Welcome to the first Gathering Day Blog update ... and what a lovely day of stitching and sharing was had at the Hall in Hoddles Creek as we got together to refresh and enjoy the companionship of our QFO members.
Present on Saturday we had the company of Yvonne, Libby, Christine, Cheryl, Annette, Deborah, Carmen, Margaret, Sandi, Isobel, myself ... and a surprise and most welcome visit from one of our founding members Joy ... such a delight to see her again and make up for lost time with many heartfelt hugs. Apologies from our Sheryl who is presently recovering from a shoulder 'refurb' but will hopefully be well enough to rejoin us very soon. Heal well Sheryl.
A few items of interest to our readers .. grab your trusty calendars and make a note ... on Monday (tomorrow) our Libby will be hosting a gathering at the Hall of the 'Mates on Monday' group from Discovery Church in Mount Evelyn. These visitors will be having their morning tea get together at QFO 'Headquarters' to see and hear firsthand what we do with our little Ministry and see our wonderful workspace as well as the fabric 'hugs' which are created here for the benefit of those we gift them to. Do hope they'll be inspired by our story and the lives we have been blessed to serve.
Then, this coming Wednesday Libby will once again put on her QFO 'hat' and chat with the presenter of 'Choice Tunes' between 2-3 pm at Yarra Valley FM (99.1 on your radio dial). Libby will be referencing 'songs that bring back memories' for herself and just why these tunes resonate with her. Promises to be a good listen indeed.
And .... in two weeks time QFO will have a presence at the Draught Horse Festival at historic Mont De Lancey in Wandin. We will have a display of our quilts as well as craft items for sale ... and with Mothers Day not too far away (and we all know just how time flies) this will be a great opportunity for a little retail therapy for a good cause.
All funds that we raise go directly back into the purchase of supplies in order for us to be able to make more 'gifting quilts' for those in need. As we know, much fabric and supplies are gifted to us from welcome 'destashing' from our public followers .. but the batting which is the inner 'sandwich filling' of a quilt is a costly ingredient and we also find ourselves purchasing backing fabric in toning colours to 'set off' our quilts to their best advantage. Hence the need for our couple of fundraisers per year. We truly do appreciate the support from the wider community for our efforts and thank you all in advance.
And now for a few candid snaps taken on Saturday at the Hall ... to show our dedicated team of stitchers in action ...
Yvonne and Cheryl busy on the Gammill machine at the back of our workspace ..with Margaret and Sandi stitching away at our workstation set-up.
Annette busily driving the ironing board.
Our gorgeous Joy .... so very good to see her again ...
Christine .... always smiling ....
Libby doing Admin 'wotsits' on the computer ...
Followed by a little pin 'sorting' ... separating the regular pins from the quilting pins.
I kept out of mischief by creating some tea bag 'wallets' for the Mont De Lancey QFO presence in a few weeks.
These bindings aren't going to attach themselves .... right? So Christine gets down to business ....
And Sandi .... another smiling face .... who does a mammoth drive from down on the Peninsula to join us ... :)
And that, dear reader, is a wrap .... till next update .... I look forward to more sharing with you as news comes to hand. Now its getting a tad warm at the laptop ... a blistering warm day as summer finally hits Melbourne with a bit of a vengeance. So I'll hit the 'save and send' but on my trusty laptop and get this out into cyberspace with alacrity before I melt.
Many blessings,
Susan
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