News 01 Jun 2014 - 08 Jun 2014

Any child squares were received from:

Cameron Ayling, Copthorne, UK for the Animals (General) category
Carol Ayling, Copthorne, UK for the Animals (General) category
Carol Ayling, Copthorne, UK for the Horses category
Christine Roe, Southwick, for the Animals (General) category
Ellie, London, UK for the Toys category
Hayley Prescott , Nottingham , UK for the Princesses category
Judith Saebel, Adelaide, Australia for the Birds category
Julie Edgcumbe, Haverhill, Suffolk, UK for the Cartoons: Disney (Pooh and friends) category
Kaye S, Bangor, Northern Ireland for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Kaye S, Bangor, Northern Ireland for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Kaye S, Bangor, Northern Ireland for the Animals (General) category
Kaye S, Bangor, Northern Ireland for the Butterflies category
Kerry Mabbott, Weldon, Northants, UK for the Birds category
Nicola, St Albans, UK for the Teddies category
Nicola, St Albans, UK for the Cartoons: Disney (Pooh and friends) category
Seren Senior, Derby, UK for the Angels/Fairies category
Tracey, Cardiff, Wales for the Butterflies category



Donations
Thank you so much to everyone who has sent in donations this week, it is really appreciated! :)

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News 23 May 2014 - 01 Jun 2014

Quilt News

Five quilts have been delivered since our last update:

Connie-Jean's quilt (Hearts) - quilted by Darryl:



George J's quilt (Fantasy (Emergency Quilt)) - quilted by Leanda:



Olivia B's quilt (Hearts) - quilted by Evelyn:



Paige E's quilt (Hearts (Emergency Quilt)) - quilted by Louisa:



Scarlett B's quilt (Butterflies) - quilted by Mary:



Thank you to everyone involved in these lovely quilts!


Change to Quilt Application procedure
As LoveQuiltsUK has grown, we have been unable to have quilt applications open permanently as we used to due to high demand. Recently, demand has been so high that we have only been able to open to new applications for a few hours every month. This situation has become quite difficult for everyone involved.

Therefore, Kat and Gaynor have decided to trial a monthly lottery system. Parents may enter the lottery via our Register a child page each month.

Around the start of each month (starting from July), the computer will draw applications at random, which will then go forward to have a quilt made. The lucky winners will be informed by Gaynor. Following this, the database will be wiped, and the lottery will start fresh for the next month and parents should re-apply.

Should an extra space become available for whatever reason (it is rare, but it does happen occasionally), this space will also be drawn randomly by a computer draw.

Hopefully this will make things a little easier for parents wishing to apply for a quilt.

We would suggest that lottery applicants put our email address contact@lovequiltsuk.com in their safe senders list in your email - just in case their winner email goes into a spam box and gets missed.


Direct Debit draw in May
We would like to thank everyone who voted for us in the Direct Debit draw during May.

We would particularly like to thank Emma Kearsley for her efforts - they were nothing short of heroic! Although we did not get enough votes for the big prizes we will get 100 pounds and a huge amount of awareness has been raised. We hope some of the contacts made during this time will assist with the calendar sale later this year for example.

Also thanks to Gemma for allowing Super Owain to fly around the Internet, Sandra who did the stitched advert, and to everyone who shared, posted to other groups/mailing lists and generally helped spread the word.

To give an idea, we had about 1000 votes more than there are people in our Facebook group, whereas the winners mustered less than 10% of the people in their much larger group. Well done to everyone and thank you! x


LoveQuilts Calendar 2015
We would like to thank Clare Bray who has been working very hard on the design for the forthcoming LoveQuiltsUK 2015 calendar. The deadline for sending in pictures to feature in the calendar has now passed.

Clare sent us this message:

"Thank you very much to everyone who's sent in pictures, I've received 253 pictures so a great response. After working my way through more combinations than I care to remember, I have decided on what will hopefully be the final selection. I've decided not to say who will be in it yet though just in case anything goes wrong at test print stage and I have to change over any of the pictures. If all goes to plan then ALL of the children whose pictures I have received (and replied to) will be in the calendar - those who aren't on main pages will be on the back page"

Thank you so much for your hard work, Clare. We will be taking orders for the calendar later this year - watch out for an announcement in September.


