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Loads of parcels came in this week as well - some from the post and some via DHL so here we go to catch up :0)

Ella sent in a big bos of goodies - there were 2 scarves, 1 square, 2 hand muffs, 5 balls of wool, 11 toys, 2 glove puppets, some patterns and some freebies from magazines - thank you Ella - these are wonderful!



Two big parcels from Skye now - hopefully you will make it over to see us sometime Skye - Edinburgh is just a hop, skip and jump away :0) What amazing work Skye --your baby quilts are gorgeous :0) There were 10 baby quilts, 2 babygros, summer dresses, 1 cotton shirt, 1 baby bodywarmer, 1 puffin bag, 4 buntings, 7 burial gowns, 7 bonnets, 8 prem hats, 1 prem bootees, 1 prem cardie, 8 kids hats and 3 lovely lavendar bags for me - thank you Skye - I will take the lavendar bags with me to hospital - as you say they are lovely and comforting :0)



From Ann and Jackie in Balloch another lovely parcel - Ann had made 1 baby blanket, 3 lovely summer cardies and 2 hats - love the colours Ann they are beautiful :0) Jackie had rattled up 7 pairs of kids mitts - thank you girls :0)



from Annie (PippaS) there were 1 scarf, 3 tiny teds, 7 crochet squares and some knitting needles and crochet hooks - thanks Annie these are great - love the colours in your sqaures :0)



from Maureen Wall in Preston there were 1 scarf, 1 adult hat, 1 pair adult mitts, 1 pair adult gloves and 3 boobs these are wonderful - thank you so much :0)



from Jane and the Wiltshire College Knitting Circle there were 11 baby hats - we love the inca style ones with ear flaps - soooo cute :0) Thank you all!



from Sian (Fairyknitter) 1 pair of kids mitts, 1 teddy puppet and 2 toys - thank you Sian - great to have you back with us again :0)



One with no name from the HA3 postcode now - 1 scarf and 1 hat - these were beautifully knitted - thank you xx



and finally another box delivered by courier this morning - this time from Marjory (Valmar) 3 toys, 10 puffin bags, 7 scarves, 2 pairs of mitts, 2 pairs of wristwarmers and 1 kids jumper - these are lovely Marjory - thank you so much xx

Brilliant start to the summer challenges girls.

Keep up the good work.

Cherryl xx

This is a fantastic array of goodies. I am amazed at the talents of everyone in our group. Every time I look at the photos of the donations something takes my breath away. Well done to everyone who has just had their donations posted. Everything is fantastic! I may be mad but I appreciate talent and quality when I see it !
Love Mad Maureen X

Sent two parcels today which I have been meaning to post for ages and have finally got around to doing now I am holiday and things are calming down a little bit. Unfortunately I forgot to stick a postcard to them to confirm delivery- whoops! But they do have my name on them as the return address so Lou will hopefully know they are from me.

It's great to see so many people's wonderful work- inspires me to knit faster and to buy more wool, though it now has spread across the house at a worrying rate...

Hehe!

Love and hugs

Jen

Before I start opening the big pile we picked up today I thought I had better post the parcels we got in on Monday :0)

Here you go girls :0)

From Janice Fairman an envelope of patterns to add to our collection - these are great Janice :0)



Jean Walker has sent in 6 baby hats and 4 baby cardis - thank you Jean :0)



from Barbara Rothwell we had 1 kids poncho, 1 kids cardie, 3 scarves, 1 baby cardie, 5 baby hats and 10 kids hats - what a wonderful parcel Barbara - thank you!



from the EH16 postcode a parcel with no note - two blankets in this one - one bearing a 'hand crafted by Moira Banks' label - so if you are Moira or whtaever your name is - thank you :0)



from Lesley (iloveironing) a big pack of lovely colourful fabric - thank you so mkuch Lesley - Suzanne is going to love this lot :0)



from Maureen Atkinson we had 5 baby cardies, 10 baby hats and 3 pairs of bootees - thank you Maureen - these are great :0)



from Wendy Clayton 4 blankets, 2 kids cardies, 1 kids hat and 1 teen tank top - wonderful Wendy - thank you :0)



from Diana (mrsmoneypenny) we had 56 ST holders and 7 ST pads - wonderful work Diana - you have done so well :0)



from Ruth Ginarlis we have 2 baby wraps, and 2 baby cardies - thank you Ruth :0)



Hannah (hanfran) we had a whole load - 1 scarf, 1 pr adult mitts, 1 boob, 2 baby blankets, 2 baby hats, 1 kids dress, 2 kids jumpers and 3 kids cardies - wonderful donations Hannah - thank you :0)



from Andrea (Hi-Dell) we had 9 toys, 4 kids jumpers, 3 kids cardies and 1 angel wrap - wonderful Andrea - what a great donation!



