Welcome back to Linus 2026

Our next Sunshine Linus meeting will be held on Monday, January 19.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

November News 🌞

🌞 Sunshine Linus November Meeting & Christmas Party 🎄🎅

Our final Sunshine Linus meeting for the year was highly productive. We began with our regular monthly meeting before finalising the distribution list and preparing all the items for delivery. 

In the coming week, more than 20 local hospitals, palliative care facilities, and community organisations will receive the items they have requested. Each item has been made with care by our Sunshine Linus community.

Denise was busy with the distribution list.

Our end-of-year celebration started with a shared lunch. Thank you to Bonnie and Leonie for coordinating lunch, decorating the tables, cleaning up and ensuring everything went smoothly. 🍰🥗🧁

After lunch, the fun began with Christmas games organised by Glorianne and Carole. There were plenty of smiles, a bit of friendly competition, and we were reminded that Sunshine Linus truly is a wonderful community. ✨

Thank you to everyone who contributed throughout the year. Your commitment, generosity, and skills continue to make a significant difference. 💕

Wishing you all a safe, happy, and restful holiday season.

See you in the New Year! 🎄🌟

IMPORTANT DATES:

19 January 2026:                 Our first meeting of 2026. 

23 February:                        February meeting

1 August:                              Open Day 2026

Snapshots from our November meeting.

This beautiful Christmas quilt was lovingly made by Kaye N.
 Denise won the quilt in a raffle at the  Retreat.
Now it's a treasured part of Christmas. 🎄💛

Thanks to Thelma and Claire for being our cheery front door crew. 

Val distributed lucky door prize tickets.

Lucky door prizes

Lucky Door Prize Winners

Christmas Quilt - Val

Scented Candles  - Coral

Pretty Bag  - Orrawin

Photo Frames - Sandra

Congratulations Orrawin.

Leonie has morning tea in style.

 A Christmas theme at the Sales Table.

Quilts ready to be sent out.

SHOW AND TELL

Jenny put together a fabulous quilt
with orphan blocks from the Freebie Table. 

Chris F. made a very distinguished puzzle quilt.

Kay B.  created a 'Whirly Bird ' with scraps from the Freebie Table.

Glorianne showed us how patterns can evolve in a quilt.
Can you spot the pattern?

The Crinoline Lady quilt.
A story about how this quilt was made
can be found in the notes from the Retreat.

Sharon thanked everyone
who contributed to Sunshine Linus's
success in 2025. 

Christmas Party fun!

Reminder - November Meeting 🎁

 Our final meeting of the year will be on Monday, November 24th. 

After the meeting, stay to enjoy some good company and Christmas fun. 🎅 It will be a relaxing finish to another wonderful year of creating and caring for others.

The meeting starts at 9:15am, with lunch at 11:00am. 

Please bring a small plate of finger food to share — just remember we can’t reheat food. 🍞🧀🍇

Looking forward to seeing you next Monday for our Christmas celebration!                                              🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

October News

🌞 Sunshine Linus October Meeting ☀️

It was a hot and steamy meeting this month, with temperatures outside sitting in the high 30s! Fortunately, a gentle breeze drifted through the hall, and that, along with plenty of laughter and creativity, kept everyone smiling. 🧵💛

At our second-last meeting of the year, our wonderful members were thanked for all their help, kindness, and donations throughout the year. 🙏 Your support keeps Sunshine Linus running beautifully!

Our Sales Table was once again filled with handcrafted items, delicious food, lovely plants, and a few surprises 🍰🌿 — thank you to everyone who contributes each month. Next month, the Sales Table will be the perfect spot for Christmas shopping. 🎁 🎁

And, as always, our morning tea spread was amazing, 

thanks to Bonnie, Leonie, and our many generous bakers. ☕🍪💐

The Freebie Table was winding down, cutting back in readiness for the end of the year. 🎁

There were also some cute toys for newborn babies — perfect additions to the baby packs 🎁🍼

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🧶 Show & Tell ✂️

This month’s quilts showed just how good teamwork can be. 💕 Rosalie brought along some gorgeous quilt tops from the retreat. Robyn kindly offered to bind them because binding isn’t Rosalie's favourite thing to do! What do they say?  Teamwork makes the dream work. 💖🌻

Joy's orphan squares.

Pretty fabrics make for lovely backings.

Barb's completed disappearing 9 patch.
The quilt was started at a workshop at the retreat.

Robyn's blue strip quilt.
There is a great story of how she won the strips at the retreat.
Sounds like the retreat was a lot of fun :)  

Thank you to the Mapleton Craft group
and Kay for this intricate animal quilt.

Judy B once again wowed everyone with several beautifully quilted pieces.

Judy B - strips and squares in solid blocks. 

Judy B very cleverly quilted leaves.

Panels filled with flowers.

Autumnal maple leaf pattern.

Another delicate pastel flowered quilt.

The orange, navy and grey gum colours matched perfectly.
Judy B used a darker cotton to really make this quilt pop!

A beautiful strip quilt with jigsaw fabric backing.

Jigsaw fabric.

A striking Aztec style quilt.

Another really effective disappearing 9 patch quilt.

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🎄 Looking Ahead – November Meeting 🎁

Our final meeting of the year will be on Monday, November 24th. 

After the meeting, stay to enjoy some good company and Christmas fun. 🎅 It will be a relaxing finish to another wonderful year of creating and caring for others.

The meeting starts at 9:15am, with lunch at 11:00am. 

Please bring a small plate of finger food to share — just remember we can’t reheat food. 🍞🧀🍇

See you all in November for our Christmas celebration!

IMPORTANT DATES

November 24:         Christmas meeting 🎅🎉

January  19:           Our first meeting in 2026 💖🌻

It's that time again!

Our next Sunshine Linus meeting will be held on Monday, 27th October.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!