17th October

Here we are almost at the end of the year.  People are putting up Halloween decorations everywhere.  Do you celebrate Halloween?

At our meeting last week many were away, but there was still a huge crop of lovely quilts.  26 of them to be precise and a bundle of crocheted items too.  But before I show them to you I wanted to share with you the lovely Thank You we received from the Meals on Wheels ladies.  We took a bundle of quilts to them to distribute amongst their clients, and they put the following up on their Facebook page:

We also donated a quilt to the Rotary Club of Concord to be used as a raffle quilt to raise funds for the Parkinson's Disease Centre at Concord Hospital.  The event is actually a Fashion Parade to be held in just a few days time.

Another quilt was given as a raffle quilt to a local kindergarten for their fund raiser too.

And now to the main event - the quilts!  Several donations were received this week.  Firstly 3 quilts from Heather D:

And a couple from the ladies in the Hobbysew Group:

And here are the rest....

Thanks for visiting.

3rd October

A number of people away this meeting, but we still managed a good crop of quilts, and a lot of chatter.

We delivered a bundle of quilts to Greenwich Hospital Palliative Care unit.  We hadn't donated any there for quite a while, and they were delighted to receive the quilts.

A lovely email was tabled.  It was from a lady whose father had been the recipient of a quilt from us while in Concord Hospital.  It is such a joy to receive a thank you like that - it makes our efforts worthwhile.

One of our members attended a Presentation Day at the Canada Bay Club at which our group were presented with a very welcome cheque.  We are grateful for the support we get from such organisations.  Without the grants, we would not be able to function.

Helen D has donated a bundle of quilts - they need to be completed, so you will see them in coming weeks.

The ladies at the Hobbysew Group have donated a number of quilts.  Thank you ladies!

This next one was a donation from Toni

And this one was made by Cheryl from Friday Quilters

The rest were made by our members.  Aren't they a talented bunch?

That's it for today.  See you next time.

September

Here we are almost at the next meeting of Stitching Hearts, and I am at last posting about the previous meeting.  Still, late is better than never, or so I tell myself.  Currently having the house painted, and the place is in chaos.  Thankfully only the exterior, but nevertheless, the mess is incredible.

We made two deliveries since the last report.  Grace's Place is doing the most amazing work with support for children who are affected by homicide.  So sad that there is actually a need for that.  Click here to read more about this work.

There was also a delivery of quilts and other items to We Care Connect.   Both organisations are such worthy causes.

We were invited to a Morning Tea of Volunteers put on by Meals on Wheels.  Three of our members attended that, and were each presented with flowers.

We discussed the arrangements for our Christmas party.  Can't believe we are at this time of the year already!  Anyway, our party will be on the 21st November, and that will also be our last day for this year.  So only 3 more meetings!

These were a donation from Toni.  The quilts were quilted by our members:

Next up is a little quilt donated by Cheryl from Friday Quilters.

And this is a donation from Wattle Grove Quilters.  Some lovely intricate work in that.

That's it for today.  See you soon,