News 27 Apr 2013 - 08 May 2013

Any child squares were received from:

Carol Ayling, Copthorne, UK for the Hearts category
Claire Walters , Swanley , Kent for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Claire Walters , Swanley , Kent for the Teddies category
Claire Walters , Swanley , Kent for the Teddies category
Katherine, Lincolnshire, England for the Teddies category
Lesleyann Shepherd, Kilmarnock, Scotland for the Cartoons: Disney (General) category
Patricia, Northern Ireland, UK for the Cartoons: Disney (General) category
Patricia, Northern Ireland, UK for the Cartoons: Disney (General) category
Patricia, Northern Ireland, UK for the Cartoons: Non-Disney category
Patricia, Northern Ireland, UK for the Cartoons: Disney (General) category
Sarah Gilligan, UK for the Animals (General) category



Donations
We thank you all for your continued support in donating financially to LQUK - this really does keep us afloat as there are a lot of expenses other than the squares themselves. We are very grateful.

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News 29 Mar 2013 - 27 Apr 2013

Quilt News

Since our last update, we have delivered several quilts:

An emergency quilt to Lauren B. The theme was Mr Men and Little Miss and was quilted by Beverley and Gaynor:



Gaynor was in London last weekend and delivered an emergency quilt to Miley I who is currently in the Royal Brompton hospital. The theme was Pooh and Friends and was quilted by Kita:



Kiera F's quilt (Hello Kitty) - quilted by Yvonne C:



Luke-James's quilt (Sports) - quilted by Maureen:



Shafa Q (Rida)'s quilt (Balloons) - quilted by Vicky:



Emily T's quilt (Tatty Teddy) - quilted by Mary:



An emergency quilt on the theme of Butterflies was completed by Treboeth Ladies' Sewing Group - thank you very much for your hard work, ladies!



Hearts Emergency quilt, quilted by Kita



Kita has been particularly busy lately and has also completed Amina Q's quilt. We are having technical difficulties with the photos of Amina's quilt at the moment, but hope to bring them to you soon.

What a lot of activity over the last few weeks! Well done to everyone for the countless hours involved in stitching and quilting for these quilts :)


Quilts opened/closed
Rebecca P's quilt was opened and closed.
Amana's quilt was opened and closed.
Chloe R's quilt was opened and closed.
Tommy C's quilt was opened and closed.


Fundraising
Our grateful thanks to all that have begun fundraising events on our behalf. Seren Senior will be swimming Lake Windermere (brr!) and Rachael Green and family will be doing a 12 mile canal walk. They are using our BTMyDonate facility to collect sponsorship money and the links are here:

Seren: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/lqswim
Rachael: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/rachaelgreen1

Leanda Vickers has done a "Guess the name of the animal" fundraiser and raised £50 - well done Leanda!



There are several other fundraisers in progress too, such as jewllery making (Kyla Evans) and several members are stitching/making cards too.

We at LQUK thank you very, very much for your much-needed efforts! :)


Magazine Stardom
We are appearing in both Cross Stitch Crazy Issue 177 and World of Cross Stitching Issue 203! We welcome new stitchers who have joined us from reading these articles, good to have you with us!






Milestones
Our Facebook group reached its 1000 member this morning - our stitcher Diana Tanner from Perth, Australia. We are also very close to reaching 200 delivered quilts :)


Square News
We have received 99 squares since our last update! Many thanks to all those who stitched them!

