4th September

And now for something very exciting! This post is coming to you from Manchester in England.  T

hanks to some modern technology and a trusty helper, I have been able to write this post while I am half way across the world. 

There's heaps to report too:

We have a new organisation to support. 

CABL (Community Action for Better Living) is a group in Sydney’s Inner West offering integrated and complementary services to provide practical and emotional support to the disadvantaged, vulnerable and at-risk members of our community.  Please take a look at what they do by clicking the link above. The delivery we made to them was gratefully received. 

Dandelion Network now have a Drummoyne drop off location which is very convenient. 

Our Christmas lunch has been booked for 27th November 2025. Yikes! So soon.

Deliveries were made to Meals on Wheels.

We have received some much needed grants  from Canterbury Leagues Club, Burwood RSL Club, and Canada Bay Council. We are so dependent upon this support as without them we would not be able to do the work we do.

And now for what you all really wanted to see - the quilt parade.

Last but not least, some warm woollens to see someone through the end of winter.

Bye for now....

Thursday 7th August.

Our meeting last week was lovely.  Almost everyone was able to come, so a packed house on Thursday.  

Since our last meeting we made a delivery to Grace's Place.  It is a place we have only recently begun supporting and is a trauma recovery centre for children affected by homicide.  You can click on the link if you would like to know more about the organisation.

One of our members reported a conversation with a neighbour, whose daughter is a volunteer at the Concord Palliative Care Unit, where many of our quilts go.  This lady said that "the joy that the quilts bring to patients make her cry".  Isn't that lovely?  Makes all the hard work of making a quilt worthwhile when you hear something like that.

And on that note, here are the wonderful quilts that were brought in this meeting:

There was also a table full of knits and crocheted items.  Shawls, scarves, booties, beanies, a child's cardigan and a handful of flannel baby wraps.

Great work everyone!

Bye for now.  I am away for 5 weeks from next week, so it will be October before you hear from me again.

Second July Meeting

Our meeting last week provided a lovely bundle of quilts.  You actually don't see many quilts made with orange fabric, and even fewer with yellow fabrics. In this bunch of quilts there are several orange ones and two yellow.

We made a delivery to Meals on Wheels since our last meeting.  We "top them up" quite regularly so that they can provide a quilt to any of their new customers.  They are really appreciated, since many of the customers don't receive a lot of gifts, let alone a gift from a complete stranger.

A raffle quilt was also delivered to Our Lady of Assumption church for a fund raiser.  We will find out in due course the amount raised.

With no further ado, here are the quilts brought in this week:

The first three quilts were made by Robyn D.  Thank you Robyn.  She is very generous with her time.

The next two quilts were made by ladies from Friday Quilters.  The first is from Sue:

And this one is by Lyn:

Some lovely scarves and beanies:

The rest of the quilts were made by our members.  I always find the variety of designs and colours very inspiring:

See you next time.