Uganda Quilt Update

•I have a stack of 14 beautiful completed quilts folded and stacked very neatly in my sewing room!
•I know there are 6 more that are in the hands of the postal services between here and Australia and the UK and other places in the US!
•There are more completed, and waiting on a second to be completed before mailing and several more being stitched at this moment!
•We have actual commitments from people to make 71 quilts - can you believe that! We need 80 and we're hoping to send 90 so new orphans will receive one also.
•There are some who have committed to make one whom I haven't heard a word from, so if you are one of those people, please just let me know how you are doing and if you need any help completing your quilt :-)

It would be good if all quilts reach me by the last week of April. I'm planning on rolling each one up so it has the most interesting part showing, then using ribbon to tie them up with the messages you have sent. If there are enough little dollies, I thought I should stick one of those in each as I roll it up too! I have 3 friends who will help me the last week of April to complete any more we may need. So, if you only get so far, don't hesitate to just send what you have finished and we will complete them. I know plans change and life gets very complicated, so just keep me informed how you are coming along.

•I myself, have completed six and have cut out 8 more to be stitched by anyone who would like to, and could get them finished and returned.

If you are a person who'd like to participate by stitching one of these quilt "kits" I have cut out, let me know and I will mail one or two to you. All you need to do is stitch them and return them to me. It would help if you can pay the return postage. It would probably be best for these to be sent within the US then... I have made some rag quilt kits, and some basic 5 squares by 6 or 7 squares that need a binding. Shirlene is doing two of these! My sewing machine is in the shop for two weeks - whimper, whine...

•People have asked about mailing them directly to Uganda and I wish this was an option. It just isn't safe as the postal system isn't reliable, and there is a lot of theft. These from the US will be hand delivered. I wonder if anyone from South Africa is going to Uganda, who could hand deliver some SA Cutie quilts for us. I know that sounds far fetched, but God does work in amazing ways :-) We'd all be absolutely be crushed if any of our quilts were stolen and didn't reach the arms of these children. Do you know anyone from South Africa who is going to Uganda before May?

•We still need about 10-20 small 2 layer quilts for boys ages 2-10, not too big, in the size range of about 42 inches by 48 inches. Made mostly of cotton.

•Meganne has two designs you may want to use on them. One says Made with Love, and the other Jesus Loves Me, in their own language. These children will all be learning English as part of the Uganda Project. These can be found on Designs by Cuties. And there is also another Jesus loves me design, kindly digitized by Sue on there too. I'm hoping to get a couple more Jesus (heart) Me designs up later today.

Thank you, incredibly, from the bottom of my heart, for all the love and kind attention to details you are each infusing into these quilts. Wouldn't we love to be the ones to place them in their arms?! God Bless YOU!

Hugs, hugs and more hugs,
Jan