LoveQuilts UK News
News 21 Jan 2018 - 20 Feb 2018Quilt News Hello everyone, and welcome to our February update! Fourteen quilts have been delivered since our last update: Adam K's quilt (Mickey Mouse and Friends) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Caitlin W's quilt (Angels and Fairies) - quilted by Jill:  Cara D's quilt (Hearts and Butterflies) - quilted by Carol:  Emma F's quilt (Unicorns and Fairies) - quilted by Jill:  Hajir's quilt (Hearts) - quilted by Katie:  Hugh M's quilt (Superheroes) - quilted by Rebecca:  James M's quilt (Horses and Dogs) - quilted by Mary:  Joshua S's quilt (Music) - quilted by Alison and Janine:  Layla M's quilt (Hearts and stars) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Liam G's quilt (Space) - quilted by Leanda:  Max B's quilt (Football) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Mia K's quilt (Princesses) - quilted by Heather:  Noah D's quilt (Superheroes) - quilted by Julie E:  Theo B's quilt (Wild Animals) - quilted by Heather:  Thank you so much to everyone who took part in creating these quilts! Polycotton Aida We've noticed that quite a few squares stitched on polycotton Aida have come in recently. Please could you check that you are purchasing 100% cotton Aida. As a rule of thumb, if something is quite a lot cheaper than normal, it is usually polycotton. If you're not certain, take a strand from the edge of your square and set fire to it (watch your fingers!) If it burns away to nothing, it's cotton. If it melts, it's polycotton. Polycotton tends to melt under hot irons and we want to avoid damage to the quilters' irons and to the finished quilt. Patterns Thank you very much to Lisa Beckley for donating some patterns suitable for cards. These have been posted to the Files section of our Facebook group. Pattern Index As you know, we have permission from some copyright holders to chart licensed characters for LoveQuiltsUK use only. We post these patterns to the Files section of our Facebook group to keep their audience limited to LoveQuiltsUK stitchers. However, the Facebook Files section can be tedious to search through as there is no way to organise the files. Gaynor has created an index that links straight through to the files and it can be found here: Pattern Index. Remember, you need to be a member of our Facebook group for the links to work. Square News We have received 186 squares since our last update! Many thanks to all those who stitched them! Alice Crowe, Tewkesbury, UK Alison, Market Drayton, UK Ann, Billericay, UK (4) Ann Woods, Crimplesham, England Anne, Sandefjord, Norway (3) Audrey, Fife, Scotland Beth Cotton, Wallasey , UK Debbie, St Neots, UK (2) Debbie Clarke, Halifax, UK Debbie May, Worthing, West Sussex, UK (2) Deborah Found-Bloodworth, Uxbridge, Middx, UK Diana, Sussex, UK (6) Diane, Middlesex, UK (3) EE(Beth)Filmer, Adelaide, Australia (4) Eileen, Newcastle, UK (3) Elaine Dixon, Athens, Greece (2) Ellie, London, UK Emma, Stevenage, UK Emma Swift, Aberdeen, UK Emma Tracey, London , UK Fee, Fife, Scotland (2) Gaynor, Swansea, Wales Grace, Caldicot, UK Grace Bowles, Southampton , UK (2) Heather, Littleborough, England (4) Heather Joyce, Sandiacre, UK (5) Heidi Pemberton, Leven, Scotland Helen Irwin, Hull, UK (2) Jan, Hull, UK (4) Jan S, Enid, Oklahoma, USA (2) Jane Senior, Morecambe, UK Jean, Buckinghamshire, England (4) Jeanne, Texas, USA (3) Jennifer Urquhart, Glasgow, Scotland (2) Jenny, Rushden, UK (3) Jenny Elkington, Boston, UK (3) Jessica, Cambridge, ON, Canada Jill Smith, Taunton, England (4) Julie, Portgordon, Scotland (7) Julie Tavares, Béthune, France (3) Karen, Majorca, Spain Karen Hockin, Southampton, England (3) Kate, Leics, UK (2) Katie, Leicester, UK Kirsty Smith, Bowburn, UK (2) Leanda Vickers, Oldham , England (3) Leanne Malcolmson, Romsey, UK (4) Leigh Robson, Dalton-in-Furness , England Linda Cropper, Atherstone, England (2) Lindsay Smyth, Solihull, UK (3) Lisa Toner, Morecambe, UK (2) Marie, Yeovil, UK (2) Merrilie, Corby, UK (2) Michele, Derby, Connecticut , USA (2) Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK (3) Monika Bascombe, Highworth, UK (4) Nancy Lowe, Tamworth, UK (2) Natalie Chapman, Leeds, UK (2) Natalie Hardman, Lancashire , UK (2) Nicola, St Albans, UK (8) Nikki Philipps, Chesham, UK Pat Brown, Fareham, England (4) Patricia, Northern Ireland, UK (2) Paula Dewar, Glasgow, Scotland (2) Rebecca, Kettering, Northants, UK Roberta H, King's Lynn, England (2) Rosemary Binnie, Macclesfield, UK (2) Sadie Wishart, Kirkpatrick Durham, Scotland Sally, Hull, UK (2) Sandra, Shefford, England (10) Sarah, Southampton, UK (2) Shirley, Ipswich, UK Sophie Bloodworth, Uxbridge, UK