18th February

Lovely, happy meeting held last week, with a lot to report.

We agreed to donate a quilt to Domestic Violence NSW to be raffled at a special dinner to be held shortly.  We have also had an email from Domestic Violence NSW thanking us for our support and advising that our quilts are included in the Happy Home Project around the state. 

We donated a number of quilts to Greenwich Hospital Palliative Care Unit for the first time last week.  They were really well received, and the thank you letter received stated that they "have added warmth to rooms and given dignity and care to Patients".  It is truly lovely to have feedback like that from the recipients of our quilts.

The highlight or our day though was a visit to our group by our founding member Darleen, for afternoon tea.  She spoke of the earliest days of the group, which started in 2004, and commented that several members were still coming to meetings.  We donated 5 quilts to Milton Street House to be delivered by Darleen.

And here are the quilts we completed.  As has become the norm, we have had some donated ones.  A big thank you to these generous people.

This one is the first of two quilts donated by Caring Hearts Quilters.  

This one was made and given to us by the Trinity Grammar Quilting group:

And this one by Sue, one of our Friday Quilters friends:

See you next time!

First February Meeting

Not as many quilts this week, which is unsurprising, since the previous meeting was only 2 weeks ago.  Nevertheless, our industrious members managed quite a haul.  It is always an inspiration to go to a meeting to see what everyone else has created.

First up, an awesome donation from Jan's neighbour Lyn, who has knitted 52 beanies for us! A huge thank you for that Lyn.  Beanies are always popular when we distribute them, so they will be really useful. 

Last time I posted (here), I mentioned that Evelyn has coordinated us into making wonky log cabin blocks in an attempt to reduce some of the donated stash in our cupboard.  These are then cross cut into four and resewn.  The first quilt from these blocks was brought in this week. The finished quilt looks amazing.

The group also made rainbow blocks in October from fabrics in our stash inspired by the Tula Pink City Sampler, from her book 100 Modern Quilt Blocks.   The blocks made by the group ended up in not one, but three quilts.  Love the scrappy rainbows!

Hello 2021!

Warning!  This post has a Lot of photos.

Our first meeting for the year is always an exciting event.  Everyone catching up with people they haven't seen for a couple of months and loads of gossip.  Our first meeting for this year was no exception.

A lot of quilts came in too, covering the floor of the hall in which we meet.  Quite a few were unfinished, so I will show them once they have been completed.  Here is what the floor looked like:

We have received a wonderful, and much needed donation from the Canada Bay Club. A big thank you for that, we couldn't operate without the generosity of our supporters.

We have made contact with the Greenwich Hospital Palliative Care Unit, who would be delighted to receive our quilts.  10 Lap quilts, 17 scarves, 2 shawls and 14 beanies were selected to be delivered to that unit.

We have also selected 14 single bed quilts for the Concord Palliative Care Unit to be delivered next week.

Several donations of fabric, some large enough for backings, have been donated to us and received with thanks.

Here are the quilts which arrived today: 

Three quilts from our friends at Friday Quilters.  First two are from Sue:

And this one was made by Cheryl D:

Thank you ladies!  They will be put to good use, I am sure.

And a huge pile of flannel baby wraps came in too.

There are a couple of ladies who enjoy knitting and crochet, and they constantly supply us with bundles of goodies.  Scarves and beanies are always popular with the patients in Palliative Care:

Evelyn has mobilised the troops into making wonky log cabin blocks over the break.  These will be put together into quilts.  Just look at all these lush colours!  I am really looking forward to the quilts which come from this lot.

If you have read through to here; Thank You!  And hope to see you next time.