October 19th

I was not able to go to this meeting, so Lesley stepped in and took notes and photos for me.  Thanks Lesley - top job!

A few bits of business covered today -

Bev took a quilt to Concord Hospital for fund raising and we will donate 3 quilts for the Senior Citizens' Club Christmas lunch.

This year our little group has given out 7 raffle quilts and 209 quilt donations to various organisations.

Here are today's quilts:

Bev made the first 4 quilts.

 

 

The next two quilts were made by Ann and quilted by Evelyn.

 

 

These three were made by Evelyn.

Made by Dasha, quilted by Jill

 

Made by Dasha, quilted by Bev

 

Helen made up a couple of flannel wraps for children.

 

And knitted a selection of beanies and scarves (complete with a photo bombing foot, LOL).

First Meeting for October

The first of our meetings in October was on the 5th.  We had a good roll up and lots of lovely quilts were brought in.

During the afternoon, Dale from Drummoyne Rotary Club dropped in for a visit  The club requires 3 quilts for up coming raffles, so we had a lovely time with Dale sorting through our nicest quilts for her. 

So without any further ado, here are the quilts:

The first two were made by Bev.  The first was a donated top, which Bev quilted.

This stunning panel was quilted by Evelyn.

 

Robin's effort:

 

Did you miss the cute novelties?  Here is a close up....

 

Robin also brought in a completed top donated by her friend Kaye G from Quilt NSW.  So generous of Kaye.

 

 

The next one is from Dasha.  It was a donation of the pieced centre, so it needed borders and to be quilted.

 

 

And here is another of Robin's quilts

 

Helen brought in a crocheted throw, several beanies and a scarf.

Next up was Cheryl with this cute baby panel....

 

And a quilt with the centre panel featuring horses.

 

Here is a close up of the centre.  Won't it be great for someone who loves riding?

 

That's all for today.

More September News

Our second meeting for the month of September was held on the 21st September. 

News this week is that Cheryl and Bev took 10 children's quilts, 18 laps, 10 single quilts and 4 scarves & 3 beanies to the Domestic Violence unit in Burwood.  What they can't use in that centre gets diverted to country centres and other places where required.

Jill took 10 children's quilts and 10 beanies to Ronald MacDonald House, and a raffle quilt to Concord Hospital which is raising money for their Aged Care unit.

Lots of lovely quilts came in today for me to share with you.

This first one is Bev's:

 

Not sure who made this, but it was quilted by Bev:

 

Bev also made this one from some gorgeous Japanese fabrics. 

 

 

 

Cheryl quilted this one:

 

Evelyn made this one:

 

 

And she quilted this one made by Coleen.

 

 

This is an interesting panel - click on the photo to enlarge it a bit.  The fabric was dyed, then the design printed on top.  Cheryl quilted it.

 
 
 

 

Cheryl also made this one.

 

Ann made this one:

 

And Jill made the next three:

 

Helen made up these little flannel wraps

 

And these beanies and scarf.

Well done ladies!

Spring

In Australia the 1st of September is officially the first day of Spring.  Well the first Thursday, our meeting day, was actually the seventh, but for me that is close enough.

We had another busy day.  We conduct our business while we have lunch.  Today we decided that we would send 10 children's quilts, 18 lap quilts and 10 singles to the Burwood Women's and Girls Emergency Centre.  Our new member Helen, has been churning out knitted and crocheted hats and scarves.  These will go to the Burwood Centre too.

We planned our Christmas lunch (very important business!!).  Robin has been kind enough to offer to host again.  It will be on 30th November, and will be our last meeting for the year.

Next came the Show and Tell for this meeting.

Made by Dasha, quilted by Cheryl.  This fabric was donated by Jill some time ago, and this quilt is the fourth made from that fabric!  Thank you Jill for the generous donation.

 

Next up were two quilts quilted by Evelyn; not sure who made the first one...

 

This one was made by Ann.

 

Bev was super busy this week.  She made these next 3 quilts from donated fabrics.

 

Some fun doggy novelty fabrics in there - I remember them coming in as a donation last month. 

 

Bev also quilted this one made by Dasha

 

And this one made by Maria

 

And this is our new member Helen, modelling a hat and scarf she has made.  She has also made up 4 little kids wraps.

Jill and Ann selected 10 quilts for Ronald McDonald House.  Four people pinned quilts, keeping Evelyn busy cutting backs and wadding to supply them, and four were sewing the labels on the completed tops.

Never enough time on meeting days!