Stephanie Rose, Bo'ness, Scotland Sue, Cumbria, UK (2) Sue Torode, Farnborough, UK Tracey, Cardiff, Wales Verity, Plymouth, England (4) Donations Thank you very much to everyone who has donated since our last update, it is very much appreciated. News 1st Jan 2018 - 21 Jan 2018Welcome to our first update of 2018! Loads of quilts have gone out already this year and we thank you for your continued support. Quilt News 15 quilts have been delivered sincethe start of the year: Abigail L's quilt (Mermaids) - quilted by Leanda:  Caitlin W's quilt (Angels and Fairies) - quilted by Jill: - we have not yet received a photo, but we will post it to Caitlin W's page when we do. Chasey O's quilt (Cowboys/Wild West) - quilted by Leanda:  Christian's quilt (Vehicles) - quilted by Tracey E:  Daisy B's quilt (Disney Characters) - quilted by Heather:  Daniel R 1's quilt (Music) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Darcee Ella C's quilt (Farm Animals) - quilted by Heather:  George G's quilt (Superheroes) - quilted by Sarah:  Isaac B's quilt (London) - quilted by Katie:  Jack M's quilt (Superheroes) - quilted by Sandra (Beds):  Max C's quilt (Space) - quilted by Heather:  Ron C's quilt (Balloons and others) - quilted by Leanda:  Toni C's quilt (Music) - quilted by Leanda:  William C's quilt (Space) - quilted by Heather:  Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed towards the creation of these quilts! Fundraising News Thank you so much to Christina McDonald who applied to CapGemini Charity Awards for funds for us - we have received the wonderful sum of £500! Well done Christina! Here's our letter/cheque with some squares in the background:  Square News We have noticed a few squares have "run" in the wash recently. We think this may be due to the use of cheaper/unbranded threads. Unfortunately, some of these threads are not colourfast and run. If stitchers could stick to DMC, Anchor or Madeira threads, that would be helpful as they are fine and colourfast! :) (As a reminder, please don't use Light Effects or Metallic threads either as they don't react well to the quilters' hot irons.) Wholesaler Gaynor visited the wholesale in High Wycombe recently to stock up on plain fabrics for 2018. We use Robert Kaufman Kona plain fabrics for our quilts which is good quality and available in 347 colours (30 new colours added recently). Here is a photo of some of these colours at the wholesaler:  Squares Received We have received 130 squares since our last update! Many thanks to all those who stitched them and well done Kat for uploading them! Angie, Belper, UK (2) Anne G, Glasgow, Scotland (2) Bethea Bradley, Bangor, Northern Ireland (2) Cath, Nottingham, UK (3) Dagmar, Aalen, Germany (2) Diane, Middlesex, UK (2) EE(Beth)Filmer, Adelaide, Australia (4) Emma Swift, Aberdeen, UK (5) Frank Osborne, San Antonio, Texas, USA Gloria, Sallanches , France (2) Hazel Henry, Glossop, England (3) Heather, Littleborough, England (4) Jan, Hull, UK (2) Jan S, Enid, Oklahoma, USA (4) Jeanne, Texas, USA (4) Jennifer Urquhart, Glasgow, Scotland Jenny Elkington, Boston, UK (4) Jill Smith, Taunton, England (3) Julie, Portgordon, Scotland (3) Julie Edgcumbe, Haverhill, Suffolk, UK (4) Karen Hockin, Southampton, England Katie Lacy, Amersham, UK (2) Kirsty Smith, Bowburn, UK Krystie, Cambridge, UK (5) Leanda Vickers, Oldham , England (3) Lindsay Smyth, Solihull, UK (2) Louise B, Surrey, UK (2) Lyn, Doncaster, UK Marilyn, Birmingham, UK (2) Miss Debbie Elkington, Boston, Lincs, UK (2) Monika, Letchworth GC, UK (3) Naomi Lucas, King's Lynn, UK (2) Nicola Dove, Barnsley, UK (2) Olive, Reydon, UK Pat Brown, Fareham, England (5) Paula Dewar, Glasgow, Scotland (5) Roisin, Amersham, England (4) Ros, Norfolk, UK (6) Rosemary Binnie, Macclesfield, UK (2) Sadie Wishart, Kirkpatrick Durham, Scotland (2) Sally, Hull, UK (2) Sandra, Shefford, England Sarah, Southampton, UK (2) Seren Senior, Derby, UK (4) Shirley, Ipswich, UK (2) Shirley, Worthing, Sussex, England (2) Steph Smythe, Ellistown , England Sue Torode, Farnborough, UK (3) Tracey, Cardiff, Wales Zoe Spooner, Dartford, UK Donations Thank you so much to those who have sent in donations over the last few weeks, it is very much appreciated. 