President's Natter - June...

Well ladies we are well into winter and it is just lovely sitting by the fire sewing, that is when we can find the precious time to do it. I am enjoying sewing tumbling blocks at the moment, I am doing it by hand and am really enjoying it. I always thought 'oh hand sewing', it would be too slow, but I must admit to the contrary, it is quicker then I had imagined {and quite relaxing}. I haven't really hand pieced a quilt before, well except for a Hexagon quilt. It appears to be going together nicely. I have also noticed several members are also hand piecing at the moment and their work is looking amazing.

It is lovely to see so many members, including new members getting involved in the groups activities. Such as our charity work. I had a call from the president of Kerang quilters telling me all the flood affected folk are settling back into their home and the quilts we delivered are being distributed to the families... they were most humbled by our thoughtfulness and hard work to get the quilts not only to them but to the Charlton flood affected as well.

Whisper, whisper, whisper - source

Members have also been so helpful to one another with our 'Chinese Whispers' swap, assisting new members when needed. We are already up to our fourth swap and everyone is really enjoying the challenge and can't wait for the reveal in the New Year. This will be done on a Saturday over lunch and we will display all blocks for the 26 members involved... I think it will definitely take most of the day for our display... well, er it is nice to plan ahead!!

We need to begin planning for our bi-annual Quilt Exhibition soon and will select a sub-committee to head the various areas which need to be covered. It's good to share the load so we all know what is going on. The sub-committee will report back to us at each meeting, as to what is happening. We won't be leaving it up to just those few, as we need to have all members involved where possible.

A sneak peek from the 2010 SS&Q Exhibition!

We will have to begin thinking of the quilts we wish to have on display, as we displayed most of the quilts from our stash last Exhibition, {which was most successful with over 120 quilts hung, all of which were made by members} so I can see a lot of quilt making between now and then.

Well I best go and thread another needle,

Till next time, Lyn