Quilts For Orphans

October ... and we were 'rocking it' in prepping for the upcoming FOQ next month.

Well folks .. here we are again, frantically stitch, stitch, stitching as we prepare for next months Festival of Quilts which will take place at Mont De Lancey in Wandin in November. I'll re-upload our flyer further on in this Blogpost in order to refresh your memory as to the dates and the order of 'Events' we will be offering.

We all presented at The Shed for what will most likely be the last time, as we have ....  *insert drum roll here* a new 'Home' on the horizon ... but more about that later.  In the interim I'll do the Roll Call and let you know that on Saturday we had Yvonne, Val, Christine, Cheryl, Win, Sandy, Jenny, Emily, Sheryl, Deborah, Julianne, Alice, Stephanie, Alison, Mel, Pauline, Libby, Rose, myself and we also welcomed a new stitcher in Jennie ... welcome, welcome, welcome :)

But ... before I upload Saturdays pictures, a belated apology for not acknowledging in photos the wonderful donation of stitched bits which we received in August .. from the generous heart of the extremely gifted Jennifer Knol. Jennifer has blessed us over the years with her handiwork and this time around we received some lovely UFOs and other items to be incorporated into our fundraising and gifting bits and pieces.

Many, many thanks Jennifer .. we are always humbled by your bountiful blessings to QFO. 

And now onto more fabric 'blessings' received by us, some of which will be both gifted into our 'giving quilts' and some used as part of our fundraising for batting as we proceed throughout the year to come. 

First, from Christines friend Caroline ... these lovely fabric blocks .. I particularly liked the many eyed 'Alien' peeking out from the edge of one of the piecings :) I look forward to seeing these incorporated into a quilt for a child we will bless with a QFO fabric 'hug'.

 

Next .. a box of wonderful vintage looking flour bags, reminiscent of the bags used during the Great Depression which were repurposed into quilts and clothing so many years ago. These came from a contact Deborah made at the Kallista Market.

But wait ... there's more :) Correct me if I'm wrong (as can happen) but I think I attributed these stitcheries below to the 'Monday Girls at the Monbulk Hub'.

And below ..  from the ladies at the Boronia Church of Christ .. a wonderful donation of quilts and fabric ... bless your kind hearts and clever needles.

Definitely a 'Full House' on Saturday ... standing room only ;)

Aaaand ... threads for us .. from the Knox U3A folk via our Alison .... many thanks .. threads are always welcome :)

And via our very own Val .. two generous donations ... from her daughters work colleagues Mum, and also a donation from her daughters mother in law which also included a nicely pieced quilt top in lemon and grey (a colour combo that always looks good I think)

Many thanks for your generous hearts ladies .. regular gifts such as yours enable us to continue creating and blessing those in need of a fabric 'hug' with our quilts. 

And from long time supporter on the Apple Isle .. Carmen .. these lovely childrens quilt tops. These are just fantastic Carmen :)

Now a bit of 'Show and Tell' as we showcase our on-site stitchers work :) Firstly from Christine. This lovely green and stripey block combination. Love it :)

From Cheryl .. one of our more recent members ... these five tops .. and a completed quilt. Cheryl claims to be a relative 'newbie' quilter .. but the piecing skills in her tops suggest otherwise .. aren't they lovely?

And from our very newest member ... Jennie ... these four lovely quilt tops. Great fabric choices too, these are wonderful Jennie :)

And from our Pauline ... these three cute childrens quilt tops ... 

And that wraps up our donations and Show and Tell pics .. and now on to our news report.

