Spring

Last week was the first meeting for September.  Most of our members were at the meeting, and consequently a huge number of quilts were on the floor.  Almost as many quilts which needed to be completed (I don't show those until they are done), as the ones photographed for this post.

Two of the organisations we give quilts to - Allowah and Dandelion Support Network have given us a shout out on their Facebook pages after our last delivery to them.  Do you do Facebook?  Do check out these two great organisations (and our page too!).

Apologies to the makers.  My photography was below standard and I have managed to chop the tops off quite a few quilts.

As usual, quite a few donations to our group from our supporters.  First two quilts are made by Robyn and Mary, who regularly give us quilts.

This one was made by Sue from Friday Quilters.

The next four were made by Toni and completed by our members.

There was a table full of sweet little baby booties, beanies for kids, flannel wraps, and a lovely scrappy shawl.

And lots more quilts.....

Thanks for visiting, and see you next time.

1st August

This meeting was a huge one!  Hope you enjoy all the gorgeous quilts which we have this time to give out to the lovely people we support.

Since our last meeting we delivered a bundle of quilts to the Concord Palliative Care Unit.  We also delivered a bundle to Greenwich Palliative Care Unit.  We hadn't donated to that group for a while and they were delighted to receive some of our quilts.  Money received from grants is used to pay for wadding, and we use an enormous amount of that.  We also need to buy backing for the quilts sometimes too.

Between the last two meetings, we received a big thank you from Allowah at Dundas.  They cater for children of all ages with severe disabilities, and we had delivered some quilts to them.  So good to be able to do something for these kids!

We have also received a grant from the Canada Bay Club.  We are very lucky to get this support from the local community.  Without it we would not be able to do what we do.

There were a lot of quilts this time from our loyal supporters.  The ladies from the Trinity Grammar Quilters have been busy.  This group sent in the first 9 quilts:

Awesome effort ladies.  Thank you!

The next two are from Friday Quilters.  The first is made by Cheryl:

And this one from Lyn:

The next 4 quilts were made by Toni:

And here are the rest of the completed quilts which came this time.

Great effort by everyone, don't you agree?

Second July Meeting

We met last week for the second July meeting, and it was a big one.  Most of our members were there, and we also had a lot of quilts donated to us.  The first thing we do is have lunch, and when its a big meeting, we have to push several tables together so that we can all fit around it.  It was a bit like herding cats last week - everyone wanted a chat. 

We delivered our first bundle of quilts to Allowah, an organisation based in Dundas supporting kids with complex needs for over 70 years.  They were kind enough to post a lovely thank you to our page on Instagram and on Facebook.  Do search for them and take a look at the wonderful work they do.  It's always good do know the quilts we make are so well received.

We had a large bundle of quilts donated to us for distribution to our outlets.  First up were quilts from the Sit and Sew group at Hobbysew.  These have been made by our regular donors Robyn and quilted by Mary:

And this one was made by Sandra:

The next three were donations from Toni:

The next three quilts were donated by ladies from the Friday Quilters.  The first two were made by Lyn, from a kit we had sent to us by Susan U from Pittsworth.  Lyn has actually made three quilts from the fabric in the kit.  he third is being quilted, and I will be able to show it to you when it is complete.

And this one was made by Cheryl.

Here are the woollens.  They will be welcome at the moment, as its mid winter and the nights have been chilly lately.

The rest of the quilts were made by our members.

That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by to support our little group.