The Linus Connection: Meeting Notes/Show and Tell

Hello, friends!

The Linus Connection was delighted to welcome our volunteers back to St. Philips on Saturday, June 19, 2021. We were a bit rusty after over a year of not meeting, but we are sure everything will fall into place very soon.

We'd like to send out a special thank you to Chilsolm Trail Quilt Guild for their donation of $800. We received a number of private donations as well and we appreciate each and every one. Donations help us buy batting, yarn, and other materials to keep our blanket making charity running smoothly.

Keep reading for lots of great information as well as Show & Tell photos.

Thank you, thank you to everyone who came out. We hope to see you again next month.

2021 Meetings

July 17, 2021

August 21, 2021

September 18, 2021

October 16, 2021

November 20, 2021

December 18, 2021

Need to change your email or be removed from the list? Contact Jennifer.

Annual Challenge packs are now available!

Get the handout with rules and instructions here.

Challenge kits and rules were handed out during our June 2021 meeting. If you missed it, check with Osie at next month's meetings to get your Challenge Pack.

The Annual Quilt & Blanket Challenge is part of our Birthday Celebration and both will be back in October!

The Challenge a great opportunity for our volunteers to try something new and showcase their talents to visitors and recipient facilities.

Mark your calendars: This year's event will be Saturday, October 16, 2021.

Have a question about the 2021 Challenge? Email Osie.

See our past Challenges.

Camp donations have been distributed for the year. Thank you to our volunteers for helping to make Camp Quilts & Blankets possible!

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Get everything you need to know about blanket sizes & materials here!

Please remember: Paper Poems should include your first name at the top with the ribbon tied in a bow. Use a safety pin on quilts, NO safety pin on yarn blankets.

ALL blankets should include a paper tag with a poem and a sew-on Linus label. See diagram for placement.

Dropping your donation off? Everything you need to know is here. Please note that quilts & blankets need to be bagged for drop-off locations, but not for monthly meetings.

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 batting bags or 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.

Our weighted blanket tops are made with 4 1/2" squares to make 4" finished blocks. We can also use brick quilt tops if the bricks are staggered and the sizes are equivalent to a top made with 4 1/2" squares. Brick quilt top tutorial.

Weighted blanket quilt tops should be completed and turned in to the kitchen during our monthly meeting. Those are attention to Debbe. Quilt tops with a BACK added should be attention to Stephanie. Thank you all for your help!

We still need LOTS of Pellet Pockets! Chisolm Trail Wildflower Bee has kindly cut many, many pockets that just need to be sewn. Those can be picked up at our monthly meeting or collected from Marge. Find the instructions to make those are here.

If you are helping with Weighted Blankets making pellet pockets, tops, etc., these go on the desk in the kitchen. Be sure to sign tops in on the Sign In Sheet as Quilt Tops.

Have questions? Contact Stephanie or Anne.

We're delighted to be able to share Demonstrations with our volunteers again! If you'd like to book a Demo for this year or early 2022, please email Jennifer.

Coming in 2021:

July - Pflugerville Quilt Guild "3-yard quilts"
August - available!
September - "Hidden Wells" with Susan B.
October - Birthday Month! Challenge & Silent Auction
November - "Whirling Stripes" with Paula B.
December - Holiday Party (no Demo)

Blankets were shown on Saturday, June 19, 2021, sent via email, or shared in our Facebook group.

Show & Tell quilts & blankets are not necessarily being shown by the person that made them. Only a sampling of donated blankets is shown each month.

All blankets shown were donated to children in crisis in Central Texas.

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

Click on any photo to see it bigger!