UK Quilters
Sometimes we look at a quilt pattern and wonder if we will ever be ready to try some of the more complex designs. If the answer is yes, then we wonder where to start! In my last product review of the wonderful Woodland Makower UK fabric my blog featured an easy Stack and Slash pattern.…
Every so often something wonderful happens and today was one of those days. You may have heard already about the Quilts for Christmas Dinners project. For those who haven’t there are several blogs already covering this, but in a nutshell, this project aims to donate up to 1000 quilts to the Lemn Sissay Christmas Dinners…
Maggie Lloyd-Jones’ ‘Quilts for Careleavers Christmas Dinners’ project captured our imagination .. she started in October and by Christmas Eve 2018 had 125 Quilts donated. How did that happen …. Orphan blocks and all sizes of quilts arrived at Project HQ and tweaked to meet the preferred size [44″ x 60″]. 5 ladies quilted donated…
Imagine you are 18, been in care most of your life, and next week you will be living on your own for the first time, with no one other than your overworked social worker to turn to. This is the situation for many young people every year, and Christmas 2019 will be a time when…
If you have been following the Quilts for Christmas Dinners you will maybe already have seen posts from Maggie Lloyd-Jones who started this amazing project. Sometimes things happen that reach out to us all .. this one certainly did to many of us, and will continue for many years to come. In Maggie’s own words:…
We, as the so called Blogeratti, decided to hold a retreat…and I wasn’t too sure about going to start with. As the excitement built between the girls and of course our young man, Jonathan, who put the wheels in motion for the venue, it started to grow on me. When hubby offered to pay, my…
