November Meeting and AGM

Today's proceedings started out with the very important business of conducting our AGM, with the key executive positions remaining unchanged.  We did however elect a new management committee and the following are our new management committee members for 2014: B. Moore, T. Lingard, S. Hanson, J. Stewart, M. Doblo, J. Kerr, K. Nightingale, N. McCulloch and L. Newell. Congratulations Ladies.


Crocheted Baby Jackets

 
Aren't these gorgeous?  These little matinee jackets are crochet, and they keep their shape so well.  If we can get the pattern I'll post it on this blog.  Keep your eyes out in "Free Patterns" on the right of your screen.

Cuddly crocheted rugs

We received a large amount of knitted and crochet articles, including these lovely knee rugs.  We simply can't keep up with the demand for these knee rugs that we deliver to many of the nursing homes on the coast. 



As you are no doubt aware, we receive all manner of fabrics from very generous sewers and quilters on the Sunshine Coast, who are pleased to see that their donations are going to good use. 

Claire who is a pretty terrific sewer, hasn't heard the rule about not using 100% cotton fabrics for quilts. 

This quilt you see to the right is made completely of knit material (suitable for t.shirts) and backed with a piece of polar fleece.

The quilt sits very straight, there is absolutely no signs of stretching and it's so soft and cuddly.  Claire has certainly given us food for thought. 

We do spend a great deal on batting for these quilts, but perhaps some polar fleece might work also?









Our resident "super knitter" Joan, again bought a huge box full of knitted toys, and they are really beautifully made and stuffed. 

We decided that this time these little darlings will be given to the organisation that we support, Gift for Kids in Care (foster children) and they will be given to the children as part of their Christmas Appeal





These delightful little sets are made by Lyn, one of our new members for children in need.  Lyn crochets the little vests and purchases t.shirts and little skirts to match the vests. 

They are really very pretty and beautifully made. Lyn puts a great deal of thought into these little sets and it's a pleasure to be able to distribute them to little people who will really feel special wearing them.




Here we have a lovely boys quilt with fabulous stars.  We are still needing 10 big boy quilts for Caboolture Special School, so if you've got one on the go, perhaps you can finish it in time for delivery on the 20th January 2014.

Thanks also to Kay Nightingale for coming to the urgent call for a "girlie coloured" large quilt for a particular friend of Sunshine Linus who has recently undergone a double mastectomy.  Here's Kay and Michelle with the quilt.

NEXT GATHERING JANUARY 2013
Because the next gathering coincides with the Australia Day Public Holiday, we have changed the gathering day to Monday 20th January (one week before the scheduled day).  This will help those who travel up or down the major highway to avoid the inevitable traffic snarls.  Thanks for your understanding.

October Gathering

We had an early start this morning to another day of feverish activity.

We've had a lot of new members come to join us since our Open Day and the room was buzzing!

 

Masses of "product" was brought in to be sorted and distributed.  Here is just a small selection of it.

 

Cuddly toys, knitted and sewn.

 

Claire turned a panel into a "World of Quilting"

 

A sweet baby quilt

 

Knitted and crocheted rugs

 

A lovely scrappy "Ocean Waves" quilt

 

This selection of quilts is going to bring some cheer to a family that's battling through a difficult patch.

 

Our next meeting is on 25th November and will be our AGM, so please attend if you can, and then on December 9th we'll be having our Christmas Party (can you believe it's that time of year already!).

 



IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!
 
Thought you might like to share in an email we received from Sue Eagle who was the first Treasurer of Sunshine Linus.  Sue has recently become a grandmother to twin girls.  We make lots of lots of items for preemie babies, and distribute the items all over the Sunshine Coast.  We sometimes hear from someone who knows someone who knows someone that has benefited from our hard work, but we couldn't be more thrilled to receive this email!  It sure is a wonderful feeling to see our work come full circle.
 
Here's her email and photographs.

 Harriet & Georgia Leigh

Hi Judie,
Wanted to let you and the other ladies know that my new twin grand baby girls are getting the benefit of the items Linus make. They where born a week ago and are in the special care unit in Nambour hospital, born 6 weeks early.










Was nice to see the items you make. Never thought my family or I would benefit but you just never know. Thanks to you all for your hard work.

Have attached a few photos for you.  Georgia Leigh is doing really well. Harriett is fine but just needs reminding to breathe.  My daughter Catherine is doing a great job as a new mum.
Thanks again
Love Sue

 

 

September Meeting

It was all hands on deck on Monday morning.

A lot of new folk joined us, after our exceptionally spectacular Open Day (no bias here!); and all of the quilts and other goodies that had been held over for showing at the event had to be sorted for distribution, but we also had some very special visitors.

Claire has been liaising with the Endeavour Foundation, after reading in the local paper that two houses have been built in Pelican Waters for eight Endeavour Foundation clients and two staff members.  The residents will move in by mid-October and Claire thought donating colourful bed quilts would be another great way for Sunshine Linus to contribute to our community. Go, Claire!

So the soon-to-be new residents came to visit to collect their quilts and have morning tea with us.

It's starting to get busy in here!

 

Claire (right) presenting the first of the quilts

Another resident happy with her gift

 

Adele, the lucky winner of our raffle quilt, also came today.  Adele loves her new quilt (and her cat has also given his seal of approval!)

Nikki (left), who helped in the making of the quilt, and Adele.

 

After all the excitement it was back to work.

Jill and Judy are sorting the quilts for distribution. There is a lot more to go yet, girls!

 

As always we had plenty of show and tell

 

Nikki made this gorgeous scrappy purple lovely

Claire used furnishing fabrics for this one

 

Maggie made this sweet little girls number

 

And Bev did this scrappy log cabin

 

The distribution list for this month is long.  You can see it here.

 

See you all again on October 28th....

 

And the winners are..........

The quilt was won by Adele Davis of Bli Bli.

The woven rug was won by S Adams from Coolum Beach.

And the clown was won by Win Philp, one of our Sunshine Linus members.

Congratulations to those three lucky people.