LoveQuilts UK News
News 01 Jan 2024 - 24 Feb 2024Hello everyone! We are already 7 weeks into 2024. It's been a wet and windy year so far, perfect for a bit of stitching and quilting! Gaynor will be away on a work trip to France from 3rd March - 17th March but may still be online now and again for LQ queries :) Quilt News 25 quilts have been delivered since our last update: Ariella's quilt (Space) - quilted by Heather:  Ashton B's quilt (Space) - quilted by Leanda:  B's quilt (Sloths) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Bailey K's quilt (Soft animals) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Brandon's quilt (Cats and Kittens) - quilted by Ann:  Cara-Grace's quilt (Bees and Sunflowers) - quilted by Heather:  Cole S's quilt (Disney (see detail)) - quilted by Ann:  Dale S's quilt (Trains) - quilted by Leanda:  Daniel W's quilt (Emergency Vehicles) - quilted by Tracey E:  G's quilt (Space) - quilted by Heather:  Gunabalan's quilt (Cars) - quilted by Katie:  Harley S's quilt (Superheroes) - quilted by Leanda:  Heidi C's quilt (Zoo animals) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Henry C's quilt (Sausage dog, white duck, pigs and penguins) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Jack W's quilt (Specific) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Jacob-Peter's quilt (Sea Life) - quilted by Leanda:  Jaiden S's quilt (Star Wars) - quilted by Seren:  Javeria's quilt (Unicorns) - quilted by Pat:  Kahlan N's quilt (Harry Potter) - quilted by Heather:  Lacey-Louise's quilt (Paw Patrol and Butterflies) - quilted by Tracey E:  Max L's quilt (Harry Potter) - quilted by Heather:  Rubi P's quilt (Rainbows and stars) - quilted by Mary:  Saniyah S's quilt (Mr Tumble, ITNG and specific animals) - quilted by Jill:  Sienna A's quilt (Various characters) - quilted by Mary:  Sienna L's quilt (Giraffes) - quilted by Jill:  Thank you to everyone who contributed to the creation of all these quilts! Easyfundraising feature We recently won a £50 donation in an EasyFundraising.org.uk and we have also been featured by EasyFundraising recently on their blog and social media: LoveQuiltsUK feature. Fame at last! Don't forget to sign up for EasyFundraising if you haven't already to raise funds for free while you shop for things you would buy anyway. Our cause page is here: Click here Children in the lottery system The number of kids in our lottery system dropped to below 30 recently which we haven't seen in over 10 years! These days social media algorithms are different so not as many people see our posts as they used to. If you know a family with a child with a lifelong or life limited illness who might appreciate a quilt, please do let them know about us. After appealing on our Facebook group we have already got quite a few new kids enrolled into the lottery. Lap quilts The sale of occasional lap quilts for fundraising continues, there are a couple currently for sale on our Facebook Fundraising Facebook page Square News You have all been very busy lately we have received 263 squares since our last update! Many thanks to all those who stitched them! Alexia, Minnesota, USA Alison, Market Drayton, UK (2) Alison, Ormskirk, UK (3) Alison Forsyth, Aberdeen , UK Angela, New Zealand Anne, Sandefjord, Norway (3) Anne Hanley, Edinburgh, Scotland (3) C McDonald, Altrincham, UK (5) Cairine, Grantown on Spey, UK Charlotte, Nottingham, UK (2) Claire Dickie, Aldershot, England Claire Tobias, Staines Upon Thames, UK Clare Brunyee, Rotherham, S.Yorks, UK (4) EE(Beth)Filmer, Adelaide, Australia (6) Eileen, Newcastle, UK (6) Elaine Martin, Birkenhead, Wirral, UK (3) Elenore, Aberdeen, UK Elisabeth Waycott, Melbourne, Ellie, London, UK (2) Emma, Crediton, UK Erin, Neath, Wales (2) Gabriele Pearson, Cromarty, UK (2) Gail, Lochgelly, Scotland Gemma McKnight, Southampton , England (4) Gemma.H, Glos, UK (2) Georgina, Chertsey, UK (3) Gill, Aylesbury, UK Ginny D, Canterbury, UK (4) Gwen, Kent, UK Hannah P, Poole, UK (3) Heather, Littleborough, England (9) Heather C, London, UK (2) Helen Cheape, Sunderland, UK Jackie, Corby, UK (3) Jan G, Hull, UK (11) Jane Ashley, Littleborough, UK Janet T, South Wales, UK Jeanne, Pennsylvania, USA (5) Jill Smith, Taunton, England (2) Joanna Ebert, East Grinstead, England Jodie Balaam, Lawshall, England (10) Judith Chamberlain, Welwyn