Donations

 Hi Everyone,

Another enjoyable meeting this week. Discussion about Christmas lunch, vacuuming the floor after each meeting and of course lots of chatter.

Sandy has been busy sorting the many quilts ready for donation.

Jenny had an idea for our Christmas challenge which she is going to detail on our WhatsApp group.

Donations:

* Iris is taking 6 quilts to the Hornsby Womens' Refuge.

* Sandy is taking 8 quilts to Bear Cottage.

* Susan H is delivering 8 quilts to a Womens' refuge in a local Parish area.

Show and Tell:

Three from Iris.

Quilt using scraps from the cupboard by the Orange Group.

Pretty Flowers from Robyn S.

A Bonny Hunter design from Jenny.

Two below from Susan D.

Until next week ....

Welcome Back

 It was so nice to see everyone on Thursday. It has been such a long time!

Christmas Party:

We will hold our Christmas Party on 16 December which will also be our last meeting for the year.

I think we will have the same arrangement as last year for the tables in our regular groups. You will still be able to visit others of course. 

Robyn Jnst has taken over from June for the Christmas game. Robyn has asked that those who want to participate, should wear a decorated hat. These will be judged by everyone. I assume most will have a Christmas theme but that is not necessary. I look forward to amazing creations from you all.

Dragonfly Midwifery:

Westmead does not require any more baby quilts this year. However Westmead is happy for us to supply baby quilts to this Aboriginal group for Mums and babies in their care.

They are not strict about the cotton wadding so you will be able to use some of your other wadding pieces.

Please attach a label so we can distinguish which are for Westmead and those for Dragonfly Midwifery. A small piece of paper attached with a safety pin will suffice. Robyn and Iris delivered 15 quilts to them at the end of October.

Council has asked that we be vigilant checking for pins and needles left on the floor as well as cake!  I doubt that we are the 'cake' group but keep in mind anyway.

Thank you to Ann for vacuuming on Thursday.

AGM for 2021 will be held on 17 February 2022.

Show and Tell:

There was so much Show and Tell this week that it was impossible to keep up. Our group has been very busy over the break. Below is a sample of many. There were 22 baby quilts, Jenny had made a number of quilts for Community - all machine quilted on her new long-arm. Ten quilts were for Robyn's charity.
Ros made another 40 teddies. 

Until next week  ........

Quilting in lockdown

Iris here,    we all know that lockdown does not stop us from sewing.   

During last lockdown we had sewing challenges.  Remember Jenny's Jacob's ladder and Grace's Our house in lockdown challenge, this time Suzie has set the challenge:  6-inch pinwheels.

Rules and directions  ...  

Each block is made with 4 Flying Geese using a variety of florals and contrasting plains stitched with white or white-on-white.   (Not creams)     The picture says it better than me.

Suzie's cutting instructions are,  White - 4 x (2 x 3 1/2) inches,  Florals - 4 x (2 x 3 1/2) inches and contrasting plains - 8 x 2inch squares.      When using the flip method to make the Flying Geese, trim the extra layers.   Use the picture to make sure that the blocks have the correct rotation.

(Note - any mistakes in these instructions are most likely mine,  not Suzie's) 

Though our 'What's App' chat, many blocks are already made,  but Alison sewed for Gold with 35 blocks!  

Kerry shared this map of her daily travel journey in lockdown .....

and a friend of mine,  sent me this guide to Travel in 2021.    Enjoy

And as I'm here,  a plug for our facebook page.   Please, click below to  come and 'like' or 'follow' our new page, updated frequently with news and pictures of our activity  💝

                                                          Our Facebook Page

Stay safe, everyone.

Check out our new Facebook Page

Several months ago, hackers caused havoc with our 5-year old  Facebook page.  Despite all efforts to fix the problem,  we eventually had to make the decision to move-on and create a new page.    We would love to see our 500 friends and followers back with us.

Our new page is https://www.facebook.com/HuntersHillQuilters       

(Our previous page was called  HuntersHillQuiltersNSW,   we dropped the NSW)

Please come and join us again.     

Covid lockdown may stop our physical meetings,  but doesn't stop our creative activities

Our latest Facebook post included this picture of Ros's 36 Teddies and the story behind them  ...

