Greetings Snugglequilters,
My goodness ... it has been AGES since I last posted - I can't believe it's been so long. It has also been an age since we met, and I've broken pretty much every promise I made to get together asap ... but I'm afraid school and my daughter's wedding (last week) kind of over-filled my days.
SO ... because the days in the year are fast running out ... those of us who can ... MUST get together asap ... in fact ... on Sunday December 13th - at Plenty Valley CC (where we had the quilt hanging).
'Why the rush - it's the Christmas crazy time of the year?' I hear you shouting. Well, there are several reasons (in no order of importance - just how I'm thinking tonight):
- It's nearly Christmas - and there are STILL families who haven't received quilts. I have the names of quite a few, and there are more coming - they need snuggles - and perhaps a lovely Christmas present that lets them know we are still thinking of them.
- Holidays are coming up for many of us, and that may mean that some who are usually time-poor will have a 'bit' more time to put towards a quilt (or 2).
- If Snuggle Quilts is to continue, we need to meet.
- On the 13th the wonderful Janet Rowe, from Wildcraft Farm (quilt and stitcheries designer http://www.wildcraftfarm.typepad.com/) can join us, as she would like to deliver a HEAP of goodies for us. Janet contacted me after reading the article about Snuggle Quilts in Nurture magazine. Here's a bit out of her email:
I live in the thick of the Dandenongs where bush fires threatened daily (Jessica's school was cancelled a few times due to the danger), so in order to keep my sanity I went on my blog and asked my followers world wide to help out - and they did (in a very big way). Unfortunately the fire threats got in the way of us being able to complete and distribute some of these quilts, my intention had always been to see if we could help the Plenty Valley School first, and it's surrounding families. It's a long story, thats why I'm wondering if you can give me a call - as I am now in the possession of a lot of items I need to get to where they are needed.
Janet has quilts, blocks and MORE that she would love to donate to Snuggle Quilts for us to finish/distribute/make into more quilts. To get an idea of what her group have done, check out her February blog posts:
http://wildcraftfarm.typepad.com/wildcraft_farm/2009/02/index.html. I can't wait to meet Janet in person, and see what she has to share with us.
That is why I REALLY hope you can all come along - even if only for a short while.
That said, given the time of year, I totally understand if you can't make it 'this' time.
Here are my (current) plans for the day:
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Get together for an afternoon of sorting out what we 'can' do.
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Janet can show us what she has - and we can work out who/what we will do get it organised.
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Work out what could be distributed before Christmas.
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Spend some time sewing/planning/cutting/plotting/working out who can do what/grabbing some supplies ... whatever else!!
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Work out when we will next meet.
If you can't make it on the day, but would like to be involved, email/phone me and I we can arrange to get some goodies to you.
At this time of the year, let's share our love, the way He shared with us.
PLEASE contact me with any ideas/questions etc.
A xo
