Presentations

Yesterday we had a celebratory morning tea in our meeting rooms prior to the presentation of prizes from our Exhibition and 2014 Art Union.  Details of the winners were provided in this blog on 1 October.  Today: photos of the presentations to those winners who were able to attend.

Betty with TQs President, Janice Becker

Betty Hindmarsh accepted the Art Union quilt (on display in background) on behalf of her granddaughter, Toni, for whom she bought the ticket.

Lyn with Brian

 

Lyn Virgo who organised the Art Union this year  was delighted to present a cheque for over $5000 to Brian Egan, the founder of Aussie Helpers.

Valderie Machin, who also made our Club's 30th birthday cake, organised the Club's multi-draw raffle baskets and she presented the prizes yesterday.

Judy Nothdurft (1st prize) with Valderie

Linda Vandersee (2nd prize) with Valderie

Helen Vetter (3rd prize) with Valderie

Trish Prowse organised the Viewers' Choice voting at the Exhibition and presented cheques to the winners. (Pictured with their quilts in the background.) Queensland Quilters Inc kindly sponsored "Viewers' Choice."

Trish with Betty Fawcett (1st)

Trish with Marion Johnson (2nd)

It was great to see so many members attend yesterday despite the extreme heat we are experiencing this week. Thank you to everyone who contributed to a wonderful presentation day.

(There are more photos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TQ.Exhibition/timeline)

Final notes for 2013

There has been much frivolity of late but there has also been a lot of serious and charitable work accomplished by members of Toowoomba Quilters Club over the same period.

Gabrielle returned last week from a holiday in NSW. Somehow she and her husband managed to fit fourteen quilts into their car to take to the Blue Mountains for victims of the bushfires there during late October. Twelve of these quilts were made by our Community Quilting Group and two others were donated by members.

Gabrielle (TQs) and Tracey Greenaway

Tracey Greenaway was delighted to accept these quilts on behalf of the Salvation Army and will ensure that they are distributed as needed.

Closer to home, five quilts were recently given to Lifeline for a Toowoomba family experiencing tragic circumstances. Lyle, who does a tremendous job coordinating the making of quilts for those in need in our community, and Fay, our club President, were able to present these personally to Derek Tuffield, General Manager of Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland.

Lyle (TQs), Fay (TQs) and Derek Tuffield (Lifeline)

 

 

An earlier post (3 Oct) provided details of the Viewers' Choice winners relating to our 2013 Exhibition.  We were finally able to get them together for a celebratory morning tea and formal presentation of prizes.  The Royal Bulls Head Inn, Toowoomba Branch of the Queensland National Trust, was the recipient of the proceeds from our 2013 Art Union and representatives, Stephanie and Debbie, also attended the function and were thrilled to accept a donation that will help to keep this heritage-listed building open for the community to enjoy.

Penny, Robyn, Christine, Stephanie and Debbie

There will be no more sewing day meetings until Tuesday 7 January 2014. We wish all members, readers and their families a safe, peaceful and Happy Christmas.