I am beyond pleased to advise that, just as our donations come in .. that we will be passing on our quilted 'hugs' very soon. We have been able to partner with an organisation called Mukti who have been in existence for many, many years and we are thrilled to be able to say that we will be gifting them in the vicinity of 40 quilts very soon. Twenty quilts will be heading to Sri Lanka and a further 20 will be sent to India. This pleases us all greatly. We will also be connecting with an orphanage in Sierra Leone and they will be also blessed with quilts from us. How incredibly good is that? I look forward very much to hopefully being able to share with you some pictures of these quilts when they reach their destination :)

In the interim I will share the Link to Mukti so that you can see for yourselves the awesome work that they do for those in need across the globe.

https://mukti.org.au/

I have also been advised that Julie Adamson, the talented lady from the Victorian Quilters who will be opening our Festival of Quilts as well as hosting a Trunk Show .. will be taking away with her a number of our quilts to present to the Very Snuggly Quilts group at the Royal Childrens Hospital. https://www.victorianquilters.org/

I can also advise that as well as the Trunk Show that Julie is doing at our FOQ .. that Karen Martin from Miss Martins Quilts will also be hosting a Trunk Show. So you will all be totally spoilt for choice as far as entertainment is concerned at our Event :)

Please direct any queries to our Website, rather than to Annette as indicated on the Flyer .. as she is still in recovery mode following recent surgery and will be fully focussed on her health for the interim.

And FINALLY .... the news that I promised at the very start of this Blog .. after a couple of years in the 'wilderness' .. I am beyond chuffed to announce that QFO will soon have a new HOME!!

Yes .. you read that correctly ... after much effort from our Committee we have managed to secure a five year (so far) leased accommodation in Hoddles Creek and with a modicum of luck we will be all set up for our February sewing day in 2020. We look forward to again being able to host our Quilt Fairs on 'home ground' as well as our monthly 'themed' and always popular lunches that were always such a pleasurable part of our monthly quilting days at The Barn ... are you excited? I am!!

We have been most appreciative of the loan of Joanne and husband Kyms 'mancave' at The Shed .. it was an absolute godsend to us .. but we can now give Kym back his space and allow him full use of the workspace that he so very generously allowed us to use after Gaynor and Reg relocated. So here are what will most likely be the last pics taken of our gathering at The Shed ... and I look forward to sharing what we think we will probably call 'The Hall' when we are all set up for 2020 :)

And folks ... that just about wraps this Blogpost up .. other than to say make sure that you have popped the dates for our Festival of Quilts into your calendars and make a plan to attend one or more of the offerings that we have organised for your enjoyment. 

Till next Blogpost,

Many blessings, and please keep our President Annette in your prayers as she regains her health ...

Susan

Contact us via our Website : www.quiltsforphans.org 

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

email: shamilton@aanet.com.au

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

And .... we are www.quiltsforphans.org 

On 'social media'  aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/

Check out the following Links:

http://www.facebook.com/Chelseaonesock .... for delightful retro fabric childrens clothing. Chelsea has blessed us with her destashing of fabric.

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.com

September 2019 Gathering Day report ... courtesy of Jenny :)

                    
        

Firstly a very BIG Thank You to Jenny Stokes for compiling this 'record' of the September
Gathering Day as I was caught up in the aftermath of my fathers passing the previous week
Her report and pictures follow. 

Another great Gathering Day at The Shed – sewing, cutting, talking and eating!

As well as our regular Gathering Day activities, we had the first Annual General
Meeting for Quilts for Orphans at 11 am. QFO became an ‘incorporated association’
earlier this year and we had an ‘Inaugural Meeting’ back in March.

At the AGM we had the President’s Report, Treasurer’s Report and Financial
Statements, and the election of office bearers and Committee. Kim Lester, our host
at The Shed, conducted the elections. As a result, the Committee is Annette Stone
(President), Deb Woodward (Vice-President), Jenny Stokes (Secretary), Mel Brown
(Treasurer). Isobel Groves, Sheryl Beams and Christine Sellar are also on the
Committee.

Before the AGM, Jenny read a Statement from Annette, saying her life had ‘taken a
detour’. Annette has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Annette has since
had surgery and is having ongoing treatment. We prayed for Annette at this difficult
time. Annette said this week that she’d like to remind everyone to have their
regular Breastscreen examinations!

