jan and the receptionist at the centre with one of the gorgeous quilts.  That’s 50 happy children! 

This is the end of 2025!

Here we are at the end of the year and we have just completed the final donation of the year.  Before Christmas I had a phone message from Norma on Ward 12 to ask if I could bring “just a few” quilts on Tuesday 23rd December.  Unfortunately I was unavailable that day, but promised to drop some in after Christmas.  I was surprised that they needed more, as I had delivered some a couple of weeks ago, but thought they might have been busy.  I was right to be suspicious, as when I went in today, there was this wonderful gift waiting for me! 

Sue was keen to hand this over (unfortunately Norma wasn’t at work today) and they will be enjoyed by all at the next Knit and Stitch meeting!  Thank you so much Ward 12, and happy New Year to you all! 

Is this the end of 2025?

 Things have been trundling along in the Project Linus department, but I haven’t posted.

These legs belong to a member of the Women’s Aid staff.  I contacted them to see if they needed any quilts, and we arranged to meet at Aldi, as usual.  They didn’t need many quilts, as apparently, while families are meant to stay in their temporary accommodation for months, many are staying for several years, due to the economic situation.  This means that those children already have their own quilts.  Tough times. Incidentally, the quilt was made by Paula.

Here I am with Pip on Ward 10 of the LRI.  She always makes us very welcome. 

Sue on Ward 12 also loves the quilts.  While we were there, a member of staff told us that her son still loves the Linus quilt he received 6 years ago!  That was great to hear. 

And here I am at Lutterworth and District Food Bank, where several families were expected, and the quilts were all spread out so they could choose which one they wanted.  So kind for the staff to go the extra mile.  

So far 429 quilts have been donated by local sewers this year, although it’s not over yet! 

Busy sewing

 I haven’t posted for a while, but that doesn’t mean things have been quiet round here!  In September we had our annual Linus evening at Lutterworth Piecemakers and made Diappearing nine patch blocks.  We made several different types. Here is a selection of different types. 

Everyone worked really hard, and we made enough blocks for five quilts.  Thank you so much everyone! 

The in October we had our annual visit to Shepshed!  These ladies had cooked up a storm of 63 quilts!  Here are my favourites.

They are all great, but the red and blue one at the bottom is my favourite, as it is simply squares, with a few HSTs, but makes a super on point design.  This has boosted my store greatly, so I need to get delivering!