As the Covid19 lockdown continues the members and friends of
Sunshine Linus remain focused and busy creating an abundance of items that will
be ready for distribution once life returns to some normality.
Thank you to all the members who emailed photos of what they have
been working on this past month!
Below are a selection of what our members have been creating.
Members of the
Sensory team have been hard at work. Janet made these gorgeous twiddle-muffs. She
has also been very industrious crocheting rugs and men’s beanies for SCUH. She
indicated that warm head-wear for the fellas is often overlooked by crafting
groups.
Gabriele crocheted
these delightful flowers ready for the ‘Sensory Team’ to add to their creations. Gabriele also crocheted these pretty little rugs ready for the colder months:
Rosemary
made these charming ‘touchy feely’ cubes using 6 inch foam rubber offcuts and
bits sourced from the freebie table, crochet donations, and other ‘doodads’ she
has bought and made!
Last week was a purple week so Claire made a
3m x 3m floor mat for the ‘Mundoo’ house at Nambour Special School. It is going
to be used at events like sports carnivals. Claire also made a collection of
coloured drawstring bags for the students to collect coloured objects. A
great way to use up pieces of textured fabrics!
The quilters have
also been hard at work. Lyn has used a series of donated squares to complete
this cheeky quilt top:
Anne has been
trying her hand at making a flannel quilt with this geometric design:
Annie made this
cute quilt using a set of batik strips Sue gave her:
Glorianne has been busy quilting other members quilt tops on her quilting frame:
The Baby
Team has been extremely industrious having fulfilled a wish list request from the Pregnancy
Loss Team and SCUH just before the lockdown. They have been building up stock
so that they can send out items as they are requested.
A special
thank you to Jan, who has done the most lovely smocking and embroidery for the
Angel Packs. Each wrap has an embroidered rabbit in the centre and Jan
has been churning them out.
SCUH asked Sunshine
Linus to increase the age range of the Angel Packs, so the Baby Team have
been supplying a gown, wrap, beanie and booties for 20-23 weeks; 24-26 weeks
and 27-29 weeks. They were also asked to produce packs for 30-33 weeks,
34-26 weeks and finally 37 weeks - full term. No doubt these ladies will
need to work around the clock to produce the items and restock!!!! Good thing
they are not going anywhere!
A special
mention and thank you to Lorraine who donated two full length gowns, a number of
smocked gowns together with a number of gowns cut out ready to go - all of
these items were much appreciated and have all been used.
REQUESTS:
Jenny D has put out
a request for ‘touchy-feely’ cubes, books and toys for STEMM. They are
basically the same as the adult ones but use fabrics that appeal to children
and perhaps with more ‘doodads’ that make noise. These items need to be made in
the next two weeks and she will collect them if needed.
REMINDER:
Remember to keep an eye out for Jenny’s emails with requests for
particular items for Sunshine Linus’ wishlists!
WHAT’S HAPPENING OUT THERE?
To those amongst us who miss being able to attend the craft shows at
this time, Craft Alive have set up an online version of their craft event, 'The
Great Australian Craft Show 2’. It will be operating from 9am Friday 1st
May through to Monday 4pm 4th May. You can find the information at
this link here.
Until next time, stay safe, stay well and keep on crafting!