We’re working hard on getting all the Challenge Quilts ready for the Festival of
Quilts in November. When quilt tops come in, we register them, find backings and
bindings to suit and send them home with Yvonne to quilt. They then get trimmed, the
binding is sewn on by machine and then hand sewn in place with a label. It all takes
lots of time.

At the Gathering Day, we had lots of quilt tops come in as well as some completed
quilts. Nellie dropped by with several bags of finished quilts, quilt tops and
fabric, Christmas items for sale and a crocheted rug!

Isobel, Sinling and Jenny took notes and photos of all the quilts, quilt tops and
fabric that has been donated this month, since Susan wasn’t at the Gathering Day. We
realised what a great job Susan does, taking photos, recording info and writing up
her blog posts! Thank you, Susan!

Just a brief selection of photos first. Then we’ve put photos of more than 50 into a
‘Slide presentation’ so you can scroll through them easily! 

Enjoying morning tea – Yvonne, Pauline, Win, Isobel, Cheryl, Mel and Christine.



Nellie and Pauline
 

One of our new members, Cheryl, has been really busy, making some finished cot
quilts and single bed tops. Cheryl took home some fabric last month – a feature
fabric and matching fabrics – and made 3 single quilt tops from them!

 
Butterflies, with aqua sashing and red cornerstones.

A package from J Howard contained a number of great quilt tops! This one was a
striking modern design with yellow black and white slashes.
 

Nellie visited during the afternoon, bringing bags of completed quilts, quilt tops
and Christmas items for sale, made by her sewing group. Nellie also brought a lovely
crocheted rug, which she suggested be sold at the Festival of Quilts to raise
funds.
 Nellie’s group made this lovely lady birds single quilt.
 

Carol, Christine’s friend, made some striking geometric quilt tops.




PRESENTATION:

In the following Presentation there are photos of the Day and more than 50 quilts,
quilt tops and gifts that came in! 

And, as an aside from Susan .. If the Link below doesn't immediately lead you to the pics .. 
just paste it into your internet browser and with a bit of luck and some crossed fingers and
 toes .. you should be 'good to go' as the saying goes ;)

OK ... an update. The Link didn't work .. I deleted it (so don't tear your hair out searching for it,
 it was incomplete)...so I'm going to handball its application to Mel The Magnificent who 'drives' our
 all singing/alldancing website. Hopefully she will be able to get it to activate where yours
 truly couldn't.

And now I'm off .. to do another Blogpost on our upcoming QFO/FOQ ... :)

Many blessings,

Susan  

 

Contact us via our Website : www.quiltsforphans.org 

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

email: shamilton@aanet.com.au

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

And .... we are www.quiltsforphans.org 

On 'social media'  aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/

Check out the following Links:

http://www.facebook.com/Chelseaonesock .... for delightful retro fabric childrens clothing. Chelsea has blessed us with her destashing of fabric.

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.com

 

But wait ... there's more ... news on our upcoming QFO FOQ :)

Extremely pleased to announce that we will have accomplished quilter Julie Adamson opening our upcoming Festival of Quilts at Mont De Lancey in November. She will also be hosting a Trunk Show which is sure to be incredibly popular with those attending the Festival :)

Julie has been teaching hand quilting and needle turn applique for over ten years.  She is an accredited teacher of specialist techniques, a quilt appraiser, has judged at state level and is a committee member of Victorian Quilters. 

Julie is a popular guest speaker who shares her quilts, tips and techniques in a fun way.

Julie has been exhibiting her quilts since 2006 and her awards are many and varied.

Julie will present a trunk show of her quilts: from her first to her most recent, sharing tips and tricks to fine tune applique and hand quilting.  Many of these tips are relevant to machine work as well.

Julie will also be happy to interact with questions and answers about techniques, exhibiting and appraisal of quilts.

Makers Marathon July 2019 at the Wandin CWA

Apologies for the lateness in posting this .. can only say that 'life got in the way of blogging'.

