February 2016 Meeting, Show & Tell

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Saturday  March 19, 2016 9 - 11 am St. Philip's, 16321 Great Oaks Dr.  Round Rock, Texas Show & Tell will be at 10. Demo Follows. Want to present a future demo? Please email Jennifer! Upcoming Linus Sew Days Charity Sew Days @ The Stitching Studio The Stitching Studio invites Linus volunteers on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 1 - 4:30, for Charity Sewing. Work on your charity project with no studio cost. Linus Kits will be available. Linus Sew Day Saturday May 28, 2016 @ The Stitching Studio 9 - 4:30 Quilt Kits will be provided. Knitters & Crocheters Welcome. Bring your lunch. ------------------------------------------------------------- Never Miss a Meeting:  ♥ ♥ ♥CLICK TO JOIN OUR MAILING LIST♥ ♥ ♥

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IKEA Bags

 

Reminder! If you deliver blankets, please collect and return the blue IKEA bags to the sorting area during each meeting. Having plenty of bags on hand makes packing blankets for distribution much easier.

A big thanks goes out to all of our delivery volunteers for keeping up with our reusable bags!

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Hobbs UPC Codes

To qualify to order “Charitable Batting” from Hobbs Bonded Fibers, we are required to provide UPC labels from Hobbs packaged batting.

If you are a quilter or know any quilters, please save your Hobbs UPC labels and either bring them to the monthly meeting or mail them to us at The Linus Connection, P.O. Box 29491, Austin, Texas 78755. 

Please also ask any quilting friends you know to do this as well. We really depend on this batting to fulfill our deliveries each month.

Read more about the Hobbs Charity Batting Program here.

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Is your group or organization planning to make fleece blankets for The Linus Connection? We have two simple tutorials to help make the process painless!

All fleece blankets should be SINGLE LAYER and fall within our size guidelines. Click here to learn more.

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New to Linus or just need a refresher? We have some basic guidelines to answer your questions about How Big? What Materials? and more!

Please remember: Paper Tags should include your first name at the top. ALL blankets should include a paper tag and a sew on label (see diagram).

Complete blanket specifications are here.

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Our volunteers make hundreds of blankets each month to meet the need of children in crisis in Central Texas. To do this, many supplies are needed. We are constantly in need of washable 100% acrylic yarn. Leftovers to full skeins are gratefully accepted.

Have yarn? Bring it to the next Linus meeting or leave it at one of our Drop-Off locations clearly marked for The Linus Connection.

Not from the Austin area? Email Jennifer for the best address to mail yarn donations!

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February Demo - Brick Variations

Brick quilts have become a Linus standard.  
Use 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangles and 4 1/2" squares to create these fun variations. 
Click on any photo to see it larger.

Make this quilt! Print the easy to follow pattern! Also try:  Scrappy Brick Quilt Dee's Brick Trick 4 1/2" Strip Block

Monthly Demo

Each month after Show & Tell, we present free, short demonstrations of blanket making techniques to our volunteers. 

Upcoming Demos & Presentations:

March - TBA

April -  TBA

May - TBA

June - TBA

July - Layer Cake Lemonade Variation by Sheryl K.

We are always in need of volunteers for Demos. If you have a technique, pattern, etc, you'd like to share with our group, please email Jennifer to schedule your demo! 

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Show And Tell

Blankets were shown and donated on Saturday February 20, 2016. They are not necessarily being shown by the person that made them. Only a sampling of donated blankets is shown each month.

We encourage you to join us at our monthly meeting and participate in Show and Tell at 10 a.m.

The Linus Connection  ♥  P.O. Box 29491  ♥  Austin, Texas 78755 The Linus Connection is a Federal 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible.