Open Day – June 2026

💛 Highlights in Pictures 📸

🧵 Barbara's Disappearing 9-Patch Block Workshop
Members enjoyed learning this clever quilting technique, creating beautiful blocks ready for future projects ✨

🏷️ The Pricing Table
Volunteers worked hard pricing some of the many items that will be available at Open Day 💛

🎁✨ While there will be many quilts available for purchase on Open Day, there will also be plenty of surprise treasures waiting for you! 😊🛍️

🪡 Judie B’s Quilting Workshop ✨

Judie B shared a wealth of quilting knowledge, covering sewing machine care, thread selection and a variety of tools designed to make quilting easier and more enjoyable📚🪡✨

Members learned about the history of "Stitch in the Ditch" quilting and how to use a walking foot. Judie demonstrated a range of practical aids for quilting, including quilting gloves, easy-thread needles and fabric markers. 😊🧵📚

Whether a beginner or experienced quilter, everyone came away with new ideas and techniques to try. As always, Judie's enthusiasm and generosity in sharing her knowledge was inspirational. 💛😊

Great News: ✨

🧵📖 A document with details of the workshop was shared with attendees. The document will soon be available on the blog. 

Keep an eye out—you won't want to miss it! ✨💛

Quilting Aides

Morning tea was delicious🫖🍰

📸 Creativity, Friendship and Fun

A wonderful day of learning, sharing skills and preparing for Open Day on August 1.😊🧵☕ 

Activity Day - What to bring 🧵

 

🧵✨ Activity Day – Monday 15 June 2026 

🕘 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
☕ Morning tea provided

We will have three activities running simultaneously😊

1. Disappearing 9-Patch Block & Square-on-Square Block with Barbara

2. Walking Foot Machine Quilting Lessons with Judi Bellingham. Judie will do several lessons during the morning if you are busy with other groups.

3. Pricing of Sales Items for our upcoming Open Day🏷️ 

✂️ Requirements

1.  🧵 Patchwork Blocks Session with Barbara, you will need:-

For a 9 Patch Block:

• 4 × 6½-inch coloured squares
• 4 × 6½-inch plain squares
• 1 × 6½-inch contrast square for the centre

For a Square on Square Block:

• 24 × coloured 4-inch squares
• 20 × plain 4-inch squares

Please bring:

• Sewing machine (current test and tag)
• Scissors and usual sewing supplies

📏 Cutters and rulers will be provided.

2. 🪡 Walking Foot Quilting Lessons with Judie

You will need:

• A quilting "sandwich" consisting of:
  • Top fabric
  • Wadding (approximately 12" × 12")
  • Backing fabric

😊 Judi will have some practice sandwiches available and will run several lessons throughout the morning, so you can join in even if you're busy with another activity.

• A sewing machine (current test and tag)
• Walking foot

3. 🏷️ Pricing for Open Day

For pricing, bring one sample of each of your items.

💛 The pricing team will give you a price for each item and some tags for you to put on your other items.

🏡 Please take your items home after pricing and bring them back to the Sales Table on Friday 31 July, the day before Open Day.

📝 Some pricing will also take place at the June Meeting on Monday 29 June.

We look forward to seeing you there! 💛🧵☕

Activity Day Reminder: Monday 15 June 2026 🌸🧵

Come along and enjoy a friendly morning with us at the Uniting Church Hall in Nambour.

Whether you stay for a short time or the entire morning, we would love to see you.

Morning tea provided.🫖🍰

Three activities will be running simultaneously throughout the morning:

🧵 Disappearing 9-Patch and Square-on-Square Blocks with Barbara
Learn how to create these popular quilt blocks and explore different design possibilities.

🪡 Walking Foot Machine Quilting with Judie Bellingham
Judi will be running several lessons throughout the morning, allowing participants to join a session around their other activities.

🏷️ Open Day Sales Item Pricing
Help prepare for Open Day by pricing items for sale.

Please check your emails for details of any materials or equipment you may need to bring along.

May 2026

Sunshine Linus meetings are always filled with friendship, and a strong sense of community 💛🧵 This month, we welcomed new members who travelled all the way from Brisbane 😊💛  

One of the highlights of the meeting is always the bustling Sales Table 🛍️✨ filled with beautifully handmade crafts, gifts, quilts, toys, and seasonal items. The table is always well supported, and there is often something special that catches everyone’s eye.

