5th September

Our last meeting was a big one, and despite 4 people being away (one was in Morrocco and experienced the earthquake), there were 25 completed quilts brought in, together with a bundle of flannel wraps and knitted items.

We have had grants from the City of Canada Bay Council and from Burwood RSL Club.  A big thank you to our supporters - without them we could not function.

We made a delivery to St Mary's Nursing home after the last meeting, and it was just in time for Father's Day.  They were thrilled.

The other very important bit of business discussed was the Christmas lunch.  Can't believe it is time to be preparing for that.  Can you?

A lot of the quilts today were those donated to us by our very keen assistants.  Although not members, they nevertheless spend a lot of time to support our cause with their donations.  

One of our members belongs to a group which meets at Hobbysew on a Monday for a sit and sew.  There were several quilts from that group, from Robyn, Cheryl and Ella.  These first 3 are Robyn's:

Ella:

Cheryl

Another member went to a display of quilts put on by a group called Caring Hearts Quilters, a group who are based in Penrith, a suburb of Sydney at the foot of the Blue Mountains.  They, like us, make quilts for charity.  To cut a long story short this lovely group donated one of their quilts to us.  There is a Facebook page for this group.

This one was made by Lyn H from Shepparton Quilters

Sue E from Friday Quilters, has given us 3 more quilts.

A large bundle of Flannel baby wraps have been made.  These are incredibly popular with organisations which support babies and young children.

And some beanies too.

Enjoy the rest of the quilts....

Just take a look at how many tiny pieces there are in this quilt!  I counted 64 in each block and there are 12 blocks plus the border!  What patience.

Hope you enjoyed the post for this meeting.  See you next week.