Easyfundraising.org.uk
We are now registered with Easyfundraising.org.uk. This is an organisation that gives some "cash back" to charities when you are shopping online (at no cost to the person shopping). Many large companies such as ASDA, Amazon etc offer "cash back" via this site. For full details, please see here: http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/how-it-works


Square News
We have received 56 squares since our last update! Many thanks to all those who stitched them!

Any child squares were received from:

Alison and Kyla Evans, Swansea, Wales for the Princesses category
Claire, immingham, England for the Animals (General) category
Ginny Pledger, Earls Barton, UK for the Superheroes category
Ginny Pledger, Earls Barton, UK for the Fantasy category
Ginny Pledger, Earls Barton, UK for the Fantasy category
Joanne, Bathgate, Scotland for the Animals (General) category
Kirsty Edgcumbe, Haverhill, Suffolk , UK for the Animals (Dogs and Cats) category
Kirsty Edgcumbe, Haverhill, Suffolk , UK for the Birds category
Nicola, Huddersfield Yorkshire , UK for the Hello Kitty category
Nicola, Huddersfield Yorkshire , UK for the Flowers/Bugs category
Susan Miller, Bathgate, Scotland for the Angels/Fairies category



Donations
As always, thank you very much to everyone who has sent donations in, it is really appreciated. It is easy to forget that the quilts are not just about the squares, we also need funds to buy fabrics, cover postage, run the website etc. We depend on donations, so thank you very much indeed! :)

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News 27 Apr 2014 - 23 May 2014

Quilt News
What a busy time we have had since our last update!

11 quilts have been delivered:

Bethan G's quilt (Horses and Music) - quilted by Judith: - Bethan's quilt has arrived with her family and Bethan will receive it on 1st June. Please keep an eye on Bethan's page for photos.


Callum W 1's quilt (Vehicles) - quilted by Helle:



Charmaine L's quilt (Disney Princesses) - quilted by Anna:



George L's quilt (Trains) - quilted by Evelyn:



Hannah B's quilt (Disney characters) - quilted by Carol:



Lexi-May's quilt (Hello Kitty) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):



Max L's quilt (Real Steam Trains and Real Diesel Trains) - quilted by Sarah:



Owen L's quilt (Sealife) - quilted by Alison and Janine: - we have not yet received a photo, but we will post it to Owen L's page when we do.


Rebekah B's quilt (Balloons) - quilted by Carol:



Zac C's quilt (Male Disney Characters and Elmo) - quilted by Leanda:



Zachary W's quilt (Winnie the Pooh and friends) - quilted by Heather: - we have not yet received a photo, but we will post it to Zachary W's page when we do.


Karen has also completed a Forever Friends emergency quilt - thank you very much Karen!




300 quilts!
We delivered our 300th quilt this month! It was Zac C's quilt, quilted by Leanda. Thank you everyone for your support - quite an achievement in less than 6 years! :)


Quilts opened/closed
Joe J's quilt was opened and closed
Aleta J's quilt was opened and closed
Jakira J's quilt was opened and closed
Anisha J's quilt was opened and closed
Molly G's quilt was opened and closed
Toby F's quilt was opened and closed
Jeneeve J's quilt was opened and closed
Nathan J's quilt was closed
Ethan G's quilt was closed


Direct Debit Vote
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to vote for us in the Direct Debit Charity Give. We have accrued over 2,000 votes. Even if we don't win, we will still receive £100 and we've also been joined by at least a dozen new stitchers and a couple of new quilters as a result!

We must thank Emma Kearsley in particular who has worked tirelessly to raise votes for LQUK and has managed to get many cross stitch magazines and other high-profile companies posting on their social media for us! You are a star, Emma!

We are still voting until the end of the month here: Click to vote


Love Quilts Australia
Over the last month, Diana Tanner, with a little technical help from Gaynor has launched Love Quilts Australia (incorporating New Zealand also). Australia has been lacking a group since Linde's lovely Quilts4Kids group ceased earlier this year. Well done Diana for taking it on. Please click here for the Love Quilts Australia website. Quilts4Kids will be passing on their Any Child Squares to Diana to give her a good start :)

LoveQuiltsUK wishes you every success!


Square News
We have received 149 squares since our last update! Wow! Kat has been very busy washing and ironing them. Many thanks to all those who stitched them!

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