Floyd Update

Hello friends,

This is just a quick '4 years on' update on Floyd.  Yes, tomorrow, 24th September will be 4 years since Floyd was diagnosed with leukaemia and given his 50/50 prognosis!  Because we are so very happy to see these annual anniversaries pass, we just have to let the world know and remind you all how very grateful we still are for all the support and encouragement you gave us through that awful time.

Floyd is still as fit as a fiddle (annoyingly so!), mad as a box of frogs and generally living life to the full, every single day.  Check ups at the hospital are now every 8 months.  We still pop in to see our friends on the ward there and to give them any spare TV sets we come across as we remember the room-to-room bickering over who gets to borrow the only working set that week!!! (it's true!).

We have been having a lovely time just getting on with life and things are very much back to normal.  Floyd treated himself to a Harley Davidson a few months ago and blamed everything from the cancer to a mid-life crisis but the bike is very special and looks fantastic.

We still stick very closely to Leukaemia Research and just cannot sing the praises of the charity enough,  for all they do to help find a cure and the prevention of one of the worst forms of cancer we've ever known.  They have shown us so much support too and we are very proud of them all!

That's it!  Just wanted you all to know we are still around and grinning like idiots to see this 4 year marker go past us!

Much love,

Sophie & Floyd
xx

Pal Pal Donate Button Added

Boy is this getting big or what!

Right now the total number of quilts made is 11, with the help of Finn and Mary, and there are requests for another 4, with more requests coming in.

The web site is now up and running and if you click on the How to Help link at the top, you will find a Pay Pal Donate button at the bottom of the page. There is also one in the side bar on the left. The money will be used for sashing fabric and postage.

Thanks to everyone who has already contributed blocks, donated batting, backing fabric, gift certificates via Quilters Quarter (Quilter's Quarter have stopped doing these) and no end of support.

Quilt No. 11

Made by Mary for Tristan

Quilt No. 10

For Zachary who is going through a pretty rough time at the moment.

Reading from top left;

Magpie Sue, USA; Joan, France; Hedghog Jen, Finland;
Joyce, Canada; Kathy T, USA; Ruth, South Africa;
Anne, UK; Nicolette, Holland; Lily, Australia,
Hedgehog Jen, Finland; Susan, USA: Magpie Sue, USA.
Backing - Tonya, France
Binding - Wanda USA,
Batting - Linda, Italy
(damn - missed her off the label!)
Rest - Yours Truly.