Thursday, 15 June 2023
15th June
Thursday, 8 June 2023
8th June
Hi Everyone,
Thanks to Grace for her motivation and encouragement as we continue to develop our Raffle Quilt today. It is really coming together and stimulates conversations among our members as they cut, stitch and add completed work to the design wall.
Thursday, 1 June 2023
1st June
Hi Everyone,
Our Community Day saw the start of our raffle quilt with cutting boards, rotary cutters and irons ready to start after our designer and coordinator Kathy gave us the rundown and plan for the day. We set up 5 work stations piecing triangles into squares, wedge rulers were used to create 7” circles, making straight fabric bend for branches and cutting leaves, flowers for appliqué work.
Thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly, we achieved a great deal today and look forward to continuing it all again next week.
The Raffle Quilt begins |
Thursday, 25 May 2023
25th May
Hi Everyone,
Another day at quilting saw the Blue group’s finished collaboration of a quilt for Community and also 12 baby quilts were completed. Our members are always busy on quilting projects which makes my Thursday a day of joy seeing the progression of work in the room.
Hunters Hill Quilters was thanked for the baby quilts that were handed out to new Mums on Mother’s Day on the Little Wonder RPA Instagram account. One new family wrote a response of thanks for the beautiful gift and how it made a new Mum feel super special.
Some more investigation is being done before we finalise and announce the Charity for our 2024 show.
Heather delivered the 3 Community quilts and 1 from Marie K to Blue & Yellow Hearts.
Thursday, 18 May 2023
18th May
Hi Everyone,
Today our group donated several quilts to the Hornsby & Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter for their organisation to raise funds. This is a new concept in our partnership with HKWS, but we know that the quilts are appreciated and will bring great joy to the families who purchase them. We look forward to hearing how the funds are used to benefit women and families who seek refuge.
💙💛Blue & Yellow Hearts💙💛 are experiencing a high demand for quilts as the weather cools and we are fortunate to have a health supply of community quilts and were able to donate some this week.
Raffle Quilts for our 2024 show were decided today. Grace spoke to us about the planning of the raffle quilt and whether we would make one or two quilts for the show. Members were encouraged to discuss the making of quilts, Traditional or Modern. The outcome of the vote was to make two raffle quilts one of each type. Kathy has a concept design for the Traditional quilt and spoke about fabrics we could use and how we could make it flow to our ideas for the Modern quilt. At our next Community Day 1st June we will have purchased the fabrics so we can setup work stations for cutting, sewing etc. We will be under the watchful eye of Kathy and her quality control team.
Christie made a family of giraffes on a Baby quilt
👉Next week 25th May
Thursday, 11 May 2023
11th May
Thursday, 4 May 2023
Community Day
Hi Everyone,
A busy day today with members working on Community quilts. One quilt was in the process of working out colour combinations on the design wall, another having it’s label being sewn. Patience was being exercised with the piecing work of hexagons and at the end of the hall a table covered with a Wagga. I am always amazed at the variety and creativity of our members Community quilts.
Happy Birthday to our members who celebrate their Birthday in May. 🎂
Retreat Weekend 27th - 29th October We are looking at Kurri Kurri TAFE for our retreat this year and have a tentative booking but what we require is to know if you are interested in attending. I have placed the retreat list on the table today for members to register your interest. We need a minimum number of 20 people to move forward with our booking. Narelle has the accommodation prices however they are based on 20 people attending so please consider coming and write your name on the list ASAP.
Quilt Show 2024 Last week I reported we had our first Show Committee Meeting - a copy of the minutes is on the table for you to read. Kathy has offered her expertise to design our Raffle quilt for the show. Today Kathy spoke to us about her ideas on the design and choice of fabrics. To help prepare us on the technique required for the raffle quilt Kathy will hold a workshop on Appliqué next week at quilting.
If you wish to participate bring with you some background fabric approx 8” , 5 or 6 different coloured fabrics for sewing a stem, leaf and flower, glue stick, mini iron and woollen ironing mat if you have them.
Show & Tell
Baby quilt completed by Christie