Without further ado or fanfare I now present the photos of the Makers Marathon which took place on Friday July 26th at the Wandin CWA. A combined effort which looks to have been most productive and more than a little bit creative. Enjoy :)

Looks like a jolly good time was had by all ... and thanks Deb for the sharing of the good old USB stick and pics of the day :)

Many blessings,

Susan

Aaaand it's August already .... and a VERY wet one it was too ;)

                                

And here we are again ... with all the news that's fit to commit to our Blog .. from the August 'gathering day' at The Shed. 

We welcomed a new stitcher this month and it was lovely to meet Cheryl .. she joined in with Christine, Rose, Mel, Sheryl, Sandi, Denise, Win, Val, Pauline, Yvonne, Jenny, Annette, Alison, Libby, Julie, Isobel, Emily and yours truly :) So it was pretty much full house and, considering the abominable weather we were experiencing, most heartwarming to see such a great attendance of intrepid quilters.

Firstly I will showcase the wonderful donations that arrived both in our mailbox and delivered by hand. And to get the ball rolling we were most appreciative of this gifting of 'destashed fabrics' from our very own Julie. These will most certainly reappear in quilts very soon :)

Next we unpacked and admired 4 beautiful quilt tops created by Jenny Pickering from Badgers Creek .. thank you so very much Jenny .. these are just delightful and will please the recipient who will enjoy the warmth of your gifted fabric 'hug'.

Next, from our newbie member Cheryl ... who is self taught and very talented .. these four beautiful quilt tops. Apparently Cheryl has discovered a great Youtube tutorial site .. 'The Midnight Quilter' and clearly is a very good student as these are just delightful.

And here is the Link (hope it works) to the Youtube tutorials. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLjp-yIkiW1qAM-OX4StCCg?reload=9

Next .. from Doreen .. who you may recall visited us a couple of months ago and shared her folder of amazing quilts she has created .. this lovely fairy themed top which she has kindly gifted to us ...

And from our Christine this beautiful quilt top. All those seams meeting beautifully. How DOES she do it? ;)

Pauline has been busy too .. with a distinct theme of Cars :) Two were identical ... so I 'saved' digital 'film' by only snapping one ;)

Then it was MY turn. Yes, you read correctly ... I got off Facebook and onto my trusty Janome (even had a long overdue service for the poor thing .. and threw these offerings together. Please be kind ;)

And finally .. a series of images .. showing young Emma who is 8 and 3/4 and has created her first quilt. Afterwards and with the overseeing of our Jenny, Emma was 'walked' thru the process of getting it almost to quilting stage. Here are the pictures .. and she is indeed a very fast learner too :)

Emma on the right .. with younger sister Grace on the left ...

Then it was time for refreshments :)

Annette sharing some of the efforts at our recent Makers Marathon ...

Jenny showing our newest stitcher Cheryl 'the ropes' ... 

All the busy, busy stitchers ....

Kym ... who has very kindly allowed the QFO folk to use his 'mancave' since we became orphans when The Barn was no longer available ... he's a gem :)

Libby and Rose collecting some 'homework' stitching to tide them over till next we meet :)

And this  ^ .... simply because I loved the clever piecing on it.

And that makes it just about a 'wrap' as the saying goes. Other than these little memos that popped into my emails late last week. Grab your calendar and 'save the dates' .. as the saying goes :)

 

And before I close .. another reminder of our very own FOQ for QFO ,, in November. Are you entering a quilt top into our Challenge? Rev up your trusty sewing machine and get creative. Cut off is approaching next month :)

And that, dear Reader .... IS a wrap for this Blogpost. Hope you enjoyed. And now to our 'regularly scheduled' postscripts where we give you all the Links and 'stuff' and tidy up all the loose ends. 

