Mid August

Sadly folks, I have managed to corrupt 5 photos and they are not retrievable.  I have tried several different ways to recover the mess, but unfortunately have not been able to do that.  So this week's post is 5 quilts short.

Moving on, we had a full house for our last meeting.  It was a bit squashy at the table for lunch, but it was really good to see everyone.  

We made a delivery to Concord Palliative Care - always hugely appreciated.

We have prepared a parcel of knitted goods for both St Mary's Villa and for the Wayside Chapel.  

Quite a few donated items have been received - some completed, some needed quilting by our members.  

First up were 2 from the Wattlegrove Quilters.  The gorgeous appliqued quilted made by this group is one of the photos which were corrupted.  Here is the other, made by Susan,

Elizabeth VDH made the next three quilts.

Raelene, our friend from Friday Quilters sent us these three quilts:

A neighbour of one of our members has donated 7 little knitted cardigans.  These will definitely be useful to keep someone warm.

There were also a number of beanies, and scarves brought in, but that photo is another of the corrupted ones :(

Just take a look at Mr Fox.  Isn't he divine?  One of our members has found a book with lots of animals in it, so she is promising us a few more of these.  

Here are the rest of the quilts:

Bye for now, and thanks for stopping by to support us.

3rd August

Once again there was a huge variety of completed quilts brought in, with several donations from our lovely generous friends.

One of our members gets together with a "Sit and Sew" group at Hobbysew.  These lovely ladies all made blocks to put together in this first quilt.  It was quilted by Mary.

The next two quilts were made by Elizabeth VDH.

Our friend Sue from Friday Quilters made this one:

Anne from the Trinity Grammar group made this:

You'd be forgiven for thinking I had doubled up on the photos.  I certainly had to look twice, but it really is two quilts, not one!

This next one is a flannel quilt.  It is so soft and warm to the touch.

The technique used to make this next quilt is called "Stack & Whack".  You layer 8 pieces of the same fabric, making sure that the patter repeat is perfectly aligned, then cut the wedges for the block.  It is a fabulous way to use a large scale print.

And lastly, some baby bootees, flannel wraps and some wooly beanies.

An industrious bunch this week weren't they?

Mid Winter

Despite the fact that there were a lot of quilts brought in last week, not a lot of them had actually been completed, so next meeting there should be heaps.  

We made a delivery to St Mary's Villa recently.  They were one of the first recipients of quilts from us and are always so grateful when we make a delivery.  They advised us that they had raffled 2 quilts we had given them previously.

We have also received 7 quilt tops from Shepparton Quilters.  They all need to be quilted so you will see them come in over the next few weeks.

Barbara McC donated 4 lovely double sized quilts to us through Friday Quilters.  These are to be delivered to We Care Connect next week along with some children's quilts we have in stock:

Raelene C, also a friend from Friday Quilters has donated several quilts.  Here are the first two:

Are you wondering who the Friday Quilters and the Monday Sewing Group are?  Well two of our members live on the NSW Central Coast, and belong to a social sewing group called Friday Quilters.  That is also why Stitching Hearts sometimes donate to organisations on the Central Coast.  The Monday Sewing Group is also a social group started by a couple of Stitching Hearts members and meets in Burwood each week.  Both of these groups have donated many, many quilts to us, and have made our job of helping the disadvantaged members of our society heaps easier.

The next 3 quilts were donated to us by Jan C.

And this next one was donated by Elizabeth VDH.  My apologies Elizabeth, if you are reading this, but I suspect that there were several quilts which were like this one displayed last meeting.  They did not have a name tag on them, so I did not acknowledge you as the maker.

These woolens will keep someone cozy

Bye for now.  Thanks for visiting.