Sewing evening at Lutterworth Piecemakers

 In September I went over to Lutterworth Piecemakers for their annual Project Linus sewing evening.  I provide the fabrics and pattern and they beaver along and make blocks.  Hopefully some people learn a new technique or pattern.

This time they made some scrappy 'mile a minute' blocks which were cut into diamond shapes by Julie on her Acuquilt cutter and then had plain blue fabric added to make into square blocks.

Here is Julie cutting a block, with a few completed blocks behind her.

Some happy sewers.

More happy sewers!

Trip to the LRI

 Mantel rang me from Ward 11 at the LRI to see if they could have some quilts.  She wanted a mixture of small ones and medium sized ones.  I try to discourage people from making the very small (18") quilts, as most people like larger ones, but I had a few.  She was amazed when I said I had enough quilts in my cupboard ready to go, so Heather and I went over to Leicester this morning.  

Heather hadn't been on a delivery before and thoroughly enjoyed it.  Here is Mantel (on the left), Heather (in the middle) and a few other staff members. 

I still have quilts in the cupboard, so roll on the next request!

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!