The building work continues next door with a team of carpenters working long days...
After being engrossed in the stitching project that I was doing for the Mrs Martin's Celebrations swap for spring, I'm back to my 'old job' of making blankets out of donated squares. I had had them all tacked ready to crochet up but put them on hold over the last few weeks...
This is just one of 9 blankets that have been made from one person's crocheted squares. K4BN member, Christine, has made well over 200 squares for the group...absolutely phenomenal effort!
On Tuesday, in what is becoming the norm, I loaded up my car with donations from friends and family, and took them to the Zillmere Knit and Natter.
The trolley soon filled up with items from ladies at Sisters of Stitch
I gathered everything together in one spot, ready to take down to the car...
There were crocheted rugs, baby quilts, beanies, scarves, children's jumpers, toiletries and balls of yarn that I had been given...
That day, a total of 156 items were handed in by the K4BN members who came along. This is such a great effort and very timely as there are 2 events coming up in the Ipswich area where items will be handed out to those in need. Mind you, it's not just Zillmere where items are being handed over; all the other Knit and Natter centres are the same with so many people giving generously of their time as well as items.
Each month, Elaine and Jenny sort all the donations that have been handed in at Zillmere...
Elaine and Jenny, after sorting,collating and recording all the donations, then pack up all the items ...
While these 2 ladies are doing all that, the rest of us sit around an natter...oh, and knit/crochet too of course!
Here's Joy (below) working on her chevron/ripple crocheted blanket...with all those donations in the background.
And the action continues...
On Saturday DH and I are heading up to Nambour for the Sunshine Linus Open Day and Quilt Show. This has been organised to showcase what the group does, and as well, to raise much needed funds so this group can continue the marvellous work they do for the community and especially seriously ill children. To this end, I've convinced DH that we must spend up on Saturday to help such a worthy cause! lol
On Sunday, we have a Fathers' Day brunch with some of the family at the Lido Cafe Restaurant at Ascot; this has been arranged by DsD2 and it sounds rather wonderful.
And then later in the afternoon, DH will leave for the airport to catch his flight to Rockhampton. He will be working there for at least 4 weeks, helping with the federal election. When he got the phone call about this work yesterday, my first thought was, 'For a month I don't have to stop sewing/knitting each night at 5.30 to start getting dinner ready...I can stop when I want to!' lol Is that so terrible of me??? :-) And the TV won't be tuned into In the Hotseat, Eggheads or Deal or No Deal...woot woot! lol
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| the new view from our front veranda... |
This is just one of 9 blankets that have been made from one person's crocheted squares. K4BN member, Christine, has made well over 200 squares for the group...absolutely phenomenal effort!
On Tuesday, in what is becoming the norm, I loaded up my car with donations from friends and family, and took them to the Zillmere Knit and Natter.
The trolley soon filled up with items from ladies at Sisters of Stitch
I gathered everything together in one spot, ready to take down to the car...
There were crocheted rugs, baby quilts, beanies, scarves, children's jumpers, toiletries and balls of yarn that I had been given...
That day, a total of 156 items were handed in by the K4BN members who came along. This is such a great effort and very timely as there are 2 events coming up in the Ipswich area where items will be handed out to those in need. Mind you, it's not just Zillmere where items are being handed over; all the other Knit and Natter centres are the same with so many people giving generously of their time as well as items.
Each month, Elaine and Jenny sort all the donations that have been handed in at Zillmere...
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| The sorting is a big job... |
Elaine and Jenny, after sorting,collating and recording all the donations, then pack up all the items ...
While these 2 ladies are doing all that, the rest of us sit around an natter...oh, and knit/crochet too of course!
The number of ladies on Tuesday was quite small...sometimes we have twice as many crammed in the tiny room at the Community Centre.
Just as I took the photo of the little kitchen, Helen bent down to pick something up...
And the action continues...
On Saturday DH and I are heading up to Nambour for the Sunshine Linus Open Day and Quilt Show. This has been organised to showcase what the group does, and as well, to raise much needed funds so this group can continue the marvellous work they do for the community and especially seriously ill children. To this end, I've convinced DH that we must spend up on Saturday to help such a worthy cause! lol
On Sunday, we have a Fathers' Day brunch with some of the family at the Lido Cafe Restaurant at Ascot; this has been arranged by DsD2 and it sounds rather wonderful.
And then later in the afternoon, DH will leave for the airport to catch his flight to Rockhampton. He will be working there for at least 4 weeks, helping with the federal election. When he got the phone call about this work yesterday, my first thought was, 'For a month I don't have to stop sewing/knitting each night at 5.30 to start getting dinner ready...I can stop when I want to!' lol Is that so terrible of me??? :-) And the TV won't be tuned into In the Hotseat, Eggheads or Deal or No Deal...woot woot! lol
What a fantastic effort all your friends are involved in...well done to all!
ReplyDeleteand 4 weeks with minimum domestics - like a 4 week retreat!!. make a big casserole and eat it every night - sounds like heaven to me!
Lovely post - such great work. Enjoy your freedom!!
ReplyDeleteAn amazing amount of work being done! And I bet it's appreciated by those who are given the blankets etc. I hope you're not getting too sick of living next to a building site!
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