LoveQuilts UK News
News 08 Jan 2012 - 15 Jan 2012Quilt News Brandon's quilt was delivered (our first quilt of 2012!): 
Hannah P's quilt was delivered: 
Quilts opened/closed Kyle V's quilt was opened Jack R's quilt was closed William E's quilt was closed We have had a Twitter account for a while with the aim of building up our search engine rankings. However, we keep forgetting to update it! Gaynor has been integrating our Twitter account with our website behind the scenes this week so it should be easier to update from now on. If you are on Twitter, please would you consider following us @lovequiltsuk :) Square News We have received 22 squares this week! Many thanks to all those who stitched them! Elaine, Raby, NSW, Australia (for Stitch-a-long: Owls) Ellie, London, UK (for Adelaide W) Ellie, London, UK (for Christopher J) Freda, Morecombe, England (for Stitch-a-long: Hearts) Freda, Morecombe, England (for Daniel C) Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA (for Iona) Joanne, Wigan, UK (for Stitch-a-long: Hearts) Karen, Majorca, Spain (for Jessica S) Kaye, St Albans, England (for Samuel W) Kaye, St Albans, England (for Forget-Me-Not Quilt) Kita , Northampton, UK (for Shona G) Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK (for Amelia F) Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK (for Tahlia-Annikki) Nicola, St Albans, UK (for Jack B) Nicola, St Albans, UK (for William E) Nicola, St Albans, UK (for Any child) Sue, Birmingham, England (for Shona G) Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK for the Cute animals category Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK for the Flowers/Bugs category Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK for the Vehicles category Newhall Methodist Church, Derbyshire, for the Flowers/Bugs category Nicola, St Albans, UK for the Teddies category Mini Squares We have had a number of mini squares sent in this week. Although we do occasionally have too-small squares in which we are saving up to use in their own quilt eventually, we prefer not to take them as a matter of course. Smaller squares mean much more work making up a quilt as much more patchworking is required, so we are committed to 13" x 13" squares. Donations Jan, Oklahoma USA - thank you, Jan! (See Fabric page for details) Thank you to the Higham Piecemakers for donating the wadding for Leroy's quilt! Also thanks as always to those who have sent in cash, cheque or Paypal donations this week :) News 01 January 2012 - 08 Jan 2012Quilt News We have had two quilts delivered this week: Bradley's quilt:  Blisse's quilt:  Thank you very much to everyone who donated a square or fabric to these quilts, and also to Anna and Katherine respectively for quilting. Great quilts, ladies! Quilts opened/closed Jack R's quilt was opened William E's quilt was opened Amelia E's quilt was opened and closed. Square News We have received 29 squares this week! Many thanks to all those who stitched them! Carol Ayling, Copthorne, UK (for Harlum L) Ginny Pledger, Earls Barton, UK (for Dean B) Ginny Pledger, Earls Barton, UK (for Stitch-a-long: Owls) Kita , Northampton, UK (for Iona) Leanda Vickers, Oldham , England (for Stitch-a-long: Hearts) Poppie Taylor, Solihull, England (for Samuel W) Poppie Taylor, Solihull, England (for Dean B) Seren Senior, Derby, UK (for Christopher J) Susan, Hamilton, USA (for Stitch-a-long: Lickle Ted) Verity, Wiltshire, England (for Aaron F) Verity, Wiltshire, England (for Any child) Victoria, Sleaford, England (for Samuel W) Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Jan, Enid, Oklahoma, USA for the Flowers/Bugs category Leanda Vickers, Oldham , England for the Teddies category Verity, Wiltshire, England for the Flowers/Bugs category Verity, Wiltshire, England for the Girls category Verity, Wiltshire, England for the Teddies category Verity, Wiltshire, England for the Flowers/Bugs category Accounts Gaynor has been working on finalising our accounts for 2011 and they are now with our auditor, Mrs Jean Powell. We would like to thank Jean for offering her services free of charge to LQUK. Gaynor has also worked out that we will be able to claim around £140 in Gift Aid for donations received in 2011. If you have donated, or intend to do so in the future, and think you are eligible for Gift Aid (UK income taxpayer), please contact us. It's as simple as filling in a form, which will cover all past and future donations. Donations Thank you all for your cash/Paypal/cheque donations this week, it is very much appreciated! 2011 Review of the Year2011 was the fourth year of LoveQuiltsUK. We think we can safely say that we have had a pretty amazing year! Magazine Appearances We have appeared in several magazines this year, starting with Popular Patchwork and World of Cross Stitching in April 2011. We were Cross Stitch Crazy Club of the Month in June 2011. We also appeared in Craft Seller Magazine in November 2011 and Cross Stitch Crazy magazine in December. Many thanks to all these publications who have helped us reach out to new volunteers at no cost to LQUK. 
New Stitchers We have a had a lot of new stitchers joining us and a lot of established stitchers continuing to stitch for us this year! Many new stitchers joined us from the World of Cross Stitching and Cross Stitch Crazy articles. Gone are the days when some stitchers kindly stitched several squares in order to complete a quilt! Nowadays when we open a quilt, they are filled with enthusiastic volunteers very quickly. We thank you all for your wonderful support. New Quilters Many quilters who read the Popular Patchworking magazine article contacted us to offer their assistance in assembling quilts, just in the nick of time as Katherine, who had made 55 quilts in a row was feeling rather burnt out! With thanks to Anna, Mary, Joy, Joyce, Pauline, Yvonne, Evelyn, Melanie, Carol, Alison, Janine, Liz R, Rebecca, Joan, Beverley, Joanne, Sue, Margaret, Marion, Sandra and Janet who came to our rescue! We hope to see more of your fantastic skills in 2012 :) Administrative Affairs LoveQuiltsUK was officially registered with HMRC as a Charity for Tax Purposes this year, and through this became eligible to claim Gift Aid on donations where appropriate. We have been collecting in declaration forms from those eligible and we will be making our first claim early in 2012. We also set up a Treasurer's bank account for LQUK which allowed donations to be made via cheque, in addition to cash and PayPal. Finally, we established a formal organisation Constitution. Following the completion of these matters, we were able to make our first small grant applications, which we hope to hear good news about in the first quarter of 2012. Funds Our accounts state that we have turned over just over £2000 in donations this year. We are so grateful for your financial donations which have helped us so much - our finances have been much less of a headache this year. We also have a fair amount of fabric already prepared for quilts coming up in 2012. Rest assured that every penny donated to us goes straight into making and delivering quilts. Thank you to Vic who has diligently collected and processed the used stamps sent in. We would like to give a shout-out to Hancocks of Paducah from whom we have ordered a lot of fabric this year. They are very professional and allow us to order internationally which has saved LQUK a lot of money. We would also like to thank Gaynor's friend Janette in Oregon for her assistance in fabric purchasing. In Memoriam We were very sad to hear of the passing of Alicia who received a quilt from us in November 2010 :( Squares received (Drum-roll please!) Total squares received in 2011: 969 squares! This is an absolutely brilliant total, thank you so much to all our supporters, it is a truly stupendous amount of collective work. It amounts to at least 20,000 hours of work (at a conservative estimate of 20 hours per square!) Well done, and grateful thanks to all our stitchers for their generosity! Quilts completed 46 Quilts were completed in 2011! That brings our overall total to 96 quilts since 2008. We will be celebrating our 100th quilt in early 2012. We thought it would be nice to have a look back through all the quilts which were donated to children in 2011:
Overall, we can safely say that it has been an fantastic year for LQUK. We wish everyone a Happy New Year and here's looking forward to making more children smile in 2012! Katherine and Gaynor x |
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