from Kate Tuppen there were 9 toys -wonderful :0)



from fiona (Fifiandhelpers) there was a huge package - 5 quilted blankets, 7 toys, 1 puppet, 1 toy and 3 balls, 5 bags, 2 cardies, 1 waistcoat, 10 pairs kids socks, 1 angel pocket and 1 noahs ark kids blanket - what a fantastic parcel :0)



from Jen Parkinson there were 2 boxes - you have been busy Jen - 2 blankets, 9 toys, 12 baby hats, 2 kids hats, 2 kids jumpers, 1 scarf, 2 packs of baby wipes, 1 box of toy cars and an assortment of soaps, shampoo and bath gels - wonderful Jen :0)



from Psm, Brenda and Elaine there were 11 scarves, 6 pairs of adult mittens, 6 hats and 6 toys - these are absolutely beautiful - wonderful work girls - thank you :0)



and last but by no means least we had a big box from the St Josephs School Knitting Group - many thanks to Dianne Martin, the pupils of Year 4 and the assortment of staff and relations who help them out - these blankets are amazing - well done year 4 - keep those mums, grans and dinner ladies working kids - and don't let that teacher of yours rest either :0)

There were 6 lovely blankets in the box - beautiful work everyone!

Wonderful goodies again Lou, can't wait to read the totals thread now and see how we are progressing. Well done everyone Dot

The one with no note or address is mine Lou, I only realised that I hadn't put a note in on the way to the post office.
I'm just glad that the teddies are stuffed enough. The pattern says stuff firmly . I'm having a go at boobs now, hopefully get some off to you in a couple of weeks.

pol

What wonderful donations -fantastic productions everybody. What happened to the photo of Andrea HI DELL things - did somebody joogle the camera - too much wine with lunch?????
Suzanne are my Algerian "project washables" OK - comments please- I have held off making more till you all got a lookie see and confirm that I am really on the same hymn sheet as the rest of you there. Do I continue with the whole deal or do you need more of inners than outers or is it bags etc? Have two great big brute industrial machines just waiting the off - OK so the barn is cold but I can sling on another jumper and keep ma simmitt on, just turn up the wireless and just get on with it. Ha Ha
Jean in France
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Jean, how come you have 2 big industrial sewing machines - just being nosy? It really sounds as though you have an interesting life. You're doing a great job.

Ella, Not nosey at all -early 90's I took volantary redundancy from Lloyds (spit) took the filthy lucre and ran. I did design at tech but was never allowed to use it as I was told to get a proper job.

I decided that although I had a couple of adequate machines and had been making posh wedding frocks and ball gowns as well as everything else I just decided that once and for all I was going to do what I wanted to do - so I blew rather a lot of dosh on 3 machines (one is an industrial overlocker)- never regreted it. Don't know if I will ever break even but hey what the heck, life is too short for regrets and doubts - isn't it?

It is a joy to use any or all of them and I can think of nothing better to fill my day, even if they are all in a corner of a very cold barn at present - one day I will get around to sorting it all out, they are near the french doors so when the sun is out it lovely. Mind you there is a conspiracy around here to keep me well away from any form relaxation and there is always plenty to keep me busy. Oh and French Telly is pants!
Love from France
Jean
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the photo of andreas donations must have been a 'nudge from the dogs job' - didn't have the heart to tell Kelly it didn't come out right - sorry Andrea :0(

Pol - so glad we now know who the parcel is from - I opened that one so was spared Kelly's 'Mutley' impersonation - it is quite funny watching her going through and over every inch of packaging that comes with a 'no note' parcel determined to find a clue as to who sent it :0)

Jean - Suzanne was over the moon with your creations - I gave her them this afternoon and she had them out on the table having a good old look see before I could say ST's :0) You can make whatever parts you have the fabric for Suzanne is co-ordinating the project from this end and will make sure we have enough to give each girl a bag ,two or three covers, 5 towelling pads and a couple of pads with waterproof linings :0). To date I think we have more covers than anything else so more pads might be the order of the day to begin with and watch the countdown page to see how the totals are going after that - any questions pm sue and she will be delighted to assist :0)

I have a lovely mental image of you in your barn machining away with the sun shining. You must be an expert if you make/made posh wedding frocks. It takes me all my time to machine pump bags, although I am a beginner. I find I hold my breath whilst I'm sewing, which makes it a bit difficult! I also agree French tv is pants!

Hi Jean - your set-up sounds brilliant. What a clever lady. I admire all you sewers and Suzanne with designing her own ST pattern. We're quite short in our family so I had to alter all of our clothes as there was no Petite and we didn't have a sewing machine so had to do it all by hand. Then, my Mum said I should get domestic training and sent me to learn dressmaking but was really slow as had never really got the basics. I think that's what put me off sewing for good...so really glad we have people like you and Suzanne. Keep your foot on the pedal!