Thank you,    Iris,

HuntersHillQuilters,   Facebook Administrator.

NSWQuilt Show

 Hi Everyone,

HHQ has received and accepted an invitation from QuiltNSW to host a stand at their show on Saturday July 3.

Please stop by if you are at the show that day. Tell all your friends. The hours are from 10am to 4 pm.

Kelly's Bush:

On June 17 1971, dedicated conservationists were successful in their campaign to save the area of urban bushland from incoming development.

They are having a celebration on-site on August 29 with special guests, guided walks, tree planting, an art show, stalls, food, coffee and more. 

I believe Doreen was a Friend of Kelly's Bush.

You need to register. Let me know if you would like the information.

Wagga Talk:

Grace is giving a wagga talk at the Guild on July 9. Everyone welcome. If you have a wagga that you would like to show please let me know.

Show and Tell:

Two quilts from Judy for teenage boys at Bear Cottage.

The patterns are from the book "Nine-Patch Revolution" by Jenifer Dick and Angela Walters.

A lovely quilt from Alison for her daughter. It is modified from a pattern called A Tribute to Jane Austen by Margaret Sampson-George way back in 1997.

Kaffe Fasset's blue millefiore fabric has been used for the border. 

A 'crazy' hat from Ann who attended a knitting group at the weekend. She won first prize! 

Baby quilt from Lindy in Aboriginal prints.

Baby quilt from Sheila

Community quilt from Narelle using fabric from Achieve.

Two baby quilts from Sue D. made from orphan blocks.

Two of the cutest skirts for Sue's granddaughter, both fully reversible.

Until next week ....

Kawandi quilting and nearly a kilometre of binding!

This week saw a smaller turnout due to rainy weather and Thursday was close to being the coldest June day on record.

Our scheduled Quilt Show meeting was deferred until next week due to a couple of absences.

Grace gave us a wonderful demonstration of “Kawandi” quilting. Whereas Kantha quilting tends to quilt in parallel lines with raw edges, Kawandi is a method of sewing from the outer side to the middle whilst turning over raw edges of fabric pieces which have been tucked under the existing pieces of fabric already sewn down,around the border, to the backing and wadding.

Here are some an examples:

A reminder of the retreat to be held at the Hunter Valley Hotel Academy from Friday 15 October to Sunday 17 October. Please let Narelle know if you are interested.

Carolyn brought in another 10 baby quilts for the Grace Centre at Westmead Hospital. This brings Carolyn’s total to over 300 quilts. We all expressed our amazement at the amount of binding this represented....nearly a kilometre of binding!

Until next week.

Deb T

Treats to Share

 Hi Everyone,

Narelle and Lindy arrived with bags of mandarins and avocadoes for us to share this week. We are very spoilt with goodies from members gardens. All delicious and very much appreciated.

A rainy Thursday saw numbers down this week. As it is the first meeting of the month many were working on their quilts for Community.

Grace's group put together a wagga as a tribute to Doreen. Earlier she had brought in squares of woollen material for us to put onto a bigger square using blanket stitch. Her group then put the three layers together and tied it. A busy group. The photo below is the result.

Meg's group are working on a new project which looked very pretty.

There was much discussion in Alison's group putting hexagons together.! Robyn Jms saved the day! I look forward to the finished product.

Workshop next week:

Grace has kindly offered to do a workshop to show us Kawandi stitching which uses a running stitch in a circular fashion and works from the outside in.

We will do a place mat size. So bring along thread and scissors.

A longer needle is preferable to go through the three layers. A long embroidery needle is ideal. Bring scraps of fabric, no smaller than 2" or 2 1/2" strips or larger size squares of fabric, wadding, and pearl thread.

We will kick off at 11 am. Should be fun.

Craft Show at Homebush.

You can purchase tickets to the show online. It will be in the Dome at the Showground - no stairs and on the level.

There will be parking or go by train or bus. Looking forward to it.

Retreat:

We almost have 20 going to our retreat in October. See Narelle if you would like to go.

Show and Tell:

I really slipped up this week: Forgot to photograph Lindy's baby quilt ( will include next week) and I took a photo of the back of Doreen's quilt to show the stitching in process. Then forgot to photograph the front. What a nit wit I am. 

 All will be rectified next week! I do apologise.

Until next week ....