Half Way Through the Year!

Here we are almost at the end of June.  The Winter Solstice (Summer one for those in the Northern Hemisphere) is done and dusted, and we are all feeling the chill as a cold snap has hit us.

Nevertheless, we had a great meeting last week.  For the business end of the meeting, Jill told us that another 12 quilts have gone to Ronald MacDonald House.  We also provide the Senior Citizens club with quilts for sale at their annual Morning Tea, with proceeds going to Westmead Children's Hospital, as do the quilts left over from that day.  This year we provided 72 baby wraps and 7 children's quilts.

Here's our Show and Tell for the meeting:

Evelyn made the first two.

 

I love the way the Half Square Triangles have been laid out - they look like they are twisted ribbons.

 

Next up were three little flannel raw edge raggy quilts made by Bev in lovely bright colours.

 

The alternate blocks had little quilted animals and other shapes.

 

She also made this pretty scrappy quilt.

 

Cheryl made the next two.

 

 

There's bound to be a little horse-mad girl who will adore this quilt.

 

This quilt was a donation from Coleen's friend.  Her sewing group are so good in supporting us, they make donations very regularly.  The quilt was quilted by Cheryl. 

 

The next two quilts were made by Shirley, one of our members, who sadly passed away a couple of years ago.  If you would like to read the tribute to Shirley, click here.  Shirley's husband donated all of her sewing things and unfinished quilts to us.  They were quilted by Dasha.

 

The Baskets needed something "extra", so now each basket is sporting a couple of little yellow flowers.  A couple were so full, that they overflowed!

 

Jill and Lesley made half a dozen baby wraps.

 

I just love Jill's green ants with their crowns!

 

Lesley's have a sweet little angel appliqued in the centre.

 

As June has 5 weeks, our next get together is a social one.  The ladies are all travelling up to the Central Coast by train for lunch on the 30th to visit Jan and I, who are locals.  The journey is more than half the fun!  We are invading the Fisherman's Wharf at Woy Woy.