LoveQuilts Australia News
Posted on 30 Dec 2017News 31st Dec 2017 Another year is slipping swiftly away. This is LQAU’s fourth year and it has been a busy one with 13 quilts safely delivered; 11 to Australian children and 2 to New Zealand children. This is nearly double the quilts from our previous three years of operation. Well done everyone for your wonderful contributions. The many squares we received were just gorgeous. These are the 2017 children: Peter H – Sealife Zoe L – Butterflies Glenn D – Moon, Stars, Space Christiana K – Teddy Bears Nathan C – Vehicles Patrick P – Military Theme Rachael – Butterflies AJ – Mickey Mouse & Friends Rielly – Superheroes & Medieval Heidi K – Butterflies & Sunshine Dekkard – Wild/jungle Animals Kael - Music We have a slower start to 2018 with only one child signed up to date. Please remember us to parents and guardians of children who would qualify for a special quilt. Our Facebook membership now exceeds 300. So now, as another year grows to a close, we would like to wish you all a safe and great start to 2018. Diana Posted on 01 Feb 2017News 31st Jan 2017 It has been a while since our last news update but we have continued to be active. Over the past 3 years, we have gifted quilts to 15 beautiful children. Thank you again to everyone who contributed to these quilts. They have been joyfully received. This year is shaping up to be our busiest ever. We already have quilts underway for 5 children, with a number waiting patiently in the background. Our limitation will now be due to the fact that we have only one regular quilter. We have a number of regular stitchers, but will gladly welcome anyone else who would like to stitch for us. Our square tally is getting close to 1,000. Of particular help has been our supply of Any Child squares. These squares play a vital role in completing a quilt in a timely manner when the signup square doesn’t make it to us in time. Special thanks to the family of Judith Saebel who donated her stash to Love Quilts Australia to sell for fundraising. And thanks to Beth for cataloguing and promoting the stash on our Facebook fundraising page. Monies raised have a great help. Diana has raised some funds by having a stall at a Sunday market. More market stalls are planned. Beth also contributed to the stall by stitching some lovely cards and ornaments. We now have a lovely supply of emergency quilts so if you know of a child who is time challenged please get in touch with us. Our Facebook page continues to sign up members. If you would like to join please search for us under Love Quilts Australia. Diana Posted on 17 Jul 2015News 17th July 2015 A lot has transpired since our last news update on 16th December last year. In that time we have completed another 8 quilts: 4 Emergency 4 Child signup The 4 children who received their quilts during this time were Ellie T, Harmony F, Rachel B, and Dexter L. We have just passed the 500 mark for squares received and are now on the count up to 600. That is a tremendous effort for just over a year in operation. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this tally. Each and every square we receive is very precious. Our stitching family now extends to over 12 countries represented – this is truly a global effort. On a sad note, we farewelled one of our treasured stitchers earlier in the year. Judith Saebel passed away suddenly in January. In her short time with us Judith not only stitched squares, but also organised the card signups. Her work for LQAU was very much appreciated and she is sorely missed. LQAU was represented at her funeral by Beth, who has also taken over the card signups. Thank you Beth. Thank you very much too, to those of you who stepped in at short notice to stitch the squares that Judith had signed up for but not completed. Three quilters have joined our ranks. They are helping out with stitching some of the emergency quilts. We hope to have a couple more quilters join us soon to help out with the child signup quilts. Don’t forget, if you would like to join our “chatter”, you can visit or join us on our Facebook page. From where ever you are around the world stitching for Love Quilts Australia we hope you are enjoying good health and happy stitching. Diana Posted on 16 Dec 2014News 17th December 2014 Since our last update, three quilts have opened and closed to stitchers: Ballet Theme SAL Farm Animal SAL Jungle Animal SAL And, the Mice SAL has opened A semi-emergency signup quilt has been started using the Any Child squares received from Quilts4Kids. Also since our last update, squares have been received from the following people: Anne Bradfield Carol Ayling x 2 Catherine Townend Cheryl Connor Debi Debbie EE (Beth) Filmer x 9 Elaine Ainsworth Elaine Dixon x 2 Helen Sparkes Jan Schillo x 2 Janet Pilsbury Janet Ramsden x 4 Jessica Eby Judith Saebel Julie McCombe x 2 Laurel Cooper Lisa Paula Dewar Pat x 2 Peggy Rene x 2 Ruth Swinton x 2 Tahlia Anderson Terry This will be our last news update for the year. What a year it has been! Love Quilts Australia was officially born in May and to date three signup and two emergency quilts have been completed and delivered. Another two signup quilts are being quilted as are another two emergency quilts. Another signup quilt, and seven emergency quilts are progressing through the stitching phase. Quite an achievement for a beginning year. Thank you to everyone who has made LQAU possible, from Gaynor who set up our brilliant web and Facebook pages, to every stitcher who used their amazing talents to stitch the beautiful squares, and to those who have provided financial assistance. The children who have and will receive these amazing quilts are the recipients of your immeasurable love. And, I hope that for you, as it has been for me, the reward has been to see the sparkle in the eyes of the children who have received the quilts. I hope you all enjoy a wonderful Christmas and a safe and happy start to the New Year. Happy holiday stitching, Diana |
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