Till next Blogpost, 

Blessings,

Susan

 

CEO Co-ordinator: Annette Stone  .... phone 0407 648 618 

email: silauran@netspace.net.au

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

email: shamilton@aanet.com.au

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

And .... we are www.quiltsforphans.org 

On 'social media'  aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/

Check out the following Links:

http://www.facebook.com/Chelseaonesock .... for delightful retro fabric childrens clothing. Chelsea has blessed us with her destashing of fabric.

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.com

 

July sewing day at The Shed .... wet weather did not 'stop play' ;)

Well here we go again ... latest Blogpost for your enjoyment. Grab a cuppa and a comfy seat, crank the heating up because its chilly, chilly, chilly outside :)

Now before I get into the 'body' of the Blog .. a quick 'Heads Up' for an Event this coming Friday that may appeal to those in the immediate area. See below for details of the Hohidiai Choir Tour as it visits the Lilydale area as part of its time in this country. Suggest you contact the Lilydale Baptist Church for any details that I may have missed. 

 

This Professionally trained choir are touring Australia from 30th July – 6th August. Energetic, Talented & Uplifting.
Come and listen to their English and Indonesian songs, Traditional dances and Inspirational Testimonies.

They will be performing at Lilydale Baptist Church (Hull Road Lilydale) on Friday 19th July, at 9.30am
Morning tea to follow (Women’s Event)

Also there will be an Evening Session on the 19th July at 7pm – Cuppa to follow – All Welcome.

And .. for an Event of a less musical, but equally enjoyable 'Theme' ... we offer this 'heads up' for you. Grab your calendars and flick forward to September folks:)

And a bit earlier ... our very own Makers Marathon on Friday week in Wandin :) Save the date ...

But wait ... there's more!! And sooner too .... starting this week ... all the tea cosies you could wish to see!! And raising money for an extremely worthwhile cause .. :) At the Warratina Lavender Farm in Wandin Yallock. 

Now to our Blog .. with all the news of our sewing day at The Shed on Saturday July 13th. It was an incredibly damp day but our spirits weren't impacted and we stitched away to our hearts content. What better place to be when its pouring outdoors .. than inside with a quilt on your lap, stitching bindings and chatting eh?

Present on Saturday we had Yvonne. Win. Pauline, Deborah, Sandi, Jenny, Alice, Annette, Sinling, Mel, Sheryl, Rose, Libby, Christine, Emily and yours truly :)

Offsite supporters had been busy and we were blessed with donations for our little ministry. Firstly some beautiful knitted items and fabric pieces from Janet Hill ... many thanks Janet for your generous heart and lovely handiwork. These items are just gorgeous :) Janet also gifted us four delightful quilt tops .. clever lady :)

Love your quilt tops Janet, and so will the children that will be wrapped in them before too much longer :)

We were also blessed by Kirsty who has gifted us recently with a lovely quilt top and now follows up with three tubs of brilliant fabric for US to get creative with. Many thanks Kirsty ... we so very much appreciate your kindness,

So much scrumptious fabric in these tubs ... look out for them in future QFO quilt tops Kirsty :)

And as blessings come in, we get feedback on blessings that have gone out ... recently we gifted a quilt to the founders of COM (Christian Outreach Ministry) Keith and Helen Greenwood on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary.

Longtime followers of QFO and this Blog will recall that COM was the Ministry that 'kickstarted' our own QFO Ministry over a decade ago when we initially created quilts for their Childrens Homes in India.  Keith and Helen have had the very biggest hearts for those in need in that country for decades and it was a pleasure to be able to acknowledge this personal milestone in their lives.

May they have many more years of shared happiness together whilst bringing light into the lives of others.

And from the Belgrave South Primary School. Acknowledgment of a  QFO gifted quilt for their recent fundraising Event :)

And now on to our 'Show and Tell' part of this Blog. Always a delight to share with you the many talents of our members. First 'cab off the rank', so to speak .. is Sandi who cleverly crafted the following three tops.

