Monday 26th August

It was ‘all hands back on deck’ at this month’s meeting despite it being just over a week since the Sunshine Linus Open Day.

A big thank you to the Nambour Uniting Church for allowing Sunshine Linus to use the church and hall for the occasion. Daphne shared a sweet story about the Sunday morning after the event when the congregation arrived for their morning service to find the pews covered in quilts. More than $400 worth of quilts were sold that morning!

Lots of really important organisational tasks take place behind the scenes at Sunshine Linus and one such task is sorting and maintaining the storage room. Bonnie and Leonie do a wonderful job keeping everything tagged and ready to be brought up to the hall for distribution each month.

 Kaye assists Leonie in the storage room this month while Bonnie is in hospital.

Another ‘behind-the-scenes’ person is Sue. Every month she takes time to set up and arrange all the items that are donated to the ‘Freebie Table’. Thank you Sue for doing this very necessary job.

Orrawin was first to show what she has been making during ‘Show and Tell’. As usual she had found some four patch blocks on the ‘Freebie Table’ and managed to add to these and arrange them into a delightful scrappy quilt. The back was just as impressive with a ‘Split 9 Patch’ design called ‘Raising the Barn’.

Another of Orrawin’s quilts included an intricate arrangement of half square triangles. This quilt was called ‘Lady of the Lake’.

Orrawin’s third quilt was made up of what she called ‘ugly blocks’ that didn’t look ugly after they had been arranged together! She said she just keeps adding blocks until they all fit together to make a quilt!

Some time ago Kaye was given a bag of hundreds of hexagons. The ladies down at Redland Bay helped out by sewing them into this stunning quilt top!

Kaye wanted to express her appreciation for all the work everyone did for Open Day this year so she decided to make this bright and happy quilt called ‘Heartfelt Thanks’.

Claire showed a ‘Freebie’ quilt that someone else had already made. She only had to sandwich the layers together and then used it to make this charming version of the story ‘There Were Five in the Bed’. Of course all the ‘little ones’ roll over! This quilt is to be donated to Nambour Special School.

The ‘Sensory Team’ showed three aprons. The first two were suitable for a man, they had a whole bunch of hardware items attached.

The third apron would suit a child, it had a variety of ‘play’ items attached. The ‘Sensory Team’ have put out a request for more aprons to be made and donated.

The ‘Sewing Team’ had a whole bunch of these cuties sitting on their table ready to be tagged and placed into activity bags.

The ‘Baby Team’ showed this set of beautiful baby jackets crocheted by Carole who was visiting from New Zealand.

Marion also showed a Christmas quilt, and this quaint ‘peanut pillow’ made by Elaine for premature babies.

Thelma showed a gorgeous baby jacket that had been knitted in one piece. It had been made by Margaret.

Susan showed an adult sized ‘Hug Me Tight’ wrap. They are perfect for patients during a hospital stay.

Kaye thanked everyone for their efforts leading up to and on Open Day. Over $10 000 was raised during the event!

Susan, thanked Kaye and everyone for the success of Open Day including the gentlemen who came to assist setting up and packing up. Susan said the feedback from visitors about the wonderful atmosphere on the day was heart-warming!

Our guest speaker this month was Michelle from Queensland Hospital and Health System. Michelle oversees the volunteers who distribute items donated by Sunshine Linus. These items are donated to hospitals all over the Sunshine Coast.

Some Reminders:

• Activity Day is Monday 16^th September. We will be sorting quilts for the ‘Santa’s Classy Helpers’ in Noosa, and also filling toilet bags and activity bags.
• Kaye and a group of members will be attending the ‘Fair Day Out’ at Eumundi on October 21^st.
• Check the ‘Wish lists’ and ‘What’s in Storage’ tabs before making items for Sunshine Linus.