Quilts from Quiltitude!

I was contacted recently by Penny, who is a member of a quilt group in Cottingham (the Northampton one) called Quiltitude.  They have made lots of lovely scrappy Linus quilts - my favourite kind!- and she wanted to bring them over.  We agreed a meet up in Harborough last Monday, but we had to cancel due to the weather.  The quilts were in her 'mobile cupboard' aka her car boot, and she was keen to deliver them, so kindly brought sixteen lovely quilts over to me. 

Here she is holding one of them.  She couldn't stay for long, but we had a lovely chat about the value of quilting as an activity and the friendship and love we quilters get from each other.  Her group recently lost two members, and being able to come together and make a group quilt was a way of grieving and healing all in one activity.  We are so lucky to share this fabulous hobby, which does good to others and benefits ourselves so much as well.  (Incidentally, Penny took away a bag of UFOs and kits, so it made me doubly happy!). This brings our total of donated quilts to over 420!  And there's still a couple of weeks to go before the new year!