LoveLy SurPrise

I received this beautiful Blanket in the mail last week... and I have my fingers crossed that it came from Wish2Stitch. **Received an email & YES it was**. I love to credit any donation to the generous blogger who sent it... so please let me know if I have this one wrong.
Lots of wonderful "wonky" stars on this pretty one.
Thank you for being a thoughtful & generous quilter.
I hope you display the "AnGeL" on your blog.

MeLaNiE

Sent me 4 perfect little blankets of love. They are so cute and all have "hearts" on the back. I know they will bring comfort to 4 families one day.
Thank You so much Melanie... for being an AnGeL.

Be proud of yourself Mel... and display the "Angel" so everyone will know just how generous you are! Thanks again...

In Memory of...

Christopher... the beautiful son of Elizabeth.
Elizabeth has donated many Blankets of Love and this is her story...

I have quilted butterflies on all of the blankets for my son Christopher who was 26 when he died in November 2011.  He had a metabolic condition that we always knew might end his life early but he had a lot of get up and go so we had him for 26 1/2 years.

When we went to Canberra to bring him home there were lots of butterflies, one near his room which kept flying around me. Then the next day when Michael and I took his dog for a walk, 3 or 4  were with us again. One was on the windscreen of his car as we drove home (it stayed there for a good few klms)... so I think of him as a butterfly.

He is in each of the quilts that I send to you.

I also found out & read about Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. She visited a Polish concentration camp & found the children's room walls were covered in butterflies. After 25 years EKR decided that these children knew they were going to die so left a message of hope that their souls would be reborn in a different form. This confirms my belief about Christopher being around still in that form with us today.

I added the butterfly to the labels to comfort other grieving families.

I hope you don't mind that I shared Christopher’s story with you.

Making these small quilts gives me a sense of purpose and is such a small thing to do to help other grieving parents.

Thanks

Elizabeth.

Here are the latest blankets made with love by Elizabeth...

Premmie sized Blankets of LoVe

Extrememly Premmie Baby sized ones.

Gorgeous Labels attached by Elizabeth.

 Full sized Blankets...

I really enjoy doing these & knowing that they go to a great cause has helped me with losing Christopher. Hard to explain why this is... but it is. 

Elizabeth

You can visit a blog Elizabeth publishes on... HERE.

New SizeS

On my recent delivery to one of the hospitals these donations go to... I became aware of the different sizes of blanket needed to cover the various ages of these unfortunate babies. Although the original size of 24 inch was suitable for full term babies they are just too large for the pre 20 week, extremely premature & premmie babies. The nurse in charge showed me the size that are needed and it broke my heart. Eight inch squares... yes you read it correctly 8 inch... & then any size in between these tiny ones & the full sized blanket.
In the past someone had donated a few wee ones and one even had a "memory" patch added. Some families choose to bury the baby with one and keep the other as a memory. I think that is a wonderful idea so from now on some of the blankets I make will have these patches added. These tiny blankets are not quilted, have flannel backing & are made using the bagged method.
I've also amended the "Making Quilts" tab on the sidebar... to suggested sizes.

Here is one with a "Memory Patch"... which is 3.5 inch square... with the blanket being 8 inch square.

10 inch size.

12 inch size.

If you would like to make a donation... please feel free to contact me.

Labour of LoVe

Two gorgeous blankets arrived this morning from Tricia from HERE.
The quilting on these blankets are perfect... Tricia's always are by the way... and these two are so pretty as well.
Thank You... once again Tricia... you are an amazing & generous lady.

Fabric donated by Irene Peel.

Fabric donated by Maureen Jones.

My THANKS goes to Irene and Maureen as well.
Being so generous has given Tricia the opportunity to add another two blankets to the project.
YOU ARE ALL ANGELS ladies.

Delivering Some Blankets

Canberra Hospital is just one recipient of the BLanKeTs of LoVe that are donated to me for this wonderful project. On a recent trip to Canberra I met a lovely young lady by the name of Emmalee who is now in charge of the birthing unit in this regional hospital. I was shown to the storage room where I saw all the wonderful items given to grieving families. Emmalee was very appreciative of the donations and wanted me to THANK each and everyone who has been so generous.
I was also made aware of another area that these fantastic nurses and support staff have to deal with. They need a supply of TINY blankets for the extremely premmie babies... and also for the pre 20 week fetuses. It broke my heart to see the size that is needed... I just never realised that this area of sadness had to be covered too.
I now have a whole in my heart that needs filling... so I will blog about these "tiny" sized blankets as soon as I get the chance to make one.

I will update the "Making Quilts" directions on the sidebar... asap.

From MeL

The first new blanket for the new year... 2o14

Melody from HERE sent this one...
& the added detail & embellishment is just gorgeous!

Melody is "officially" an angel & should display the "angel" button with pride.
Thank YOU Mel... for being so generous!