Sew and tell 31 Oct 2019

Inspired by Virginia, Cathy made this bag 

for her daughter from a much loved childhood

 t-shirt that she couldn't bear to throw out

Virginia has been making bags from op-shop clothes

She managed to make two bags from one

 large size jacket

Louise has made a set of placemats from 

scraps left over from a quilt

Lorraine's cute dressed baby doll won 

first prize at the Wingham show. 

The laces of the tiny roman sandals 

are made from bias binding

Sheryl entered this wall hanging under the

 theme of "Cattle Yards" in the Wingham show and was also awarded first prize.

Sew and tell Oct 29 2019

Erica added to and finished this donated quilt 

top ready to go to Bundaleer nursing home

Another donated quilt top finished by Erica

 for Bundaleer

Our new member Joy finished this quilt to go on

 her lounge to snuggle up with in winter

This quilt was handed over to the Wauchope Rotary 

club to go to the couple who run the Salem children's 

home in Bali that they support

Crib quilts

Erica delivered 114 crib quilts, made by members, 

to staff from Bourke Hospital who were in

 Port Macquarie for a conference.

These quilts will be shared with Brewarrina, Lightning Ridge and 

Walgett Hospitals to be given to new born babies.

Fundraising results

The raffle quilt was won by member Meryl

A big thank you to all the members who worked

 hard to organise and run the events. 

A combined effort from Pink Day (girls day in),

 Girls night in and the raffle, raised $1,252.30

 to be donated to Cancer Council Research. This takes the total raised over the years to more than $20,000.

Girls day in

Raffle tickets and lucky door prize

Lots of raffle prizes

A yummy morning tea was enjoyed by all

The tables were decorated with beautiful

 vintage embroidered table cloths

Thanks to Erica and Margaret for the loan of

 their precious table cloth collections

The raffle quilt made by club members 

Donations Oct 17 2019

Following are some of the wonderful donations we have received from so many thoughtful and generous quilters, to help replace the quilts that were stolen recently. These donations have come from local and far reaching individual quilters, quilting groups and patchwork shops and have been very gratefully received by our members.

Quilt top 1

Quilt top 2

Quilt top 3

Quilt top 4

Quilt top 5

Finished quilt 1

Finished quilt 2

Finished quilt 3

Fabric and templates

More beautiful fabrics

Fabrics and threads

Sew and tell Oct 17 2019

A crib quilt from Robyn ready to go to Bourke Hospital

Another crib quilt from Robyn

A crib quilt from Rhonda

Number 2 crib quilt from Rhonda

Marlene crocheted this doll's blanket and 

pillow for her 3 year old grand-daughter

Sew and tell Oct 10 2019

This quilt was donated to our group as a

 replacement for the stolen ones. It is to go to

 Palliative Care at the Wauchope Hospital

Another quilt donated for Palliative Care

A table runner for Maureen's Canadian 

daughter-in-law. Maureen embellished 

the leaves at a recent in-house Painting 

with Thread workshop run by Elly.

Carolyn finished another one of her UFOs. 

This one was a pattern from Spotlight many 

years ago. She is donating it to Palliative Care.

Two crib quilts from Robin, ready to  go to 

Burke Hospital

Sew and tell Oct 8 2019

A crib quilt made and donated by Erica, 

ready to go to Burke Hospital in a couple of weeks

Another crib quilt from Erica

This quilt began at a workshop with Rachael Dougherty 

at Dorigo in 2018. Rhonda finished it just in time for 

show and tell at Dorigo this year

Love Birds by Kathy Doherty was also started at Dorigo. 

Rhonda said that the finished top will probably join 

her other UFOs for a while 

Sew and tell Oct 3 2019

Bev made this interesting bag using an 

unusual smocking technique

Detail of Bev's bag