26th September continued

Greetings all,

Bev arranged for a photographer come to take photos for the Sunshine Coast Newpapers. Some of the ladies had gone home so not as many ladies could be in the photos. Kade (the photographer) took lots of photos with all the finished quilts laid all around us & the surrounding floor. Keep a watch out for the article. Thanks Bev for organising this.
 A friend of Bev's made lots of machine embroidery blocks to be made into a child's quilt.

Judie reported that every teacher in Brisbane that had a school classroom damaged during the January floods were given a quilt recently by Project Linus in Brisbane.

Ann W reported that she has received some fabrics to be used for quilts donated by two ladies.

Bev Barton has been trying for 6 years to set up a home "KATTY ROSE HOUSE" in Doonan as a Community Hospice. Judie is looking into the prospect of Sunshine Linus donating quilts for the beds and patients.

Carol mentioned a place in Nambour "LILLY HOUSE" who would be greatful to have quilts donated. Again Judie is looking into it

Ruby has donated lots of lovely wool including nice baby wool. It has been given to Ann Wells to use and distribute to anyone who is happy to do some knitting.

BIG EVENT:   Queensland Quilt Show.  19th October 2011  

Jan and Ann knitted many, many pairs of big socks for the nursing homes.




Lee made a self sashing 4 block quilt. Lee said "It is a very quick way to make a quilt top".

This is Barbs work for the month. Sorry about the side view. Could not rotate the photo.

Yvonne finished of a partly finished quilt top by adding applique, and then finished off the quilt by using the Tying method.

Jude completed some weighted blankets. A quilt with Kaffe Fasset fleece, Polar Fleece backing on the quilt and quilted it with a mix of Serpintine Quilting.

Judy made more placemats and more Sit-Upons for some Kindergartens. They are all very bright and cheery.

Judie brought along a magnificent quilt that she had made a couple of years ago. I could not start to describe the beautiful applique and other techniques done on the quilt.

It is called " TAKING LEAF OF MY MY SENSES" there are hundreds of applique leaves and a variety of blocks. Judie bought the quilt in for us to look at.

A few weeks ago I went to some Rotary and  Lions Clubs to show them some of the work that Sunshine Linus is making for the needy. At the meetings they were very interested and they all listened intently where many questions were asked. We are very greatful to say that the funds were donated to Sunshine Linus. Without any of these donations we would not be able to buy some of the needs for the quilts. Batting / wadding is very costly and many of the ladies use their own fabrics, threads, machines and time so it is only right that we need to seek funding so we can provide the middle layer of the quilt to our volunteer quilt makers.

Thank you to: Rotary Club of Maroochydore, Rotary club of Woombye/Palmwoodsand the
The Lions club of Currimundi/Kawana.We also received fund from the Maroochydore RSL  and the Maroochy North Shore Lions.Our supporter, Queensland Quilters Inc also made a generous donation.

We received a letter of thanks from  LEAC, a Lions project We donated quilts and other knitted items.

On Monday 17th October there will  conducting another extra SEWING DAY from 9.30am to
2.30 pm. We will meet at Nambour Uniting Church (with the big steeple) on the north side of Nambour on the main road.

Our next Monthly gathering will be on the last Monday in October, 31st October 2011 from 9.30am
to 2.30pm.

So, until we meet again,
Happy Quilting,  BFN  Lorraine H

ps, some extra eye candy of work done last month. I apologise for the direction of the photos. It just would not go the way I wanted.

Monday 26th September

September saw us with a few ladies not in attendance. Maybe there are some Grannies who mind their little ones who are on school holidays.
We missed Sue as her MIL was going back to NewZealand on the next day of our gathering.
Sue is such a clever little beaver and dropped off some things, a fabulous Black and white large carry all with a tissue holder, lipstick holder and a smaller purse. There is a special purpose for this set. (No not for me, but I would like it )

Carolyn brought along her grandson and granddaughter to show their first quilts that they have made. Using their own ideas and colour combinations as the starting point it did not take long to produce 2 very nice quilts. I am sure Carolyn and their mother must be very proud of their quilting skills.
Watch out in the daily newspapers for the article on how they made their quilts. Well done !!!

Judie had a few items to discuss. Judie would like to have a Christmas gathering at her place a few weeks before Christmas. More about that as the time gets closer.

