19th September

You might remember I told you (here) that we had donated a bundle of quilts to Legacy for distribution at their morning teas.  Well we have received a lovely thank you and some photos of some of the recipients, which I have permission to share with you.  Just look at those happy faces!

 

Now here is a blatant plug for a great service.  We always put a little label on the quilts we give out.  Just recently we used a local business in Lilyfield to do our latest batch.  Greg did a fantastic job of the art work and the printing.  Here are his details:

 

 

 

It would be great if could you mentioned that you saw this on our page!

 

We had a lot of unfinished quilt tops come in today.  You will see them as they get completed, but in the meantime, here are the completed ones:

 

The first three are flannel baby wraps, and the next two are flannel cot quilts.



 

 

 

Maria brought in two completed quilts made by her friend Robyn.  Robyn is really generous with her donations and has made a lot of quilts for us.  Thank you Robyn!

 

The blue triangles were part of a large donation we had about a month ago.  And the centre medallion was stuck in the cupboard for ages, waiting to be used.  They look great together.

 

These blocks were also part of a donation some time ago.  Love those little mushrooms, aren't they sweet?

 

That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.

Spring!

Here in Australia, 1st September is the official start of Spring.  Last Thursday we had a beautiful sunny day for our meeting.

We had two visitors today.  Darleen, our founding member, came along for the first time in ages, and Dale Larsen from Drummoyne Rotary came to give us an update on their fundraising.

The Christmas in July fundraiser for Drought Relief was held in conjunction with Parkes Rotary and Canada Bay Council. There were over 100 attending. Auctions were held and 30% of funds raised came from the 4 quilts donated by our group. A total of $11,000 was raised on the day.

Bev took the 2 fiddle quilts I showed you in the last post to the Palliative Care Unit at Concord Hospital.  They were well received.  Two more have been made, and we have been requested to make 2 more.

The raffle held by Leichardt council with one of our quilts as the prize raised $120 for the Drought relief fund.

Here are the completed quilts brought in this week:

 

The two Fiddle quilts made this week.

 

Two cute little Teddy Bears to go with the beanies.