Next we have Christines 'Challenge' Quilt top entry ... something to hopefully stir the competitive creators out there who might just like to give her a run for her money in the 'creating stakes' for our upcoming Festival of Quilts in November. Nice needle turn applique Christine ;)

And now for some happy snaps of our intrepid Saturday stitchers who braved the inclement weather to fill The Shed with joyful chatter and camaraderie ...

Rose and Alice in the handstitching corner ...

Annette and Jenny .. discussing the Challenge Quilt competition ...

Sheryl showing her 'hands free' technique for attaching bindings ;)

Libby and Sinling .. hard at work but still managing a smile :)

Deborah .. working on a project for our partnering with the Prison Network Ministry.

Win, Emily, Yvonne & yours truly at the machining table, Pauline in the background also busy as could be.

And that just about wraps up this months Blogpost .. other than to share again the Flyer for our November Festival of Quilts and suggest that you consider entering our 'Challenge Quilt' competition and also participate in our 'Makers Marathon' .. all at the beautiful Mont De Lancey in Wandin. 

Many blessings till next Blogpost,

 

Susan 

 

CEO Co-ordinator: Annette Stone  .... phone 0407 648 618 

email: silauran@netspace.net.au

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

email: shamilton@aanet.com.au

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

And .... we are www.quiltsforphans.org 

On 'social media'  aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/

Check out the following Links:

http://www.facebook.com/Chelseaonesock .... for delightful retro fabric childrens clothing. Chelsea has blessed us with her destashing of fabric.

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.com

The Lyrebird Quilters High Tea pics :)

 

Well ... we put together a table .. and took photos on the day ... and this is the result. Looks like a magnificent turnout and a High Tea to die for :) Enjoy!!! 

 

More news as and when it comes to hand. In the interim .. enjoy looking at these pictures of some pretty amazing handiwork.

Blessings,

 

Susan

And all of a sudden it's June .... and we gather to sew for QFO :)

Our May 'Gathering Day' ... and all the news and photos of the day :)

Well ... we gathered again at The Shed on Saturday May 11th and it was the busiest of days, with my camera working overtime, capturing all the wonderful quilt tops that had arrived in the post from our offsite stitchers, as well as some that were delivered to us when we were at the April CWA event just two weeks ago. 

Present on the day, to help admire, fold and organise the incoming tops for our 'production line' were Isobel, Val. Deborah, Annette, Win, Sheryl, Libby, Julianne, Yvonne, Sinling, Julie, Christine and yours truly. A slightly smaller attendance, but as Mothers Day was the next day .. and it was rather chilly ... I'm not surprised that some of our ladies were no doubt kept busy planning for the weekend.

Pauline had been rather busy and sent in a large bagful of tops she had been working on ..  some smaller cot/lap size and some single bed size tops ...

Next .. from Kay Freyne .. who used to stitch onsite for us in the Barn, before she 'seachanged' several years ago. Delighted that you have blessed us again with your inimitable 'signature' piecing style Kay ... and thank you so very much for your awesome handiwork :)

We then opened a wonderful parcel of quilt tops from Nellie Sutherland .. who is part of the Made with Love quilting group. This incredibly generous group of quilters have previously blessed us many times with their handiwork .. and Saturday was no exception.

And from Jo in Monbulk ... a wonderful donation of fabric ... awesome and thank you so very much. We do appreciate your kindness and this fabric will be put to very good use :)

And .... see that wheely crate behind the fabric ... can you imagine what we use it for? Well the next picture explains it all .. we have almost gone 'full production line' at QFO and have implemented strategies to streamline our processing of our fabric 'hugs'. And this bin is part of it ...

Well this 'bin' is where the quilts awaiting the hand finishing of bindings live .. and as you can see we had plenty to keep the hand stitchers busy on Saturday ;)

Next we showcase three UFOs that our Yvonne had custom quilted for us .. she does a magnificent job and the appliqued one was particularly challenging. Came up a treat eh?

