3rd May

Our last meeting was short and sweet.  With 4 people overseas and 3 away with medical issues, we were a very small band indeed!

Most of the discussion was about wadding.  A perennial issue as we go through so much of it!  So we are always on the lookout for decent, economical wadding.

Since our last meeting, we delivered 14 quilts to Life Without Barriers.  This is an organisation supporting just over 14,000 people in more than 440 communities across Australia. They support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness.

We were contacted a few weeks ago by a lovely lady in Wodonga, Victoria, in response to the article in Australian Patchwork & Quilting, who asked if we would like her to send us quilt tops.  Well three little cot quilt tops arrived!  You will see them shortly after they have been quilted and completed.  Thank you Daphne for your generous donation.  They will be well used I'm sure.

Here are the completed quilts brought in.  Enjoy.....

Evelyn

 

Dasha

 

Jan

 

And finally here are Colleen, Ann and Lesley jigsaw puzzling together a Disappearing 9 Patch top that Coleen is making.

 

 

 

First March Meeting

Our first meeting for March was actually also on the first day of March.  Evelyn kindly took the photos for me as I was unable to go.

We had a couple of extra people along today - Darlene doesn't get to many meetings these days and we also had a new member Jennifer (friend of Cheryl’s) join us.  Welcome Jennifer.

Quite a few quilts were delivered:

• 13 quilts to Ronald McDonald House
• 7 quilts to the Erskinville part of the Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre
• 12 quilts to Concord Palliative Care Unit plus scarves and shawls
• 25 beanies to the Chris O'Brien Lighthouse (Cancer treatment centre in Camperdown)
• 14 quilts to the Orange branch of Life Without Barriers (Disability Support)

Good to see so many organisations benefitting from our work.

We didn't have many quilts this week.  Not surprising since we had 2 blockbuster meetings earlier this year.

First two quilts are by Bev

 

Evelyn brought three quilts in.

 

This is Helen's crop of beanies of all sizes, a shawl, scarf and flannel wrap

 

And last but not least Robin.

 

Do you have an Instagram account?  See our Hashtag is #stitchingheartsquilters, so come and take a peek and follow us there.

 

Our next meeting is on the 15th March - the Ides of March.  According to the Web, that is the day the Romans set for settling debts, and was the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar. And I thought it was famous because of Shakespeare!