Wishes4kids

 I had a lot of quilts ready to give out, since my lovely sewers had been beavering away during lockdown and I hadn’t been able to make the usual donations.  I decided to to find some more recipients, so rang Wishes4kids, a local charity which brings joy to children with terminal illnesses or who have suffered trauma of various kinds.  I spoke to the lovely Gary who was in the process of filling 200 goodie bags as Christmas gifts and was delighted to hear that I had quilts to add to the bounty. He was even willing to come over and pick them up!  I got 130 quilts ready for him, and he took them all! 

He was amazed when he chose this beauty for a photo, quite understandably.  His charity, which is based in Leicester, does its best to grant children’s wishes.  These range from activities to meeting celebrities. It was a pleasure to meet such a generous and lovely person.  Carry on the good work, Gary! 

Mammoth donation!

 Every year, we have a trip up the M1 to Shepshed to visit a wonderful group, Quilting Together.  They are very talented and very generous, and I always enjoy seeing them.  I missed them last year, but they had kept on quilting and had a mammoth pile of quilts for Project Linus! 

There were so many quilts that we couldn’t get them all in the car!  Eileen very kindly popped over with the remainder a few days later.  There were actually 149 quilts altogether!  What a lot of hugs! I took lots of photos, but only have time to add a selection. 

This is a giant hexagon!  It was made simply by going round and round the centre. What a stunner! 

This is a great way to deal with small hexagons.  This solves edging dilemmas! 

This selection of blocks gets unity from the turquoise and brown hourglasses. 

Another wonderful quilt made by going round and round! 

This quilt successfully bigs up some little pictures of lighthouses. 

Here are two for the price of one! 

Another double treat. 

Clever use of random squares to make a very pleasing design. 

Here is a great collection of coordinating blocks arranged very pleasingly. 

A seaside theme is always good. 

A great medallion quilt using up some hexagons beautifully. 

More squares, but what a clever arrangement. 

Half square triangles arranged in zig zags, plus a bright mile a minute! 

Another arrangement of squares!  So innovative! 

This is so much fun! 

A centre of strings, with a lovely border. 

I think most of these blocks were meant to be together, but there are some strangers playing very nicely! 

Yet another squares quilt!  There is so much talent in this group! 

This is so cheerful! 

This is just a few of the quilts, and I would like to say a huge thank you to the makers for all your hard work!  See you again, but not till next year!