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!
No comments:
Post a Comment