15th March

We have had some feedback from the article on Stitching Hearts which appeared in Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol. 27 No. 12: 

Firstly, we welcomed two new ladies - Christine & Ann, who both read about us in the article.  Nice to meet you ladies! 

Secondly, Jill had a call from Lyn who lives in Shepparton, Victoria - bit far for her to come to our meetings (only about 12 hours drive!!) but she and a couple of her friends would like to make tops for us to distribute.  Lovely offer, thanks Lyn.

We also had a text from Dale at Drummoyne Rotary to tell us that Roxanne from the Leichhardt Women's Community Health Centre gave a very informative talk to one of the Rotary meetings (remember a few months back Dale and Roxanne met accidentally when they both called into one of our meetings??).  Keeping fingers crossed, that is a useful connection for both groups.

And now the Show and Tell

This lovely quilt was a donation, quilted by Robin and completed by Bev.

 

Evelyn, made this one,

 

and she also quilted this one, made by Bev.

 

Quilted by Dasha, unknown maker

Jan made three quilts.

 

 

And she quilted this one. 

 

Helen made some sweet children's beanies, a couple of flannel baby wraps and two scarves

 

 

 

Lesley made this gorgeous doggy quilt, and Cheryl quilted it (click on the photo to see a larger photo).

 

Cheryl also made the next two quilts

 

 

 

Close up of the skiers - aren't they cute??

So that's the lot.  It will be Easter before the next meeting, so from all of us - Happy Easter!

First March Meeting

Our first meeting for March was actually also on the first day of March.  Evelyn kindly took the photos for me as I was unable to go.

We had a couple of extra people along today - Darlene doesn't get to many meetings these days and we also had a new member Jennifer (friend of Cheryl’s) join us.  Welcome Jennifer.

Quite a few quilts were delivered:

• 13 quilts to Ronald McDonald House
• 7 quilts to the Erskinville part of the Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre
• 12 quilts to Concord Palliative Care Unit plus scarves and shawls
• 25 beanies to the Chris O'Brien Lighthouse (Cancer treatment centre in Camperdown)
• 14 quilts to the Orange branch of Life Without Barriers (Disability Support)

Good to see so many organisations benefitting from our work.

We didn't have many quilts this week.  Not surprising since we had 2 blockbuster meetings earlier this year.

First two quilts are by Bev

 

Evelyn brought three quilts in.

 

This is Helen's crop of beanies of all sizes, a shawl, scarf and flannel wrap

 

And last but not least Robin.

 

Do you have an Instagram account?  See our Hashtag is #stitchingheartsquilters, so come and take a peek and follow us there.

 

Our next meeting is on the 15th March - the Ides of March.  According to the Web, that is the day the Romans set for settling debts, and was the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar. And I thought it was famous because of Shakespeare!