23nd Birthday Celebration, Challenge, Silent Auction, & More!

Linus Connection volunteers have made and donated over 90,000 quilts since 1999!

Saturday, October 15, 2022, we celebrated our 23rd birthday. Our special day included gorgeous quilts and blankets made by our amazing volunteers for our 18th Challenge, a Silent Auction, Fat Quarter Sales, T-Shirts, door prizes, and more!

Read about our previous Birthday Celebration & Challenges here!

Board Members Jennifer, Stephanie, & Marge during announcements

St. Philip's UMC generously hosts The Linus Connection each month. We asked our volunteers to contribute to their pancake mix drive and they came through with flying colors!

♥ Door Prizes ♥

We shared fun door prizes from a variety of donors. These are just some of our lovely winners.

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♥ FUNDRAISERS ♥

Our 2022 Birthday Fundraisers were a huge success and we could not have done it with out you!

♥ Donations ♥

Some of our newest blanket makers from the North American Taiwanese Womens Association shared a $500 donation from their group as well as $100 in personal donations. Thank you, ladies, we're delighted to have you as our volunteers!

We received $500 in other personal donations.

 All donations go toward blanket-making supplies and to pay for our storage unit, printing, and meeting supplies. THANK YOU to everyone who supports The Linus Connection. We could not do this without you.

♥ Fat Quarter Sales ♥

Fat Quarters Raised $470!

 ♥ The Linus Connection T-Shirts ♥

We had T-Shirts available for our volunteers. These were sold at cost and were not a fundraiser for us. We can't wait to see you all wearing your new shirts!

♥♥ 2022 Silent Auction♥♥

The 2022 Silent Auction raised over $4,700!

This was a record-breaking year for us with 71 Baskets, 82 Kits, and 29 large items!

Want to see what we auctioned? Preview close-ups of all items are here.

Thank you to everyone who donated items, especially Hobbs Bonded Fibers for a roll of their wonderful 80/20 Heirloom Batting, and to all those wonderful individuals who donated items both large and small, baskets, and more, all to support our non-profit. Every single donation makes this happen! 

Thanks also go out to Jennifer for organizing, and huge thanks to Sarah, Sheryl, Carol, & Susan for helping build 71 Silent Auction Baskets. Big thanks also to Suzanne and everyone else who helped us push through to the end!

The biggest thank you goes out to our bidders for always making this a fun event and for your continued support of The Linus Connection. ♥

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♥♥ 18th Annual Quilt & Blanket Challenge ♥♥

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♥♥ VIEWER'S CHOICE♥♥ 

We had a wonderful time seeing all of the fun Challenge Quilts & Blankets this year!

Volunteers and visitors alike had the opportunity to vote on their favorites in three categories:

Yarn, Applique Quilts, & Pieced Quilts. 

There are two favorites chosen from each category. All winners took home fun prizes! All the Prizes were donated by a variety of Linus members.  Gift certifications were purchased by Linus. 

The Challenge Fabric was a donation from Noelann Brown's estate and this Challenge is dedicated to her memory.

We also had Door Prizes donated by a number of wonderful donors and all challenge participants who had a quilt or blanket on display took home a participation prize.

See our previous Birthday Celebration & Challenge Photos here!

Yarn Winners:

Sue Sellstrom #209

(shown by Jennifer)

Valerie Monnet #206

Applique Winners:

Shelley Daley #105 and #106

(just one prize, but we had to share both!)

Lynn Lewis-Kimmel #108

Pieced Winners:

Kathy Hoelter #109

quilted by Terry Covington

Maureen Scheevel #112

♥ Challenge Quilts & Yarn Blankets ♥

Thank you to Osie for organizing the Challenge for the 18th year and thank you to all the volunteers who pitched in to make this happen!

All Challenge Quilts & Blankets shown were donated to The Linus Connection and will go to a child in our community in need of a little extra TLC.

♥ 2021 Winner's Gallery ♥

Quilts and Yarn blankets made by our 2021 Challenge Winners using the 2022 Challenge packets.

 ♥ Parade of Participants! ♥

For the first time, we share a Parade of Participants so we can see the faces behind the blankets. Enjoy!

(A few entries are shown by someone other than the maker.)

Thank you to Eli Ofenstein for photographing our event.

We have lots more fun photos to share. Click here to see them all!

Still want more?

See our previous Birthday Celebration & Challenge Photos here!

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Upcoming Meetings & Demos

Meeting Dates:

November 19, 2022

December 17, 2022

January 21, 2023

February 18, 2023

March 18, 2023

April 15, 2023

May 20, 2023

If you'd like to book a Demo, please email Jennifer.

Upcoming Demos:

• November - Demo with Sheryl & Sarah
• December - Holiday Party (no demo)
• January 2023 - Panels with Marge & Friends
• February 2023 - How to use Leaders and Ender to make a quilt with Paula B
• March 2023 - Skateboard Demo with Marge
• April 2023 - Demo with Paula B
• May 2023 - Available

Please keep an eye on the website, join our email list, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram for the latest Linus information. We also have a Facebook Group just for Linus Connection volunteers where you can share photos and chat! You can join here.

The Linus Connection Board Members

• Stephanie, Executive Director, Liaison with all Recipient Facilities

• Marge, Assistant Director, Fabric Donations

• Jennifer, Social Media, Blanket Distribution

• Anne, Yarn, Mail, Weighted Blankets

 

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.