May we share with you ... our May 2023 Gathering Day and quilt giftings.

Well here we are again ... with our May Gathering Day update as well as some lovely pictures of quilts recently gifted to Lifes Little Treasures and Kirkbrae Aged Care. 

We came together at the Hall on May 13th ... a very small Gathering but we kept busy nonetheless. 'Present and correct' and ready to stitch we had Christine, Yvonne, Sheryl, Impi, Michelle, Cheryl and yours truly. 

Firstly we had a generous gifting from longtime friend Kayleen West ... who destashed some rather swish fabric which I think will be suitable to back some fine quilts. As well as a large roll of fabric that can, I imagine, do some wonderful tote bags as part of our fundraising. Many thanks Kayleen for your kind and generous heart.

Yvonne was soon hard at work ... quilting for us .... such a willing and cheerful part of our team.

Cheryl and Christine .... Cheryl had brought in some delightfully pieced quilts for Lifes Little Treasures. She does wonderful work for the very tiniest of our quilt recipients. Below is Cheryls handiwork ... the '100' appliqued on each quilt is to recognise the first 100 days of the Little Treasure who will soon snuggle into their very own quilt. Cheryl delights in creating these fabric 'hugs' .. each one a labour of love, using personally selected pretty pieces of QFO fabrics ... all put together with care.

See https://lifeslittletreasures.org.au for information on this wonderful organisation. Such a blessing to be connected with them. 

And here we have Sheryl ... busily setting up our 'Trading Table' ... where our gifted 'destash' bits and bobs are put out for those wishing to make a small donation. Many different crafts represented, knitting needles, crochet hooks, zips (LOTS of zips) buttons and papercraft, pattern books. 

Sheryl has also been busy ... putting together some beautiful 'hexies' gifted to us a while back by the talented Jennifer Knol ... now part of a lovely top that will soon be a delightful quilt. 

More bowl cosies put together by 'moi' ... destined for our next QFO fundraising stall.

I believe we have a presence at the Waratina Lavender Farm in Wandin at the moment. See our website for details. And I have more cosies  'in the pipeline' here at home for when these have been snapped up. Best I thread my machine up now and get to work eh?

We certainly had plenty of room to move on Saturday :)

Now below we have more of Lifes Little Treasures quilts, mostly created by our Cheryl  .... and recently gifted to LLT .... such intricate putting together of small beautiful fabric pieces. Awesome work. Thank you Cheryl and other talented stitchers. These are future heirlooms for the little ones that will be snuggling into them.

Below is a delivery of 26 '100 day quilts' for Lifes Little Treasures delivered by our Christine.

And a delivery of 30 lap quilts for the residents of Kirkbrae by our Vice President Libby.

And below are the quilts gifted to 'Heavenly Trimmings' by our Libby .... I'll pop the details of this gifting underneath the picture.

Message below from Libby ... 

Hi everyone,

I dropped off 30 lap quilts today to Kirkbrae Aged Care for the female residents for Mothers Day. Photo of some of the quilts and thank you card attached.

Tomorrow, I am dropping off 25 quilts (10 cot quilts - they are a good size for wheelchair fabric hugs and 15 singles) to Heavenly Trimmings.

 

Heavenly Trimmings is a small organisation based in Melbourne - https://heavenlytrimmings.com/

It was started by parents of a child who attends the school where I was principal. They aim to bless courageous children who are battling chronic/life threatening illnesses and their siblings, (the unsung heroes!) Photo of the quilts attached.

I did nominate Noah and his siblings to choose a quilt each first - the family give and give to others, so I thought it would be wonderful for them to be blessed with a fabric hug!

Here's a thank you from Winsome - 

 

Noah, Miss A and  Isaiah are very blessed by your thoughtfulness and generosity not only for them but the courageous children who will receive these.

Thank you once again and please do let all those that have lovingly made these quits that we are so so grateful for them all.

Winsome.

 

I absolutely love getting feedback when our fabric 'hugs' have been delivered. I think it motivates us all at QFO to keep on keeping on with our efforts to provide tangible hugs to those we are blessed to serve. Thanks Libby, Christine and team for ferrying these quilts to their 'forever homes'. I know they'll be so much appreciated during the cool weather ahead.

 

And that just about winds up this months Blogpost ... it's now nearly 10.30 pm and I had better get this out into cyberspace so that I can be fresh and ready to start stitching tomorrow. Can't let the moss grow on my trusty Janome now can I?

So without further ado I shall bid you a farewell ... many blessings till next post ..

 

Susan

Contact us via our Website : www.quiltsfororphans.org 

Blogger: Susan Hamilton .....phone (03)9737 1825

email: [email protected]

Our postal address (for donations) is  P.O Box 398 Monbulk Victoria 3793

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

https://lifeslittletreasures.org.au

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