Darlene's donations of critters

 Somehow, Darlene found our group and offered her vast collection of beanie babies (114-- all different!).

She's from VT, but since she would be coming through CT at the end of June, she was hoping that we could meet somewhere along her route for the hand-off. We met at the Wethersfield PD and had a successful meeting.  There is a long after story that  I wont post here (its on our FB page), but it IS funny!

Here are all the critters (photoed by species), along with 14 that my granddaughters chose to part with.

Kathys critters finished

 So glad Kathy is machine-quilting these... all I have to do is close the opening. Cant wait to match the quilts that she didnt add critters to.

Lynda W requested a critter for her son (a local EMT) who was having difficulty dealing with the trama of covering a call in which an autistic  4 yr old was hit and killed by a car, after sneaking out of the house at 4:30 am.

Summer Blessings

 It was lovely to have a visit (usually every three yrs) from the CT Episcopal Bishop, Jeffrey Mello, who did a wonerful seemon including a Blessing of our last critters before we take the summer off from our meetings.

We got to Bless 49 critters this morning.

Nancy Eaton and Bishop Mello.

#22 & #23 police depts!

 How lovely, that #wethersfieldpolice dept Chief gave his Blessing for this project. Thanks to Lt Joseph Baich who accepted 10 of our "Comfort Critters" for his cruisers. We are so happy for them be our 23rd police dept using our critters for stressed children that they encounter, however they see fit.

Next photo...

Officer Justin Cochran and Officer Michael Perrotti from the #portlandpolice dept (our 22nd dept) accepting 13 of our critters! One even had a Paw Patrol critter!

Thank you Roseanne!

This is a map of our deliveries.

#peacebypiecequilters

June mtg, summer break

 We had a great mtg and while a few members werent able to make it, we did get a lot accomplished. 

Several of our critters wrapped and ready to be "bagged".

Jill had come just in time to get critters tied up!

Gloria getting 4 quilt squares from Maria sandwiched. She will finish them at home over the summer (machine-quilted)

Here are some of the critters bagged and ready for delivery. We have a total of 59 ready for delivery next week. (Where they move to?... TBD

Maria and Jane mayching up critters and quikts.

Kathy, Jane, Kim (back to camera), Maria, Gloria... busy!

Thanks ladies... enjoy your summer!

Kathy's, Karen's and Kim's gift!s!

 This month has been great for our group! One of our members made a monetary donation from her aunt (they exchange Christmas gifts, by choosing a non-profit to support instead of buying each other gifts. Kim N chose US for her aunt's gift! Thank you so much...

Karen C, one of my former high school classmates, found out about our group at a recent reunion committee mtg, and sent a donation that will help with our next purchase of batting! Thanks Karen C!!

This month, Kathy (our powerhouse critter quilter) has decided to try machine quilting her little quilts and leaving the opening for me to finish sewing. Usually, I've also done the hand-quilting or machine-quilting or tying to the quilts she puts together (usually 20-24/month!)

Usually, that process takes me a week or more, so this last batch (20) took me an afternoon (and I even had lunch and a nap!) I even made two of my own from scraps!!!

Here are the ones she made ..

my two...

Kathy's 20 follow...