Project Linus - like Woolly Hugs

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is anyone involved with this? So inspirational. Book on Amazon coming out in December - that's how I found out about it via Amazon advert. Do "look inside" the book. Very heartwarming.

Www.projectlinusuk.co.uk - woolly patterns there as well as quilting. I'm thinking of helping but would be great to read your views. My heart tho goes first to Woolly Hugs!

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OOPS - www.projectlinusuk.org.uk

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I have just been staying with my mil and she showed me a beautiful quilt she had made for a boy for the Linus project. It is stunning, with penguins and seal patchwork on front and a rainbow stripped fleece on the back. Will go and look at the link in a minute.

FAB!

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I was involved in Project Linus when we lived in the States. It was a great outlet when I started to learn crochet and I met a wonderful group of ladies at our monthly meetings. I hope that this takes off in the same way in the UK as it has in the US and hopefully they will accept crocheted blankets and not just knitted ones - faithful hooker here, can't manage 2 needles!!

thanks StellaMarie . Do look at the UK website for Project Linus as it shows how people can help. Sadly in Bristol, there is o contact person and I am not sure I am experienced enough in sewing to be the contact person. I may contact the HQ now I have heard from you to see how I could help.

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Ps I am learning to cope with 2 needles and it is proving to be fun! I hope to move onto just one needle as crochet goodies look fab! I get the vibes from the Arts Craft section that people tend to prefer either 1 or 2 needles not both.

I am. I am a quilter and have made several quilts for Linus. Actually my son was given a Linus quilt when we were in Refuge. We still have it on his bed, he loves it. It's weird being on the giving and receiving ends. Wonderful though

Thanks Todays... .

I know what you mean about receiving and giving as I used to be an OT and my children have had OT treatment.

Glad Project Linus is fab!

We were given one for my ds3 when he was in hospital at a week old. We had a very traumatic time with him (involving him having to be ventilated and airlifted to PICU at a hospital over 200 miles away). I love that quilt! It's just a simple square quilt, with only a couple of fabrics - nothing fancy but it means so much to me. I will never forget the nurse coming with it and laying it over him so tenderly when he was really struggling. It is very special and I often wonder who made it. I will probably keep it forever, along with the little knitted hat that the retrieval team put on him before he was transferred. Thankfully he recovered and is now almost 9 months.

I love making quilts and am hoping to donate one soon. They really do mean such a lot to the recipients.