Well here I am again after a brief holiday break spent in the Blue Mountains … where I might add it was even colder and certainly more windy than Hoddles Creek. Is that even possible? I can assure you it was …. I froze. Absolutely chilled to the bone. Brrrrr 💨❄️🌬 But I digress …..
We only had a very small gathering braving the weather on the 11th … Annette, Christine, Yvonne, Cheryl, Impi, Joanne and yours truly. But we managed to keep busy nonetheless … with quilt binding etc to ward off the chills.
Our Hall is presently unheated as we await the arrival of the necessary folk to update our gas connection, so warm hats and mittens were the order of the day as we warded off the chill.
Cheryl, together with her husband, dropped by to collect a swag of quilts to take to the Market Stall where she will spread the QFO message and indulge in some fundraising on our behalf. Thanks Cheryl … we hope the weather was kind to you and we appreciate your efforts on our behalf.
Meanwhile Annette and Yvonne were thrilled to be able to announce that the Monbulk branch of the Bendigo Bank had awarded us a cheque to the value of $480 from their community ‘Token of Appreciation’ scheme. Many grateful thanks to them for their kindness … this is a welcome boost to our finances and will be well used to help create more of our fabric ‘hugs’.
Here we have Annette … showing a quilt that she commenced in the 1980s … and finally recently completed. All ready to be quilted. So folks, don’t despair over your UFOs … there is always time to finish them (as long as you can remember where they were stashed awaiting completion 😂)
And speaking of quilting … here is Yvonne, hard at work, quilting away whilst chatting to Cheryl.
Joanne dropped in to catch up with us … longtime followers might recall that Joanne and husband Kim kindly allowed us use of their space to operate from before this Hall became available. She is also a valuable member of our QFO stitchers.
And final picture … we have a dedicated little group of hand stitchers gathered for a short coffee break … nothing more welcome on a cold day than a warm mug of coffee ☕️ to wrap your frozen hands around 👍😉
And that wraps up this Blogpost and I now fully intend to get back to finishing off the hand stitching on the ‘homework’ quilts I have sitting awaiting the final touches before we next gather.
So stay warm, stay well and I look forward to sharing with you again after our next get together on July 9th at the Hall.
Many blessings,
Susan
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And .... we are www.quiltsfororphans.org
On 'social media' aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/
Check out the following Links:
http://kayleenwest.com.au .... for Art with a positive spirit
http://mellyandme.typepad.com .... creative clothing etc for children
http://mrsmartinsquiltshop.typepad.com/ ...whose customer blessed us with awesome fabric
We have also stitched for the following Childrens Homes ....
http://www.butterflych.org/.... for news about the Butterfly Palliative Care hospice in China
And their very own Blog ... which is beautifully written and contains inspirational stories on the children in their care. See the Link below:
http://butterflyhospice.blogspot.com.au/
http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d6a59784e7a45314d6a673d0d0a&sb=1
www.freetobekids.org/- .... the rescue organisation that frees children from slavery and exploitation
www.hopefosterhome.com ... the babies we are creating crib quilts for in China ...
www.zoehopeproject.blogspot.com .... giving hope to children in Zambia.
http://english.chinaconcern.org/ ... more children in China that we have stitched for ...
http://www.lolachildrensfund.org/ .... in Ethiopia
http://www.fikelela.org.za/orphan.asp .... the Fikelala AIDS Project in Capetown
http://mifanmama.com/Shining_Star_2.html the Home for vision impaired children in Shanghai
http://www.austchamshanghai.com/about-us/csr/mifan-mama.aspx
www.jewelsofhope.org ... the project we stitch for in Lesotho Southern Africa
http://www.thebabesproject.com.au/
http://elishacare.blogspot.com.au/
http://rangescc.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/elisha-care/
The Matombo Village Project vimeo.com/217129149
www.ujamaachildren.com5
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