Lots and lots of ‘news’ and ‘show and tell’ this month so
I’ve decided to post the blog in instalments to highlight some of the amazing
items made by our ladies at Sunshine Linus Inc.
The lovely autumn weather……. (yes, it’s cooling down at last
on the Sunshine Coast) enticed 80 ladies to attend this month’s meeting and as
usual the hall was a ‘hive’ of activity.
Lisa had made a collection of activity bags containing all
sorts of ‘goodies’. These bags are donated to local Police Stations for
children of domestic violence situations. There has been a request for
donations of items to fill the bags.
The distribution table was filled with a range of ‘sensory
items’ this month that included ‘touchy feely’ quilts, ‘sensory’ cubes and rice
‘fiddle’ bags.
These two ‘touchy feely’ table cloths made by Wendy and
Rosemary will be donated to Tantula Rise Aged Care Facility at Alexandra
Headland. They are a big hit with the residents.
Our guest speaker this month was Kathy from the Kidney
Support Foundation. She thanked the Linus members for the 160 quilts that were
distributed to patients at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and to children
at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital.
Three of the ‘strippy’ quilts started on Action Day were returned
for donation. Karen created this very colourful quilt using alternating
horizontal and vertical blocks.
Dawn added cubes to her quilt to create a 3D effect.
Glorianne added borders and colourful butterflies to her quilt to create impact.
Lyn also donated a colourful ‘strippy’ quilt made from Aboriginal fabrics she had collected from the ‘freebie’ table. The quilting
included motifs of Australian animals. The back included pictures from the fabrics used on the front.
Orrawin showed two intricate quilts. The first was one she
called ‘Many Trips Around the World’. The second, her ‘pride and joy’ was a
pattern called ‘Bento Box’.
Our President Susan Hoy showed the first stages of a
Blockenspiel made by Val. Val has invented a technique to machine stitch the
blockenspiel in one piece before adding the foam cubes and sewing the remaining
sides together!
Barbara constructed a fabric ‘flexagon’ she found while
cleaning out the storeroom!
Gabrielle showed a set of clothing protectors she made to be
donated to the residents at the Carramar Aged Care Facility.
Joy showed a striking red, white and blue quilt with stars
on point. She also managed to piece together a second quilt using fabric she
had left over from a previous quilt.
Daphne has been very busy making children’s quilts. She
showed five quilts that would delight any child. The quilts contained blocks
with aeroplanes, soldiers, ballerinas, fairies and tigers.
Show and tell finished with Claire showing one of the ‘silly
sacks’ she makes for the students at Currumundi Special School. The bags are
made from lycra with a velcro opening at the front. The children love stepping
inside the bags to contort their bodies to make all sorts of crazy shapes
with the sacks.
That concludes part one of the April blog. Make sure you
keep an eye out for the next instalment!
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