Just some of the items available.

Plants

Produce and more ....

Another popular feature of the meeting is the much-loved Freebie Table 🧶✂️ 

Donated fabrics, wool, patterns, books and craft supplies give others the opportunity, to begin new projects or complete quilts and items for distribution 🧵💛 

Many beautiful creations begin with materials found on the Freebie Table ✨

Morning tea ☕🍰 provides a chance for everyone to relax, catch up with friends, share ideas, and admire each other’s latest projects before the important work begins.

Thank you, Ute. 

We were delighted to welcome a special guest speaker at this month’s meeting. Theo is the Chaplain at Buderim Private Hospital 😊💛

Theo

The Kanyini Bears,
ready to head out into the community.

   

Theo helps coordinate the giveaway of the beautiful Kanyini Bears knitted by Sunshine Linus for First Nations people at events including NAIDOC Week, National Reconciliation Week and Closing the Gap events 🧸✨

He shared just how popular the bears have become, especially with adolescent boys! 💛 The demand is so high that special systems have been introduced to help share the bears across the community, including set giveaway times and providing bears to teachers and community leaders for distribution. Even then, people are still lining up to receive one 😊

Theo also reminded us how important it is that the story of the Kanyini Bears goes with each bear given away 🖤💛❤️

A big thank you to The Yarners and everyone who continues to lovingly create these very special bears each month following the official pattern 🧶🧸✨

The bears are also lovingly gifted to newborn babies, helping welcome them into the world with comfort and care 👶🧸💛

Check the blog for the pattern.

SHOW AND TELL

The Show and Tell section of the meeting is always a wonderful opportunity for members to share completed items 😊🧵✨ These beautiful creations not only celebrate the hard work of our members, but also inspire others to start new projects of their own 💛

Shawls

Rugs from the ...

Yarners Group

Chris from the Touchy Feely Group modelled some of the colourful aprons and Blockenspiels used by residents in aged care facilities 😊🪗✨

 Anne prepared take-home packs for members to create their own Blockenspiels, with apron packs were also available to complete and return next month 🧵💛

Blockenspiels

Fiddle aprons are designed
to stay securely on laps.

Val with bags made by the sewing group.

In June, the blog will be highlighting the amazing Sewing Team 😊🪡💛 You may be surprised by just how many different items are created and distributed each month to local hospitals, schools  and aged care facilities 🏥✨

Claire created a beautiful story quilt for Palmview Special School 📖🧵💛 The quilt retells the story of Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan and allows children with diverse needs to engage with the story at a level that suits their individual needs 😊✨

Wombat Stew

The Sewing Team create dozens of different items each month to bring comfort, dignity and the feeling that someone cares during very difficult times 💛

Thank you!

QUILTS

     

Jenny H used a Marti Mitchell pack from the Pattern Library to create this beautiful quilt 🧵✨ The pattern has now been returned to the library, and sits along with many others, ready for members to borrow and enjoy 😊💛

The following quilts were created through a wonderful team effort, with different members contributing to the piecing, binding and quilting 🧵💛

Red and white diagonals are striking.

Three Rail Quilt

Point Quilt

Modern quilt for a child.

Made with one piece of fabric.

Creating a vibrant quilt.

Three Rail Quilt

Magic Nine Patch

Annnie 50 x 50 left over squares

Birdwing - Judie B.

Glorianne, Robyn and Chris
worked together to bring this quilt to life.

Annie'colours blend beautifully

Jenny D’s beautiful rugs. 

One is finished, and another is nearly ready to go 🧶💛✨

    

Tickets were available for the new raffle 🎟️ This month’s prizes are sure to be popular, so don’t forget to grab your tickets at next month’s meeting 😊

The new raffle
has something for everyone!

This beautiful carry-on bag was made
by one of our talented members 💛

Sunshine Linus is much more than a craft group, it is a caring community of people using their talents to provide comfort, dignity, and kindness to others 💛

See you next month! 🧵✨

IMPORTANT DATES

15 JUNE:                         Activity Day - Quilting techniques, pricing for Open Day 

29 JUNE:                         June Meeting

1 AUGUST:                     Open Day 2026

31 AUGUST:                    August Meeting