ISewlation Post No 5

When I first began posting these ISewlation posts back in March, I really had no idea how things would pan out.  Here is the 5th post in that series, I am amazed at how much there has been to tell you.

Firstly, Bev made another delivery to the Concord Hospital Palliative Care Unit - the quilts are shown below.  As a result we received a lovely email from Clinical Nurse Consultant Cathy, thanking us and saying how appreciative the patients and families are when the patient has been given one of our quilts.  Thanks Cathy.  We appreciate the feedback!

We had a heap of quilts donated to us from various friends of our members.  That is a big help to our group, so a big thank you to Robin's friend Maralyn, Evelyn's sister Annette and Betty from Shepparton Quilters.   You will find their quilts below.

More news is that John, the secretary for Senior Citizens Centre (where we meet) is meeting with the Council this coming week for talks regarding the possibility of the recommencement of activities at the Centre - and that means us.  Woop Woop!!  The next post might might be after a "real" meeting!  Can't wait - it's so long since I've seen my friends.

There's another large collection of children's quilts, some of which have been donated to us, which we have set aside for delivery to a suitable place.  I will show those once we have organised where they are to go.

So here are the quilts from this week's delivery:

Donated by Betty S from Shepparton Quilters, and quilted by Robin.

Evelyn's Sister Annette:

Next 10 quilts are from Robin's friend Maralyn:

This next one is what is known as a "Whole Cloth Quilt".  These are plain pieces of fabric with the feature being the quilting.  If you are interested, you can read a bit on the history of quilting here.  Something I learnt when reading that page is that quilting goes back to ancient Egypt.  This quilt also has a magnificent border, in a design called "Ribbon Border".  

This quilt pattern is called "1000 Pyramids"

Have you caught up with us on social media yet?  You'll find us on Facebook on the Stitching Hearts Quilters page, and on Instagram at the hashtag #stitchingheartsquilters.  Come and say hello!

Thank for your support.  Have a great week, and I shall see you next time.