This month's meeting was the second last for the year with fifty members stopping in at various stages of the morning to drop off items for donation. It was also great to welcome two visiting speakers.
Leonie and Claire were kept busy checking names off on the attendance roll as the ladies arrived.
It has been a productive month again with members making and donating an amazing range of sewn and knitted/crocheted items, both for sale and donation. Elaine had the sales table looking 'ship-shape'.
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| Elaine's sweet carry bag on the sales table |
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| Two cute library bags made by Margaret up for sale! |
Marilyn had been given a cloth doll to dress. She showed the lovely outfit she had sewn for it and the improvements she had made to the doll's face.
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| Judith and the doll |
Kaye showed the 60 bags she had sewn for Blue Care's Grevilia Garden's at Gympie. They are to be donated to the residents of the Aged Care Facility in response to the flooding they experienced last year. They are color coded for each residential block and fit over the top of the resident's wheelie walkers. The idea is that if they have to be evacuated in a hurry, personal items can be placed in them for a quick exit from the building!
Jenny H showed a clever bag she had made using a cross-stitched panel found on the 'freebie table'.
As they say, 'you are never too old'! These friendly little dolls were made and donated by a 95-year-young friend of Sunshine Linus!
Judith H had also knitted clothing for these cuties using a 1 and 2 ply yarn!
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Jan accepts the dolls from Judith on
behalf of the 'baby group'. |
As usual the distribution tables were filled with beautiful hand-made items.
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| A range of tactile books |
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| Teddies galore! |
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| Koalas in a bag! |
And lots and lots of bags of all shapes and sizes for all purposes!
Lots of quilts were donated this month. Orrawyn was back with her amazing scrap and strip quilts, complete with carry bags.
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| This quilt was called 'Almost a Lone Star' |
Lyn sewed these two lovely scrap quilts, an Irish Chain and Log Cabin.
Yvonne had made another of her intricate and colorful row quilts.
Dorothy arrived with two fun, themed quilts.
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| The Four Seasons |
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| The surfie quilt |
Jill had two colorful quilts to show including her second 'Oh My Stars Quilt' and a strip quilt made from 10" squares found on the 'freebie table'.
Anne showed a lovely geometric quilt and another she had pieced from blocks found on the 'freebie table'.
Judie B showed a quilt she had made using two quilts sewn together and another pretty quilt made from a panel.
Judie also shared a lovely story about a quilt she had made for her dad. She also gave a quick account of to how to make a log cabin quilt!
A big thank you to Carolyn Lamb from Warwick who donated 30 gorgeous children's quilts!
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A selection of the quilts from Warwick
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| And one more gorgeous quilt! |
Linda showed one of the incredible 'sensory books'. Each page was filled with interesting gadgets to explore! Even the last page had a marble maze stitched inside.
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| Marble maze page |
Barbara showed that she can create items other than quilts with this colorful, knitted rug.
Morning tea is always a treat, and this month was no exception! As well as the regular goodies 'Turtle Care' had a cheesecake delivered to the hall as a thank you for the items, Claire had made them last month.
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Lyn and Daphne take a much-needed break
from all that fabric sorting! |
Our two visitors this month included Mark from St Vincent's Care and Kerry from Wishlist, SCUH.
Mark works in the emergency relief and long and short-term housing sections of St Vincents in Nambour. He shared his appreciation for the hours spent making the many hand-made items they receive from Sunshine Linus, especially quilts. He said the Sunshine Linus items are the stand-out items and the first to be selected by the people in their care.
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| Kaye welcomes Mark |
Kerry thanked Sunshine Linus members for all of their lovely work which is distributed between four hospitals on the Sunshine Coast including, Gympie, Nambour, Maleny and SHUH. She shared the comfort that many of the items bring to the patients in their care.
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| Kerry from Wishlist |
The raffle was drawn this month and the following members were the lucky winners:
Denise won the quilt, Jan won the sheep, Chris N the bag and Dawn the crochet rug. Congratulations ladies!
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| Claire and Jan draw the raffle |
Reminders for this month:
- All positions on the Committee will become vacant next March at the AGM so please consider stepping in to fill one of these roles! If Sunshine Linus is to remain operating these positions must be filled!
- The last meeting for the year will be earlier this month on 21st November. It will include a shared Christmas lunch after the Distributon. Please bring 'finger food' to share remembering to provide your own eski for storage if necessary.
- Open Day has tentatively been scheduled for Saturday August 5th, 2023. Please start making items for the sales table and store these at home until the date.
- There are still places available for the retreat Nov 28th -Dec 1st. Contact Claire asap if you are interested.
Hope to see you on the 21st November!
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