Brrrrrr!! Big Ted and I nearly froze our little socks off as we set out very early on Monday morning for the Card Day organised by the Rose Bay Committee for St Luke’s Care.
After sewing, knitting, and stuffing* toys for weeks (and weeks!) Di B and I had stuffed* her car to the limit with our treasures, tables, hangers and all the paraphernalia for our stall, and we were just a little excited once we had it all laid out. So excited, in fact, that we completely forgot to ask someone to take a photo of the two of us on the day!
We had lots of help…
Others on the Committee had made those cute little monster softies, and cooked delicious meringues, cheese biscuits, marmalades and chutneys, and Di B’s mum, Margaret, had made jars and jars of her lemon butter and green tomato pickles (and she grew the lemons and tomatoes herself!).
Two of our St Mark’s Quilters (also Committee members) helped too - Di C donated four beautifully made baby quilts, and Moo made four of her baby playmats in bright fun fabrics, as she does every year.
Thank you everyone!
Even the job of keeping our money safe through the day was made easier with the multi-pocketed sewing aprons Linda gave us a couple of years ago.
Finally, you – yes YOU, my wonderful bloggy friends – are to be thanked for all your encouraging comments, support, prayers and general warm fuzzies. Mwah!!! XXXX
The craft stall was a HUGE success this year, and raised MUCH more for St Luke’s than it ever has before. Indeed, the entire fundraising event yielded a great result and will enable the hospital to buy more hand-held scanners to use with their state-of-the-art computerised sterilising system.
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And another Thank You, this time to all of you who were kind enough to vote for my quilt “Alhambra Romance” in the “Favourite Applique Quilt” section of the latest Bloggers’ Quilt Festival run by Amy of Amy’s Creative Side. My quilt didn’t win, but it was a thrill just to have made it into the finalists.
Amy will be featuring interviews on her blog with some of the entrants, and if you keep watching one day you might see a mention of someone you know 
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* Just quietly, we were rather stuffed by the end of the day too!
So pleased to hear the sale went well - you certainly had some lovely goodies for sale! But truly, your little socks weren't as frozen off as ours.....Monday morning got down to minus 10 in parts of town, not here thank goodness.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful collection of goodies and a great result. I look forward to reading your interview with Amy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a joyful post! I smiled all the way through it, looking at all your crafty goodness and learning that all your efforts were a big success. You're very sweet to mention your aprons for collecting money. How nice to know they're being used. It makes me feel like I was with you in spirit. Or rather I was in your pocket. And being carried across your hip! You two, and Di C, Moo, Margaret and others, are phenomenally gifted and generous. You all shine brightly for others. Bless you.
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