News 30 Aug 2011 - 10 Sep 2011

Donated fabric was received from:

Anne, Norway

(See Fabric page for details)

Thank you, Anne!

Also, many thanks to those who have sent money donations, it is very much appreciated :)

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News 20 Aug 2011 - 30 Aug 2011

Quilt News
Gaynor made the long trek to Katherine's house in Lincolnshire over the Bank Holiday (it is about a five hour drive - Gaynor lives in Swansea). Katherine and Gaynor spent two days sorting out fabrics for the next 30 quilts or so.

Here we are sorting out fabric!



Not all of this fabric has been paid for yet, but as donations come in we will slowly pay Gaynor back for the fabric she purchased on our behalf in the USA recently.

The border fabrics provisionally chosen for each child's quilt has been put on their page for you to see. The fabric *may* change as a few of the quilters have offered to provide their own fabric. If this happens, we will transfer the currently allocated fabric to a future quilt of the same theme.

The next quilts to be worked on will be Evan (by Joan), Niamh (by Gaynor) and Kelli G (by Mary). Gaynor is currently communicating with quilters about Tia-Rose's quilt, Lennon S's quilt and Joshua D's quilt whose deadlines are on August 31st.

We are also pulling together a "Winnie-The-Pooh and Friends" quilt which will be held for emergency purposes. We had some donated Winnie-The-Pooh fabric and realised we had enough Pooh-related squares from the Disney Characters Stitch-a-long and from our Any Child Square stash. Katherine will be putting this quilt together and she is looking forward to quilting without a deadline for once!


Quilts opened/closed
We anticipate that four new quilts will open on Saturday 10th September at 5pm (British time)


Square News
We have received 25 squares this week! Many thanks to all those who stitched them!

Any child squares were received from:

Heather, Littleborough, England for the Dogs and Cats category
Nicola, Cardiff, for the Flowers/Bugs category
Sue, Hailsham, for the Cartoon Characters category
Yvonne, New Bradwell, MK, for the Cute animals category



Donations
Thanks so much to those who have sent cash/Paypal/cheque donations since our last update, it is really appreciated and sorely needed!

Also thank you to those who have sent stamps recently, Vic is looking into using a stamp dealer for the old/rare stamps we have received. Any stamps are fine however, international or domestic, normal or fancy, old or new!

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News 17 Jul 2011 - 20 Aug 2011

Well, we have been a little while without a news update as Gaynor as been away holidaying in the USA. However, there has been a lot going on at LQUK.

Quilt News
Four quilts have been delivered:

Patrick's frog quilt:


Brooke H's quilt:


Poppy's quilt:


Rhea's quilt:


Thank you so much to quilters Katherine, Alison and Janine, Sandra and Pauline for their wonderful work on these quilts.

We have now reached 27 quilts completed this year, which is the same number as in the whole of 2010, and we still have 4 months to go.


Fabric
We had completely run out of fabric, but Gaynor managed to bring back a grand total of 225 yards of fabric from the USA which will hopefully keep us going for a while (we use about 3-4 yards per quilt, not including the backing) LQUK is able to purchase about half of this out of current funds, and Gaynor is happy to be reimbursed for the rest over the next few months or so as funds come in.

A big thank you to Gaynor's friend Janette in Oregon who allowed Gaynor to have a load of fabric shipped to her house ready for her to pick up. Mr Fedex definitely knows the way to Janette's house!


Quilts opened/closed
Gaynor will shortly be opening our first 2012 quilts.


Square News
We have received an amazing 97 squares since our last update! Many thanks to all of you who continue to offer your fantastic support to LQUK.

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