Will SIBOL accept Knitted or Crocheted Squares?

Hi everyone!

 I hope a good Christmas for you all. I have had a few enquiries recently from Ladies who want to send me Knitted or Crocheted Squares. May I please remind you that I only accept made up Knitted or Crocheted Blankets now. Due to the large volume I have had in the past it really isn't practical.

I am always available on email
Sue on sueatpigsty@virginmedia.com
for any enquiries.

But please note I am not accepting Blankets or Shawls until 1st March 2017.

I do want to also encourage new Ladies to make  a Blanket and donate near to where they live where
ever possible and I shall be giving you more information in the New Year.

Enjoy the rest of the Holiday and thank you!

x Sue x

Happy Christmas and New Year!

Wishing everyone a very
Happy Christmas and New Year!

Thank you all for your support during 2016 

and I will be accepting Sunshine Blankets and Shawls

from 1st March to 30th November 2017 once again.

xxxx

May I also thank Alma this morning for making

and donating 6 Sunshine Blankets  to 

Abney Hall Care Home, Cheadle.

She very kindly took the Blankets in herself this morning and they were very well received.

How kind to do this on Christmas Eve!

Lots of smiling faces I'm sure!

Have a great time everyone!

x Sue x 

Delivery Day to Rothsay Grange, Andover.

Good afternoon,

I would like to thank Jan today for donating 14 Sunshine Blankets to a local Care Home to where she lives.  As you will be able to see her work is absolutely beautiful and I am honoured that she wanted to do this in our 'SIBOL' name. Jan must have spent many, many hours on these Blankets and as you will be able to see from the photos they truly are works of art!

"I wrote to you at the start of the year to say that I wanted to make some SIBOL blankets to take to a local residential care home to give to the residents at Christmas.  I have crocheted fourteen blankets this year and took them to the Rothsay Grange care home in Andover this afternoon.  The residents were delighted with them and couldn't believe I wasn't charging the. for the blankets.

Names of the blankets from the collage photo I sent you starting at the top from L - R:

Jan's Garden
Emma's Legacy (named after my Great Aunt who taught me to crochet when I was 8 years old)
Lavender's Blue
Rippling Brook
Rainbow Delight
Kingsclere Harlequin
Ocean Blue
Crazy Kites
English Country Garden
Flowers In The Snow
Rose Garden
Fields of Gold
Summer Song

Stunning Blankets and some great names too Jan.

We now have some photos of the Residents receiving the Blankets.

This is especially nice as they gave permission to us using them.

I can see the Blankets are going to give a great deal of comfort to them.

I can't thank you enough Jan.

Next year I will be trying to encourage Ladies to do the same as I feel we need to get our Sunshine Blankets further afield.

We need Ladies like you Jan!

Thank you so much,

x Sue x 

Delivery to Tandy Care Court Home.

Good evening,

I'm very pleased to be telling you that yesterday I delivered 32 Sunshine Blankets to Tandy Court Care Home, Birmingham.  I think this will be the last of my deliveries for this year now. I would like to thank everyone who has donated Blankets and Shawls this year. Our work is always very much appreciated and the Staff of the Home would like me to thank you.

Each one of these Blankets is so....individual and I know that whoever receives them is certainly going to receive a great deal of comfort from them.

A big thank you to you all!

x Sue x

A Blanket arrives from Maryland USA.

Good morning,

I would like to thank Sharen very much indeed for sending me a Sunshine Blanket all the way from Maryland (MD) USA. How kind of you to send such a distance!  The Blanket is made in such pretty coloured variegated yarn and I know that it will be very well received in one of the Homes I visit.
The Blanket is a great size and Sharen has even included some Butterflies she has made. Thank you so.....much!

Let's take a look now.

Lots of Thanks too!

Yesterday I received an email thanking the Group 'Gill' in particular for a beautiful Sunshine Blanket that Rachel's Husband had received in one of the Homes I visit.

The Blanket they received was one called 'Multi Colours'

and Rachel tells me what a lot of comfort it has given her Husband.

"I hope you are able to send Gill very many thanks for making the beautifully crocheted blanket called "Multi Colours!"  She certainly has a wonderful eye for a delightful composition of colours and tones!
  We both love and enjoy the vibrant blanket which lifts the spirits, so please hand on our very warm thanks and appreciation.  

What a wonderful gift your Sunshine International Blankets of Love is!  Very many thanks to you for the comfort you bring."

XX Rachel

Thank you Rachel.

A note of thanks from Sharon at Lady Katherine Leveson, Knowle.

Dear Sue,

Thank you so much for the box of shawls - so beautiful - I have passed them

over to Kevin for our residents who I'm sure will be most appreciative. 

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

Love Sharon

It's so nice to know that our work is well received thank you both.

I have three boxes of Sunshine Blankets to take out very soon.

May I remind you all now I cannot receive anymore Blankets or Shawls this year.

We start again 1st March 2016.

Thanks to everyone who has helped the 'SIBOL' project once again this year.

x Sue x 

A Blanket arrives from MD USA !

Good morning,

I would like to thank Sharen very much indeed for sending me a Sunshine Blanket all the way from Maryland (MD) USA. How kind of you to send such a distance!  The Blanket is made in such pretty coloured variegated yarn and I know that it will be very well received in one of the Homes I visit.
The Blanket is a great size and Sharen has even included some Butterflies she has made. Thank you so.....much!

Let's take a look now.

Lots of Thanks too!