Garden City, UK Julie, Anglesey, Wales (4) Julie Robbins, Bromsgrove , UK (10) Karen Hockin, Southampton, England (2) Kelli, Neath, Wales Kerry, Aldershot, UK (2) Kerry Brabbs, Rotherham, UK (3) Laura Brown, Reading, UK (4) Leanda Vickers, Oldham , England (5) Lesley, Rothwell, UK (3) Linda, Penrith, Cumbria, UK Linda Cropper, Atherstone, England (2) Lindsay, Northwich, UK (2) Marilyn Foyle, Biggleswade, UK (3) Marjory, Huntly, Scotland (12) Merrilie, Geddington, UK Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK (7) Nicola, St Albans, UK (6) Nicola, Elland, UK (9) Paula Dewar, Glasgow, Scotland (4) Pauline, Broughton, UK (3) Pippa, Surrey, UK (8) Rachel, London, UK Rachel, Newcastle, UK Rachel Tubby, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Roisin, Amersham, England (4) Rosemary Binnie, Macclesfield, UK (4) Ruth Horn, Co Durham, UK Sally, Hull, UK (4) Sandra, Shefford, England (11) Sharon, Kenilworth, UK (4) Sharon, Doncaster, UK (2) Sharon Hill, Billinge, Wigan, UK (2) Sid, Edinburgh, Scotland (2) Sue Dickie, Aldershot, England Sue Torode, Long Buckby, UK (2) Sylvia, Clacton, England (6) Teresa Cobb, Coningsby, UK Val Gilbert, Coningsby , UK (4) Vicky, Solihull, England Wendy Tobin, Ringwood, UK Donations Thank you so much to you all for your donations, it is really appreciate! Don't forget to sign up for EasyFundraising (details on our website or Facebook group) 2023 Review of the YearWelcome to our review of 2023! This was the 15th year of LoveQuiltsUK - let's have a look back! Here are some statistics about 2023 and what we achieved: Total squares received in 2023: 1941 squares We are now well over 25,000 squares - 26,795 squares at the time of writing. Total quilts delivered in 2023: 169 quilts (2 of these were emergency quilts and 21 were backfilled quilts) There are a also a number of quilts waiting to be posted that we held back due to the Christmas post chaos! Our overall quilt total is 2081 quilts since 2008. :) A massive THANK YOU to everyone involved, through stitching, quilting, creating patterns, fundraising for us this year! Thank you so much for your support - it's lovely to see people working on our quilt projects - some have contributed over many years and others have found us and joined us more recently, but it's all one big happy LQ family:) We have a few people that we would like to mention specifically for their efforts this year: Kat Kat has received and uploaded all the nearly 2,000 squares we have received (no small task!) and sent out quilt packs to quilters each month. This has been done while working in a full-time caring job with very long hours. Well done Kat for everything you do for LQUK! Gaynor Gaynor has continued sourcing fabric to send on to Kat, doing the administration and generally keeping things going on the IT front. Thank you, Gaynor. Mrs T Mrs T is now in her 80s, but has still washed quite a few of the duvet covers for the quilt backings this year (to account for colour runs and cotton shrinkage.) Thank you Mrs T for all your help. Leanda and Heather Leanda and Heather support Gaynor and Kat a lot in the background - for example tracking down duplicate uploads of squares, locating squares that have jumped on to the wrong quilt page on the website, tidying up the contents of the kids' webpages, approving new members to the Facebook group, helping to suggest sets of squares for backfills and more. Thank you very much ladies! Spotting duplicate signups Thanks to Sandra, Jan G, Leanda and Heather who have been helping Gaynor to spot duplicate signups this year and helping to keep the quilts in order. Cards Thank you Sandra (Wright) for organising the cards we send out with the quilts via our Facebook group, and chased them up so that they all come in on time, and made other arrangements when necessary, sometimes at short notice! Backfilled quilts A big thank you to Jan Garton who has created many of the labels for backfilled quilts this year. We did a lot of backfilled quilts in the first half of 2023 in particular and Jan helped us out - sometimes at very short notice!. This made an extra 21 quilts possible. Thank you Jan! Also, thank you to those who sent in cards to be held in reserve for backfilled quilts, and to Sandra for organising these, it is really appreciated. Pattern creators Thank you so