2nd July

Two of our members attended a function at Rotary Club of Concord earlier in the week and were presented with a donation from the club.  Thank you Rotary!  It will be used to purchase much needed wadding.  We go through an amazing amount of wadding and it is the most expensive component of our quilts.

A Lovely collection of quilts came in today.  The first two are to be donated to Drummoyne Public School to be raffled.  Top one is the "girls" quilt, the next one the "boys" quilt.

Next are two identical quilts made by Lyn from Friday Quilters:

And a full table of woolies

I was intrigued by the design of this quilt.  I have been staring at the photo for ages, and still can't make out the pattern.  It's very clever.

 

Winter

Last week was the official start of Winter here in the Southern Hemisphere.  It always astounds me how quickly the weather changes with the start of a new season.  The week before last we had beautiful sunny weather and quite warm, and last week it was still sunny, but decidedly chilly.  Our woolies will be very gratefully received I should think.

You might remember me mentioning that we donated a quilt to a Biggest Morning Tea event.  It was very well received, and they advised us that together with other items, they raised $14,000 for the Cancer Council. 

We have a little Piggy that we use to pop in spare cash each meeting.  The proceeds go to a charity a couple of times a year.  We decided to donate collected funds to Street Side Medics who provide a mobile medical service to homeless.

A delivery was made to We Care Connect, which they were delighted to receive.

We had a lovely email from the wife of a man who passed away in the Concord hospital Palliative Care unit in September 2021 and had been a recipient of one of our quilts.  She treasures the quilt given to him so much that it has prompted her to take up quilting!

Meals on Wheels will be having a thank you morning tea shortly, invitation to come soon.

There were 19 quilts brought in this week, and 11 woollen items.

The table with the woollen items included a super cute Mrs Kangaroo, complete with a baby in her pouch.  Isn't she gorgeous?

And a jumper for a child

This quilt was donated by Cheryl from Friday Quilters

I love this!  I am not sure who made it, but she must have bags and bags of black and white scraps as there have been at least 3 quilts like this already.  I might have to hunt out my black and white fabrics 😄

That's it for today.  'Til next time....

16 April

The meeting on the 16th was our second meeting for April.  We had an almost full house, which is always rather fun.  With everyone there, we always have lots of chatter and laughter.  Hard to concentrate on the business though :)

We had some lovely quilts brought in.

First up is one made by Lyn from Friday Quilters:

Here is the table of knitted and crocheted items:

And the quilts.....