Yesterday I received an email thanking the Group 'Gill' in particular for a beautiful Sunshine Blanket that Rachel's Husband had received in one of the Homes I visit.

The Blanket they received was one called 'Multi Colours'

and Rachel tells me what a lot of comfort it has given her Husband.

"I hope you are able to send Gill very many thanks for making the beautifully crocheted blanket called "Multi Colours!"  She certainly has a wonderful eye for a delightful composition of colours and tones!
  We both love and enjoy the vibrant blanket which lifts the spirits, so please hand on our very warm thanks and appreciation.  

What a wonderful gift your Sunshine International Blankets of Love is!  Very many thanks to you for the comfort you bring."

XX Rachel

Thank you Rachel.

A note of thanks from Sharon at Lady Katherine Leveson, Knowle.

Dear Sue,

Thank you so much for the box of shawls - so beautiful - I have passed them

over to Kevin for our residents who I'm sure will be most appreciative. 

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

Love Sharon

It's so nice to know that our work is well received thank you both.

I have three boxes of Sunshine Blankets to take out very soon.

May I remind you all now I cannot receive anymore Blankets or Shawls this year.

We start again 1st March 2016.

Thanks to everyone who has helped the 'SIBOL' project once again this year.

x Sue x 

Shawl Day!

Good afternoon,

I'm very pleased to be telling you that this afternoon I am donating

29 Crocheted Shawls to Lady Katherine Leveson Care Home, Temple Balsall  area.

These Shawls have been made beautifully for Residents and I'm sure

they will be very useful to them - wonderful  colours and great designs.

Thanks to everyone!

I would like to thank Gill today for making and donating 14 Shawls which she posted on to Ashmere Care Home, Nottingham. Michelle telephoned me to thank us saying how grateful she was for them.

Our donations certainly do make a difference in Care Homes up and down the country.

I'm sure you would like to see these beautiful designs. All made in wonderful colours which will certainly bring lots of smiles.

You've spent many long hours on these Shawls Gill. I just want you to know that Ashmere really appreciates them and so do I! Thank you very much indeed.

Well tomorrow is the last day I can accept Shawls and Blankets for this year. Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed over the past months.

x Sue x

Grannies Galore!

Good afternoon,

I would like to thank June very much indeed for the beautiful Granny Blankets received today.

Thank you so much for taking the trouble to make these beauties and I can assure you I will be taking these out very soon indeed to a local Care Home.

May I remind you I am not accepting anymore Sunshine Blankets or Shawls after this Wednesday so please hurry up and get them to me.

I cannot guarantee on delivering your work this year if they arrive after this date.

I shall start collecting again after March 1st 2017.

A big thank you to the Lady who sent these Blankets today.

x Sue x 

 x Sue x

New donations arriving.

Good afternoon,

Such a miserable day here in the UK today. I think we need some pretty Blankets to cheer us up.

First I would like to show you some made by Angela.

Gorgeous Granny Blankets, a perfect size for Laps and beautiful colour combinations.
You're very kind Angela thank you so much.

This morning I received a Sunshine Blanket from Una.
This one is  called 'The Pink Shocker'.
I love the centre in this one Una and it's so bright and cheerful I know an older person is really going to admire this one.

Thank you so much for the Blanket and the useful Ribbons. Very much appreciated.

Thank you both.

Please may I remind you my closing date is end of November for Shawls and Sunshine Blankets.

I cannot accept anymore after this date until March next year.

I have a box of Shawls upstairs which will be going to a local Home 

St. Katherines and two boxes of Sunshine Blankets which I will find a Home for.

They certainly add up and I'm always very grateful to you all.

Thank you

x Sue x 

Lots of Shawls and Blankets to show you today!

Good afternoon,

It is always so nice when our Blankets and Shawls can get to other parts of the Country and not just the Birmingham area.  Kim has decided to donate to her local Hospice St. Lukes at Basildon. She has made a beautiful Sunshine Blanket and Shawl and she tells me she would like to make more in the future. Decorated with pretty Butterflies these two items are surely going to bring some smiles.

 

I am adding these in to our totals Kim thank you.

Next we have four pretty Shawls from Isrose in Norway.

It is so nice that Ladies in Europe take part in our project and I am always so grateful for your contributions Isrose. Thank you.

Such pretty designs and made beautifully.

Two Sunshine Blankets also.

One called 'Spring Crocus' and the other 'Easter Egg'.

It's so nice that you have named your Blankets but I'm afraid the quality of the photos is not good today. The day is quite dull, we've had rain today!

Isrose was very happy that she managed to make these in time for my end of year deliveries.

I'm very grateful to her too!

So thank you both very much indeed.

x Sue X 

Grannies galore!

Good afternoon,

More beautiful donations to show you this afternoon.

First we have a Knitted Blanket from MarilynJG.

This Blanket is a perfect size for snuggling under.

Great for an armchair or to throw over a bed.

A very pretty Shawl also arrived from Marilyn.

A beautiful design and once again a perfect size for throwing 

around shoulders.

I'm sure both items will be very comforting thank you Marilyn.

I love the Knitted Butterflies attached to these colourful Blankets 

arriving from Liz thank you.

What fantastic colours, bright and cheerful just what we need.

A perfect size for Laps - what lovely gifts these are going to make too!

Thanks Liz it was very kind of you too.

My closing date is end of November, so please get your work to me by then.

Delivering in time for Christmas will be just perfect.

Thank you both very much indeed.

x Sue x