much for those who created patterns for our Pattern listing this year. We have a large collection of legal charts now which makes popular themes such as Disney and Harry Potter possible. Some really lovely patterns have appeared this year, thank you so much for your efforts! Pattern listing We maintain a separate Pattern Listing of patterns created for LQUK. Christina McDonald has been keeping it maintained for us and linking pictures of stitched patterns to them so that stitchers can look through them to find patterns of interest. A big thank you to Christina for her work on this resource! Chart permission A massive thank you to Clare Bray for her high success rate in approaching companies for permission to chart our own patterns of their copyrighted characters - this year's success stories are Paramount for Spongebob and Paw Patrol and CBeebies characters too. Thank you, Clare! Emergency Quilts Many thanks to Leanda and Heather for continuing to store the emergency quilt stash and sending them out quickly, sometimes at extremely short notice. LQ Calendar 2024 Thank you so much to Clare Bray for designing and printing our LQ Calendar. Also thank you to those who bought a calendar. The calendars are now with their new owners ready for the year ahead! Fundraising We have managed to keep funds sufficient to keep us going this year! We really appreciate the support with this, especially in difficult economic times. - we really could not carry on without donations! A special mention to the below who organised specific fundraising efforts (Please let us know if we've left anyone out so we can add you) Easyfundraising Thank you to everyone who has used the Easyfundraising.co.uk this year, and also those who have taken part in the Easyfundraising "extra" competitions like Spin the Wheel and Advent Calendar in December. This year we received a huge £732.84 from Easyfundraising - with 2023 Quarter 4 still to come. All the small cashbacks really do add up! Also, a massive thank you for everyone who has quietly sent in cash, cheques, Paypal donations, etc. this year it has been very gratefully received. Thank you so much once again to you all! Support from Businesses - Aida Thank you to Kim Hubble who has offered discount Zweigart Aida via our Facebook group. Thank you to Zoe's Gifts and Crafts who have catered to LQUK stitchers by doing a special price for 13" x 13" squares. Also thank you to Katzstitch and Kate of Lakeside Needlecraft who have catered to LQUK stitchers by selling Aida in our required size (13 x 13 inches). In Memoriam We would like to pay tribute to the following children who sadly passed away in 2023: Jack C Jamie S We send their families lots of love. And finally... No year review would be complete without taking a look back at the quilts that were delivered this year. A vast amount of time and effort has gone into the following quilts, thank you so much to everyone who contributed to them!
Once again, a very big thank you to you all. We look forward to continuing the LQUK work into 2024, which will be our 16th year! A very Happy New Year 2024 to you all! Katherine and Gaynor x News 19 Oct 2023 - 29 Dec 2023Hello everyone and compliments of the season! :) Just having a catch-up of the last several weeks, thank you all for your continuing support. Gaynor and Kat have been very busy of late, but now enjoying a few days to wind down and catch up over Christmas and New Year. We hope you have had a lovely Christmas season and look out for the LQ Review of the Year 2023 coming over the next few days! Quilt News 21 quilts have been delivered since our last update: Alfie B's quilt (Dinosaurs and Ducks) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Alfie J's quilt (Superman + Disney) - quilted by Tracey E:  Alia M's quilt (Disney Specific) - quilted by Jill:  Casey's quilt (Trains) - quilted by Mary:  Cellan E's quilt (Trains, cars and giraffes) - quilted by Mary:  Emma K's quilt (Rainbows) - quilted by Mary:  Ethan D's quilt (Vehicles) - quilted by Heather:  Ethan M's quilt (Harry Potter) - quilted by Heather:  Ezra R's quilt (Sea life) - quilted by Heather:  Jake D's quilt (Buses, cars and trains) - quilted by Ann:  James P's quilt (Favourite things) - quilted by Jill:  Jenson A's quilt (Dinosaurs) - quilted by Tracey E:  Kylian L's quilt (Vehicles) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Lincoln S's quilt (Lemurs, monkeys and apes) - quilted by Leanda:  Maddie-Rose's quilt (Thomas and friends) - quilted by Seren:  Noah G's quilt (Spongebob/Superheroes) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Rosalind M's quilt (Nature Scenes) - quilted by Heather:  Samuel G's quilt (Football) - quilted by Heather:  William M's quilt (Superheroes) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Zac B's quilt (Vehicles (construction)) - quilted by Leanda:  Zaylan M's quilt (Football) - quilted by Leanda:  Thank you so much to everyone for your efforts in creating these quilts! 