Wendy Chats of Patches and Quilts

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 122, 25 May 1935, Page 2 (Supplement)

Wendy Chats of Patches and Quilts

Sunbeams' Wonderful Response

ARE YOU REMEMBERING OUR BUDGET BABY?

Sunbeams Dear,-—

If I could manage to squeeze into this letter all the hundred and one exciting things that have been happening in Budgetland this week you would gasp, I know. For truly it has been a wonderful week, and all because of my kind and generous Sunbeams and their wonderful interest in our campaign. In the first place we have had a truly surprising number of visitors. They keep popping along, all smiles and usually. clutching an excitinglooking parcel in their arms. Joan Gill, of Birkenhead, who is busy knitting up patches into Sunshine quilts, has called to see us a couple of time, and so has Frances Kelly. Frances brought as two very nice parcels containing clothes and half a dozen children's annuals, and actually a present for Peter Pan, just in case he grew envious of all these thrilling parcels I have been receiving. And what do you suppose Peter Pan's present was—a little celluloid lion. It is reposing on Peter Pan's desk now, looking very quaint and funny, next to his ink bottle. This morning there was a simply terrific flutter of excitement in the office when Postie staggered in with a gigantic parcel and dumped it down in the centre of the room. I could hardly open it fast enough, and the Budget family crowded round pleasantly thrilled. I wonder v/ho can guess what was in it? Four splendid quilts from Gloria and Shirley Bell, of Epsom. Three of them are quilts made of material patches of every conceivable shape and colour. They are warmly lined with winceyette and are really beautiful. The fourth is a patchwork quilt, made up of 75 knitted patches and also warmly lined. It would be hard c /i eter , a ?, d '*° ima S' ne the Sunshine Campaign without the help ot Ulorja and Shirley and their mother. They were among our very earliest helpers, and many little folk in the city owe their cosy bed coverings to these loyal Sunbeams. We send them our warmest thanks. After this excitement we were quite prepared to settle down to a tranquil day, but it was not to be. Another tremendous parcel followed swift in the wake of Gloria and Shirley's. This one came from Margaret Headdey of Remuera, who sent us a beautiful single bed quilt comprising t>o patches, and warmly lined, and a welcome parcel of baby clothes. Very many thanks, Margaret, for this splendid help. I know you will all be anxiously awaiting news of our wee baby and Jeannie. We have been so very busy here that I have had no opportunity of seeing them since last I wrote you, but the City Mission tells me that Dickie, poor wee boy, has a very bad cough. I do hope you have not forgotten OLsJL** Jeannic's birthday. In my next letter I shall be % \a able to tell you about it, and the parcnl I hope to \k)*^s^ be able to take our little adopted family. V &^