The Annual General meeting will need to be held in November as we probably will not have a December meeting. At the hat meeting we will have to select a new Committee including a Blog editor.
The liability fees have been paid, thanks to Bev's husband Rowan.

Just a few more items of news

Greetings all,

At the Project Linus fundraiser at St Matthews Anglican Church, Sherwood, Ruby Houston (Brisbane co-ordinator Project Linus) was interviewed by the ABC along with the family and little boy Jake who received the 10,000 quilt recently.  Here’s a link to that interview:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-11/quilts-warm-flood-victims-hearts/2789388

And recently Judie and Ruby were attendees on a panel discussion as part of the Ideas Festival held at the State Library of Queensland.  Judie and two other charity spokespersons were interviewed in front of a live audience.  Here’s a link to that event: http://www.youtube.com/user/statelibraryqld#p/search/1/FPBJ4EZQdeM

Congratulations to all who contributed to the successful fund raiser in Brisbane for Project Linus. Approximately $4,500 was raised through entry to the quilt show, our craft table and generous donations. 

BFN til next week, Happy quilting,
Lorraine H

Gathering 27.06.2011

Greetings all,

Gee the nights have been very cold lately. The school holidays are over.

At our last gathering there were lots of oh so great items for show and tell.
Judie had lots of news to pass on to us.

We all need to learn a bit more about machine quilting. We can all do with another skill to learn. (LOL)
I know lots of the ladies in our Linus group have been quilting and for that I say a big thanks.

A lady, Bev made and donated more than 35 quilts. They are all beautiful.

There is lots of fabric coming in. Ann Stewart from our group has donated many bags of fabric,Thanks Ann.

At present there is an over abundance of Poly fabrics, which of course we tend not to use in our quilts.

We will donate these to Lifeline and I am sure they will be of use to them. 

We all agree that there is a need to have lots more kits made up. Marilyn made up lots of Feely touchy quilt kits and she and other ladies made them up which was of great help and most of them have been distributed to places of need. eg, nursing homes. The people who are suffering from dementure are enjoying the various different feeling and sounds and sometimes even brings back memories of the past when they used to use the different fabrics in the lap size quilts. Visually impaired people find them god to touch.

Some Ladies would be happy to go to Craft groups, Quilting groups etc to talk about what Sunshine Linus is and how we make quilts and donate them to the various people.

 A show and tell to go with it would be great to get public interest.

The fete that Judie's Brisbane group supports at Sherwood was on 2 weeks ago. We will be interested to Know how it was.

Sue Eagle, Thelma, Ann Wells and other ladies made many items to sell. I know Judie will be very grateful for the time and effort that goes into these things. Box bags,  a wow! tea cosy with pom poms on, baby items, scarf and beanie sets and scarves just to mention a few.

Barb has made 5 quilts using Polar fleece for the backing.

Marge made more sitting mats for a Prep class.

Bev will do a "Quilt as you go"  impromptu lesson

Leigh made several big quilts in black and gold. They were very nice.

Judy  (Maloola ) made a fabulous Pirate quilt. Some lucky little fellow will just love it.

She also made a great quilt with lots of beach houses. I love both these quilts.

Judie will try to arrange an extra day in August for us all to help in making up kits. It will help to use some of the bags of fabric. Depending on the availability of the Church hall.

Marilyn advised us of an upcoming Quilting weekends. One is September 2nd and the other one is  2nd weekend in February.  The cost is $130.00 The weekends are at the Mapleton  Baptist Retreat.

OUR BIG, BIG news is that we celebrated our 1ST BIRTHDAY with a yummy chocolate cake  Ann Wells made. It is quite amazing to know that so many quilts have been given to so many people in need.

Happy  1st Birthday Sunshine Linus.

Our next gathering will beheld on 27th July, 9.30am -2.00pm

Until then, happy quilting,  BFN  Lorraine H  Secretary.



Part 2 of 30.5.2011 gathering

Greetings again,

I omitted to give some important facts:

As of 31st May 2011 the following were donated and delivered:

25 boys and girls quilts to Foster Care (GIFT)

15 weighted blankets to Nambour Special School

15 weighted blankets to Currumbin Special School

Hats and beanies to the Premmie ward at Nambour Hospital

Thanks everyone for the great effort and time given to make these items that will help some people in need.

BFN   Lorraine H