It was ‘all hands on deck’ for Sunshine Linus first meeting
for the year. Two cheery faces, Jan and Marion were at the door prepped to
greet everyone. They signed everyone up for this year’s membership and gifted a
‘scissor zinger’ (keeper) to all the attendees.
Susan trialed starting ‘Show and Tell’ a little later in
the morning to give everyone the opportunity to make those very important
social connections with one other and of course give those wonderful ladies on
the distribution table time to do their job.
First off the ranks this month was Lyn with a checked quilt
suitable for a man. She was excited about finding the backing fabric at a
Lifeline store for $1 a metre! She stitched matching checked rectangles on the backing fabric to ingeniously hide the Ghana mining company emblems.
Among her other creations were a stunning sampler quilt she
had put together from donated blocks - the backing was made from new a doona
cover again purchased from Lifeline,
.....and a colourful and cute circus themed quilt.
Lyn also showed a number of delightful, scrappy quilts which
Dee had quilted.
Kaye has also been extremely busy during the Christmas break
creating an abundance of quilted and stitched items. She added lace and machine
quilting to embellish the embroidered blocks on this quilt.
Her cross-hatching frames the beautiful appliques on these
needle-turned blocks.
This gorgeous Christmas banner will be for sale on Open Day.
Among Kaye’s other creations were a quirky hand embroidered
12 patch quilt, a bright, cat-themed quilt, an eye-catching, diamond patterned quilt
(pattern and technique to be share at a later date), a Japanese themed quilt
and a funky, scrappy, houses quilt!
Maureen made two cute, cot-sized, rag quilts.
Bridget showed two delightful scrappy quilts. We can
appreciate the time it takes to fit and sew all those small pieces of fabric
together!
Beanie showed a funky knitted rug she had pieced together
from donated squares.
Last year Claire sent out a request for a number of banners
to be made for Nambour Special School to assist in reinforcing positive
attitudes and school rules. Kaye made time to make the ‘Confidence’ banner.
Claire made the ‘Be respectful’ banner which includes
letters that can be removed and replaced and a superb counting banner again with
removable numbers and pictures. She has an alphabet banner in progress. Good
luck with those 26 letters and pictures Claire!
Claire continues to trial her designs of the weighted toys
she makes for the Acute and Restorative Care Unit at Nambour Hospital. This month
we were introduced to two charming hounds.
She has also been experimenting with a weighted dragon toy pattern
and today we met Darlene and George! They are to be sold at Open Day.
For those of you who love all things Blockenspeil related, Jenny
showed a colourful ‘Amish star puzzle ball’ she crocheted. The pattern can be
found at this link: http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/crafts/yarn/crochet/free-crochet-patterns/star-ball-crochet-amish-puzzle-ball-pattern/
Neil shared the sad news of Auntie’s passing in December.
Auntie was a respected and loved member of the Sunshine Coast Reconciliation Group and
an avid supporter of Sunshine Linus.
At the end of ‘Show and Tell’ Susan discussed in length some
of the changes Sunshine Linus will be implementing in the future. Below are
some of the changes you will notice at the February meeting which will be
trialed for 3 months.
SETTING UP
GROUPS
1. As you
come in there will be information on the LINUS noticeboard regarding where
items can be dropped and groups you might like to join.
2. There
will be areas set up with one of the Linus committee team allocated to explain
the process. These areas will be Quilts; Sensory; Aged Care (incorporating
knitted and crochet items); Hospital;
Community; Baby; Special Orders
3. Please
select a group/s which you would like to join. You do not have to commit to one
specific group.
4. At 9:30
Susan will ask you to join a group if you have not already done so and the
facilitator will explain how we hope this process will work.
STORAGE
There had
been some discussion regarding moving the storage into cupboards located on the
stage area. After much discussion with Leonie and Bonnie we have decided to
keep the storage in the current location and purchase garden trolleys to help
with movement of items. Our aim of course is to reduce items in storage over
2019. These trolleys will also be placed at the entrance to the hall and you
are encouraged you to use them to move your goods from your car to hall and
visa versa .
ELECTION OF
COMMITTEE
At the next
meeting you will be asked to nominate for committee positions in 2019. Please
check the blog for position descriptions. All positions will be vacant so
everyone is encouraged to consider taking on a position.
OPEN DAY
August is
rushing back to meet us. Kaye will want to meet with the Open Day Group at the next
meeting. Please start thinking about and making items for the sales table.