Then we heard from our own Julie who told us of a project in Timor that has connections with the Goulburn Council. There is a 10 bed hospital in Timor that we are planning to gift 20 quilts to. Julies friend Maggie provided us with photographs which I am sharing here. 

 

And ... a couple of public service announcements ... with a quilt flavour ;)

And for the benefit of those wishing to be off-site long distance contributors to our quilt ministry .. here are the sizes we work with :)

Lunch break for our busy stitchers .. here we have Libby, Sinling and Julianne ...

And the rest of Saturdays gathering ... 

And that just about winds up this months Blogpost. Apologies for the delay in getting it out into cyberspace .. have been multitasking with upcoming church bookfair ... not enough hours in my day ;)

Cheers all and I'll now get this into cyberspace before it gets any dustier ;) Our regular Blogpost ending is below with all our contact details and those of our supporters and quilt recipients,

Blessings,

Susan

CEO Co-ordinator: Annette Stone  .... phone 0407 648 618 

email: silauran@netspace.net.au

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

email: shamilton@aanet.com.au

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

And .... we are www.quiltsforphans.org 

On 'social media'  aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/

Check out the following Links:

http://www.facebook.com/Chelseaonesock .... for delightful retro fabric childrens clothing. Chelsea has blessed us with her destashing of fabric.

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.com

Our CWA Event of April 27th .... an overview ... with pictures :)

Well here I am again .. to share with you the news and images of our recent collaboration with
the good folk of the Wannallock and Wandin CWA who ever so kindly hosted our recent fundraising
and outreaching Event ... I will now pass over to our leader, Annette, who filed this report after the April
27th QFO 'Ein Plein Air' Quilt display in Wandin. Pictures will be 'peppered' through her report for
your enjoyment. Above is a copy of the article in our recent local paper ... giving us some much appreciated
publicity for the event. 

And we had certainly been busy in the lead up to this day .... stitch, stitch, stitching away. Creating many and
varied items to offer as part of our fundraising efforts. 

 

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And now for a word from Annette ...

What a great day we had ladies. Thank you to all the volunteers who fetched, carried, made,displayed, sold,
welcomed and chatted in the weeks, days and on the day of the exhibition at CWA Wandin. A delightful venue
and a pleasant day .... if on the chilly side, but no rain.Still a good turn up. 



Many connections were made, an opportunity to gift 20 quilts to the Queen Elizabeth Project with Monbulk 
CWA being the contact to that work. Below we have Ineke (right) delivering our quilts to the Queen Elizabeth 
Centre.

 

 

We also had visit from Carol and her friend Ros, our Timor Leste contact, as well as a couple of stash 
donations .... pictures below. from locals attending the event. Thank you so very much to these generous hearts.

 

We also were given leads to a works in Kenya and Cambodia  to follow up, and interest in our Gathering days.
 


The CWA ladies hosted the afternoon tea. The event had a distinctive French feel as the following pictures
show. Tres elegant don't you think?








And we also had a rack of knitted goods, gifted from one of their members Pauline,  for us to sell. Thanks
so very much Pauline.




Karina Noblett, Group President CWA , who opened our Festival of Quilts last year, visited and spent quite
a lot of time chatting with both CWA and QFO people. She is keen to enter a quilt in this years upcoming 
Festival of Quilts  exhibition at Mont De Lancey in November.

The workmanship of the quilts was much admired and the display looked amazing along the fence line.

 



 

Thank you all again for being cheerful and energetic coworkers . A very successful day in so many ways.
I trust you have been able to rest and be refreshed today.

Annette 

CEO Co-ordinator: Annette Stone  .... phone 0407 648 618 

email: silauran@netspace.net.au

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

email: shamilton@aanet.com.au

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

And .... we are www.quiltsforphans.org 

On 'social media'  aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/

Check out the following Links:

http://www.facebook.com/Chelseaonesock .... for delightful retro fabric childrens clothing. Chelsea has blessed us with her destashing of fabric.

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.com