2024 Calendar Thank you to everyone who bought the LQUK Calendar for 2024 and to Clare Bray for creating the calendar and organising the printing! It is a good fundraiser for us too and will help us to continue to make quilts into 2024. Well done to all involved. If you missed out, we still have 3 calendars left for £14, please get in touch if you need one for the New Year! Christmas cards Many thanks to Krystie who has been making Christmas cards for sale for us again this year. For full details, please see our Facebook group. Square News We have received 300 squares since our last update! Many thanks to all those who stitched them! Alanis, Lancaster, UK Alexia, Minnesota, USA Alison, Ormskirk, UK (3) Amelia Heaford, London, UK (2) Angela, New Zealand Ann, Billericay, UK (5) Anne, Sandefjord, Norway (3) Becky M, Warrington, UK Becky McLinn, Ulverston, UK (2) C McDonald, Altrincham, UK (5) Claire Dickie, Aldershot, England Claire Haydon-Jones, Lee on Solent, UK Claire Skinner, Boston, UK Claire Tobias, Staines Upon Thames, UK (2) Clare Brunyee, Rotherham, S.Yorks, UK (5) Diana, Sussex, UK (2) Diana Lettice, Spalding, UK (5) EE(Beth)Filmer, Adelaide, Australia (7) Eileen, Newcastle, UK (2) Ellie, London, UK Emma, Stevenage, UK (2) Emma Robson, Doncaster, England (6) Gabriele Pearson, Cromarty, UK (2) Gail, Lochgelly, Scotland (3) Gill, Taunton, UK Gwen, Kent, UK (3) Hannah P, Poole, UK (5) Hattie Allen, Bristol, England (2) Heather, Littleborough, England (10) Helen, Swindon, UK (4) Helen Cheape, Sunderland, UK Helen Irwin, Hull, UK (2) Jackie, York, England Jan G, Hull, UK (8) Jan S, Enid, Oklahoma, USA Jannine Hall, Stourbridge, England (2) Jean, Buckinghamshire, England Jennifer Urquhart, Glasgow, Scotland Jenny, Rushden, UK (2) Jessica, Cambridge, ON, Canada Jill Smith, Taunton, England Jodie Balaam, Lawshall, England (15) Julie, Anglesey, Wales (5) Karen Burton, Peterborough, UK (4) Karen Hockin, Southampton, England (3) Karen Radford, Shillington, Hitchin, UK (2) Karen Stephenson, Cambridgeshire, UK (2) Kate, Anglesey, UK Kate, Berkshire, UK Katherine, Oxford, UK (2) Kay, Doncaster, UK (2) Kay Parke, Wells, UK (2) Kelli, Neath, Wales Laura Brown, Reading, UK (3) Leanda Vickers, Oldham, England (3) Leanne Malcolmson, Romsey, UK (8) Linda, Penrith, Cumbria, UK (3) Linda Cropper, Atherstone, England Lindsay, Northwich, UK (2) Lisa, Bristol, UK (2) Lorna Simpson, Southampton, UK (5) Louise wilkinson, Mildenhall, Uk Lucy, London, United Kingdom Lydia Love, Leamington Spa, UK (2) Lyn, Doncaster, UK (2) Lynda Ashcroft, Weston-super-Mare, England Marie, Yeovil, UK (5) Marilyn Foyle, Biggleswade, UK (6) Martha O, Frome, UK Merete, Allerød, Denmark (4) Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK (6) Nicky, Mytchett, UK (5) Nicola, St Albans, UK (8) Nicola, Elland, UK (11) Nicola Fisher, Redbourn, UK Paula, Swinford, UK (2) Paula Dewar, Glasgow, Scotland (2) Pauline, Broughton, UK (5) Pru, Les Adjots, France (3) Rachel, Maidstone, United Kingdom Rebecca, Kettering, Northants, UK (3) Rosemary Binnie, Macclesfield, UK (4) Sally, Hull, UK Sam, Leicestershire, UK Sam Strand, Irchester, England Sandra, Shefford, England (8) Sandra Thomas, Sheffield, South Yorkshire England Sarah, Grantham, UK Sarah, St. Albans, UK (3) Seren Senior, Derby, UK (3) Sharon, Doncaster, UK (4) Shirley, Worthing, Sussex, England Sid, Edinburgh, Scotland (7) Sue, Cambridge, UK (3) Sylvia, Clacton, England (4) Val Gilbert, Coningsby, UK (9) Verity, Manchester, England (2) Donations Thank you so much to all who have sent us donations over this period, it is really appreciated and keeps our organisation going! |
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