2017 Review of the YearWelcome to our review of 2017! We have all been very busy stitching and quilting again this year - we are now well over 12,000 squares and we also passed the 900 quilt mark. THANK YOU to every single one of you who have donated your fab squares, quilted them together into lovely quilts, or fundraised for us this year. We thank you for your generosity in donating your time, materials, skills and kindness :) Here are some statistics on what we have achieved this year: Total squares received in 2017: 2089 squares A massive thanks to those have sent in both sign-up and Any Child Squares this year! Total quilts delivered in 2017: 189 quilts (10 of these were emergency quilts and 55 were backfilled quilts) Another massive thanks to our quilters for putting these quilts together! The backfilled quilts were made with squares from our Any Child Stash. We'd like to thank those who have completed labels for backfilled quilts this year, often turning them around in a couple of days at short notice, to make the extra 55 quilts possible. Our overall total of quilts now stands at 948 quilts since 2008. We are well on the way to 1,000 quilts so a massive thank you to everyone involved! We have few areas that we would like to mention specifically: Fundraising We cannot thank those who have undertaken fundraising for us this year enough - we really could not keep going without you! There are so many to mention, we would be afraid of leaving anyone out - so here's a big THANK YOU for you all!! Kat Kat has dealt with a massive number of squares this year, despite having a full-time job with very long hours, well done Kat for keeping everything in order! Gaynor Gaynor has continued her efforts in sourcing fabric, doing the administration and maintaining the website. Well done, Gaynor. Mrs T Mrs T (Gaynor's Mum) has washed the majority of the fabric and duvet covers used for LQUK once again this year, before sending out to quilters. Thank you Mrs T for your largely unseen efforts! Emergency Quilts Many thanks to Leanda and Heather for continuing to store the emergency quilt stash and sending them out quickly. Also thanks to the others who are storing emergency quilts they have made. Cards Thank you to Sandra and Debbie who organise the cards we send out with the quilts via our Facebook group and to everyone who has stitched cards this year! Pattern charters We have permission from a small number of copyright holders to chart their designs for LoveQuilts use. We'd like to thank those talented people who have created much needed patterns for areas including (but not limited to!) Superheroes and Princesses. Many thanks to all involved in creating patterns for LQUK! Auditor We'd like to thank Jean of Swansea who very kindly audited our accounts for free at the beginning of 2017. We'd also like to thank David Moss of Swansea for assisting with our bank account. Donations of thread Thank you very much to those who have donated thread to us this year, for distriubtion to stitchers. It is very much appreciated :) Prize Draw Thank you to Cath Willey who ran an Any Child Square drive with a prize from April to August! Stamps Thank you to those who have sent in used stamps with their squares. We receive an occasional cheque of £10-15 - every little helps! Gift Aid Thank you to everyone who has sent their Gift Aid declaration in. EasyFundraising.org.uk We have raised an average of £40/month from Easyfundraising this year - thanks so much to everyone who remembered to visit them before shopping on the Internet, it really does mount up! Support from Businesses A big thank you to Morton Post Office in Lincolnshire for their continuing support in 2017 - always a cheerful smile and a chat and £1 off every parcel for LQUK. Thank you very much! Thank you Katzstitch who have catered to LQUK stitchers by selling Aida in our required size (13 x 13 inches) and offering a discount on top. Thank you also to Kim Hubble who has offered discount Aida via our Facebook group. We are grateful to BTMyDonate and Just Text Giving from Vodafone for allowing us to accept credit/debit card and SMS donations for free. Magazine Appearances This year we appeared in Cross Stitch Crazy magazine (March 2017)  Thank you to Cross Stitch Crazy for their interest in us! In Memoriam We would like to pay tribute to the children who have received quilts who sadly passed away in 2017. They are in our thoughts and we send their families our very best wishes and hope that 2018 will bring them happier times. And finally... No year review would be complete without taking a look back on the quilts that were delivered this year. So much time and effort has gone into the following quilts, thank you so much to everyone who contributed to them! Let's have a look at what we achieved this year!
Once again, a very big thank you to you all. Quite simply, LQUK would not exist without the generosity and skills of all our supporters. We look forward to continuing the LQUK work into 2018. A Happy New Year to you all! Katherine and Gaynor x |
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