Fifteen Minutes of Fame!

I have some wonderful news to share with you all.

If you subscribe to The World of Cross Stitching or just pick it up monthly as it hits the shops as I do, you might just have noticed my ugly mug in there.

I wrote to them some time ago to share the saga of the nine quilts and thirteen cushions that myself and some very good friends stitched for the hospice that looked after my dad when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer almost two years ago.

To my surprise, I opened up the magazine this month and they have printed the story together with  some lovely photos of my brothers and I handing the quilts over and also some pictures of the friends who helped me.

If you don’t get the magazine but would still like to know what the project was all about,  just follow  this link  and it will take you to all the posts on my blog that relate to the project. 
Remember to scroll to the very end first by clicking on the “Older Posts” tab at the bottom of the page if you want to read the posts in order as the project progressed.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sue

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The Culmination of a Year’s Work

22^th June 2011

Today was always going to be quite a hard day for me, but tinged with the sadness that today would have been dads 88th birthday, there is also a good and happy feeling too.

You know, the kind of feeling you get when something you’ve been working on for a very long time is finally finished and you can sit back feel proud of what you and some very special friends have achieved.

So this morning myself and my two brothers, Keith and Michael went back to St Clare Hospice in Hastingswood, Essex to present them with the nine quilts and twelve cushions as a thank you from Dad and the family for all the care and consideration they gave dad in his final few weeks.

I honestly don’t know how we would have coped without their tireless help at the end.

Anyway, as mentioned in previous posts, dad came up with the idea of the quilts and almost exactly a year to the day I started stitching the very first square, here we are delivering them.

Right to left - Essie, one of the nurses who spent an awful lot of time with dad, Michael (middle brother) Keith (eldest brother) and me. (didn't realise just how White my hair is now)

The nursing staff were overwhelmed with the quilts and cushions and we spent a lovely hour on the unit catching up with the staff who looked after dad.

Thanks once again girls for all your stitching and for making a very personal project so very special.

Sue

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Updated at Christmas

I have an old friend from work who does voluntary work at the hospice and she tells me that the quilts are being well used and that everyone comments on how beautiful they are and how much work has gone into them.

Thanks for passing that on Judith. x

Just Look What Arrived This Morning

13^th June 2011

I Can’t tell you how excited I was when there was a knock at my door this morning and the postman was there with an enormous box.

At first it didn’t register that it could be the quilts because there had been no email from her to say that the last quilt was finished, let along already in the post………Naughty Nicki!


Well, to say I cried as I opened out each individual quilt is an understatement. 

It was breath-taking to see them all laid side by side on my sofa and it was only then that I realised the amount of work that had gone into making them all……….and I couldn’t have done it without the help of such wonderful friends………Thank you girls!

Just feast your eyes on this little lot.

Just so you don’t miss out, here are the close up pictures of the final two quilts.

2nd Brown Quilt - motifs stitched by the ladies in Holland (Logo stitched by me)

Gerbera Quilt – motifs stitched by Sharon and myself

I’ve also been in touch with the hospice this morning and they say we can go up to the hospice on the morning of the 22^nd to present the quilts to them. 

It’s such a shame that Nicki, Sharon Marge and Marie-Therese  can’t be there too but I will be there with my two brothers and we’ll take a few pictures to share with them.

The Final Motifs are on their way to Switzerland

May 2011


Yes, it’s with some sense of relief that I’ve posted off the final squares to Nicki along with a very pretty lemon duvet cover for her to make up the last quilt.

And I know that Sharon has posted her squares off too.

I think it may be cutting it fine to get the last one finished and everything back in England in time for dad’s birthday as it’s only about four weeks away and I know that Nicki is very busy at work at the moment. 

I’ve said that it really doesn’t matter if we don’t meet that goal but I think she is still aiming at it, so it will be fab if it comes off.

Keep everything crossed for us!

Just One Quilt To Go

April 2011

The original eight quilts are now finished but I have no pictures as yet from Nicki of the final Brown one.  As soon as I have them I'll pop them on here.


The only quilt that is still in progress is the Yellow Gerbera one that Sharon has been working on and because I’ve now got it in my head that it could feasibly be on the cards to present the quilts to the hospice on what would have been dads 88^th birthday on the 22^nd of  June, I’m going giving her a hand to get all the motifs finished a bit quicker.

I’ve done these few already.

And I've done the logo for the back

More Finished Quilts

January 2011



This time it’s the two Green ones and the 1^st Brown one


1^st Green Quilt - motifs stitched by me

2^nd Green Quilt - motifs stitched by the ladies in Holland (one motif and the logo stitched by me)

1^st Brown Quilt - motifs stitched by me

I can’t believe that we are nearing the end now, with just the last Brown quilt and the Gerbera one to do.

The Pink Quilts

January 2011

I’m having to take a break from my stitching until after my eye op now because I’m really having to strain my eyes to stitch, even with the magnifying glass, so you won’t be seeing anything new that I’ve stitched until sometime in February.

What I can show you today thought are the latest quilts that Nicki has finished putting together.  Given her work load at the moment she’s done an amazing job and finished the two Pink ones.

1^st Pink Quilt (Stitched by me)

2^nd Pink Quilt stitched by the ladies in Holland(one square and logo stitched by me)