New Year 2018

Welcome to 2018. The year has kicked off to a busy start for some. The walls have been filled with lots of show and tell at our regular meeting days.

The community sewing group have also been busy making some quilts for donation to charity.

2012 off to a great start!

Lyle has been busy. (She usually is!) As Club Community Quilt Coordinator for 2012 she has prepared for the first community quilting sessions for this year. At the meetings on Saturday 21st and Tuesday 24th January work will start on  "Kids' Quilts" that will be donated to hospitals and welfare organisations. Members who wish to participate (and it's not compulsory) should bring along their sewing machines and some threads.

Yesterday was a "Bag Day". Marlene, Dot, Joan and Cheryl are some of the ladies who late last year nominated 17 January as the starting date for a bag project.  The intention was to motivate, encourage and assist each other as they worked side-by-side on their individual bags.  It was an informal arrangement that worked well last November when a number of members worked on their Christmas table runner projects over a couple of meetings.  It's great having friends on hand to help interpret pattern directions, consult about colour combinations and to exchange ideas.

 Angela brought this quilt for "Show and Tell" yesterday. It was made from "leftovers" from some of the 2011 community quilts that she made.  The purple colour is beautiful and she experimented with a variety of quilting designs that, unfortunately, can't be appreciated in the photo.  Angela has taught and encouraged a lot of members to use their regular sewing machines to machine-quilt their projects.