Any child squares were received from:

Anne, Sandefjord, Norway for the Animals (General) category
Bev, Suffolk, for the Birds category
Heather, Littleborough, England for the Hearts category
Jane Kazim, Watford, for the Hearts category
Jean, Buckinghamshire, England for the Princesses category
Jean, Buckinghamshire, England for the Animals (General) category
Jennifer Urquhart, Glasgow, Scotland for the Animals (General) category
Jennifer Urquhart, Glasgow, Scotland for the Animals (General) category
Judith Saebel, Adelaide, Australia for the Hearts category
Judith Saebel, Adelaide, Australia for the Butterflies category
Judith Saebel, Adelaide, Australia for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Julie, Anglesey, Wales for the Flowers/Bugs category
Karen Mossman, Manchester, UK for the Animals (General) category
Karen Mossman, Manchester, UK for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Kate, Leics, UK for the Sea Life/Beach category
Leanda Vickers, Oldham , England for the Hearts category
Lesley, Rothwell, UK for the Cartoons: Non-Disney category
Louisa, Kildrum, Cumbernauld, for the Teddies category
Louisa, Kildrum, Cumbernauld, for the Teddies category
Louisa, Kildrum, Cumbernauld, for the Teddies category
Maureen , Aberdeen, for the Hearts category
Paula Dewar, Glasgow, Scotland for the Teddies category
Paula Dewar, Glasgow, Scotland for the Cartoons: Non-Disney category
Paula Dewar, Glasgow, Scotland for the Cartoons: Disney (Pooh and friends) category
Pauline, Broughton, for the Teddies category
Pauline, Broughton, for the Teddies category
Pauline, Broughton, for the Teddies category
Rita Turner, Shipston, Warwickshire, UK for the Teddies category
Rita Turner, Shipston, Warwickshire, UK for the Teddies category
Rita Turner, Shipston, Warwickshire, UK for the Animals (General) category
Sandra, England for the Hearts category
Sandra, England for the Space category
Seren Senior, Derby, UK for the Hearts category
Sharon, Milton Keynes, for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Sharon, Milton Keynes, for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Sharon, Milton Keynes, for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category



Donations
We thank you very much for your generosity of donations during April, which was much higher than usual. In particular our Paypal account has been red-hot - we are extremely grateful :)

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News 17 Mar 2013 - 29 Mar 2013

Kat
Kat is now back with us :) All squares now to be sent to Kat (address on Mailing and Contact Details page). We thank Mrs T for standing in to upload the squares to the website for all these months. Welcome back, Kat :)


Gaynor
Gaynor is going to be away from today until April 14th. She we be off-line for most of this time. No new quilts will open for stitchers and no applications for new quilts will be taken during this time (so you can have a break from hammering the website ;) Kat will be picking up the email from contact@lovequiltsuk.com)


Quilt News
3 quilts were delivered this week:

The Meadow Quilt - quilted by Carol was delivered to the Keech Children's Hospice:



Pictured above is Dominic who received a quilt from us back in 2010. Dominic has been very poorly recently, but he is feeling a bit better now. We send our best wishes to Kaye and Dominic.

Cory B's quilt (Mickey Mouse) - quilted by Anna:



Evie-Mae's quilt (Princesses) - quilted by Vicky:



Thank you very much to everyone involved with these quilts!

Emily T and Kiera F's quilts are now in the post and should be delivered very soon! Thank you to Mary and Yvonne for working on these quilts :)


Quilts opened/closed
Paddy B's quilt was opened and closed
Teddy T's quilt was opened and closed



Sign-ups
There has been some discussion on Facebook recently that stitchers are frustrated trying to sign-up for quilts as they open and closed so quickly. Unfortunately, we have an imbalance between stitchers and quilters/funds at the moment and we need to rectify this before we can take on more new quilts. However, we have decided to reduce the number of concurrent signups from 5 to 3 to give more people a chance to sign-up. We continue to take Any Child squares which do not need to be signed up for and we intend to introduce a "featured" theme for Any Child squares we are particularly short of.

We have also set up a separate Facebook group for discussion of fundraising - one of which is creating cross-stitched cards to sell locally (or on Mrs T's stall). Even if you are not a member of Facebook, you can still read the discussions. The group is here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/LoveQuiltsUKFundraising


Square News
We have received 52 squares this week! Many thanks to all those who stitched them!

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