Moving Right Along

Our AGM is over with a new committee ready to take on the reins!  Congratulations to Sue for taking on the role of president and we wish her and her team well with their planning.  A big thank you to outgoing office bearers and an especially big thank you to Sheila for guiding our group through some tough times.  She certainly needs a well earned rest!

The club continues to prosper with the many willing hands taking on roles.

Have you joined the 2019 Shirt Challenge

It has been 6 years since out last shirt challenge so we thought it was about time we had another one.

If you would like to be involved you will need to collect 6 x men’s long sleeved, 100% cotton, shirts (Try the op shop). 

Please wash the shirts, but no need to iron them.

Cut the sleeves off the shirts (you keep the rest) and bring the sleeves to the group during October.

There will be a list at the group - Saturdays and Tuesdays - pop your name on the list and the sleeves in the bag.

The sleeves will be shared amongst the participants on the first Sit and Sew Saturday in November:  9/11/2019

Your name will be on the bag of sleeves to be used in your quilt.  So if you can’t be there on the 9th we will get your bag to you on the following Tuesday or when you are next at the group.  Alternatively, you could have a friend collect it for you.

RULES of the CHALLENGE:

1.  The shirt fabric you receive must be used in the quilt top, along with your retained shirt fabric.

2.  You can add one other fabric to your quilt top.

3.   Reveal date will be the first Sit and Sew Saturday in October: 10/10/2020

Please join in the fun J

Co-ordinators,

Karen & Andrea 

You can see the quilts made in our last challenge in the featured BLOG post on the side.  You might find an inspiration for your quilt.

Charity gifting

Last year the Sunbury Stitchers and Quilters donated 7 quilts to those caught up in the New Zealand Mosque tragedy, a jelly roll race quilt to a homeless lady and a quilt for a lady beginning her chemo journey.  We also made several more quilts which are looking for new homes!  If you hear of anyone in need of a quilt for comfort or for fundraising please let me or Judy A know.  Thanks for the suggestions we've had already!  We'll be documenting the quilts we already have in order to find the right homes for them soon.

Many of us donate to causes that we care about.  I have a friend who runs as many 5K runs as she can to raise money for her cause.  My niece has completed two marathons to raise money for a heart foundation after family members were diagnosed with severe heart problems.  The stories behind why we donate and who we donate to are fascinating!


We donate a number of tiny memory quilts to Sunshine Hospital every year to help grieving families after the loss of their precious babies.  As you know, I make quite a lot of these quilts because this is the cause that is closest to my heart.  23 years ago my daughter, Eirian, died when she was 8 months old and even after all those years I remember the shock and grief I experienced at that time and continue to experience now.  I hope that by making these quilts with love that I can pass on a bit of love to the families of these babies.  I want them to know that there are people out there thinking of them and I want them to know that their babies are important.

The hospital unfortunately needs about 80 quilts a year so if you have an orphan block or some scraps hanging around why not whip one up?  The size of the quilt should be around about 12 x 14 inches although the ones I make are all kinds of sizes depending on the fabric or block I have at hand.  You can use batting or back your quilt in a nice soft flannel.  They can be bound or "bagged out". It's really up to you!

Here are some that I made recently.  I challenged myself to use up some fabric scraps and I ended up with over 20 finished quilts.

Here are the 48 quilts we made this year that are on their way to Sunshine Hospital.  Along with the quilts I made there are quilts made by Heather, Annie C and Maree.

A friend of Sunbury Stitchers and Quilters knitted these hats and they're on their way to Sunshine hospital too.  My grandsons born at almost 32 weeks were kept nice and warm with a few of these recently!  The pair are now wearing hats featuring magpies which is not going down well with the tiger supporters of the family I can tell you! 

We celebrated Christmas in July!

Once again we have carried on a tradition of celebrating Christnas in July with a tradional shared roast lunch!  A big thank you to Robyn for making sure it was all organised.. We certainly did not go hungry!  We all had a few goodies to take home with us!

As you can see from the photos the mystery workshop participants enjoyed the challenge that Kay prepared for us and so capably led us through each step!  I love my scrap colection so it is going to be well used on more of these little gems.

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Hmmmm?? Who owns the project on the right???

Other members worked on various projects with some stunning results!

Evelyn's amazing work

An opinion from another member is always valuable.   I'm really looking forward to seeing Sheila's completed quilt.  No one will notice the odd triangle turned upsdie down, will they? 

Barb's work is always a treat for the eyes. She was completing the binding.

Don't forget that our AGM is on August 6th!  We need a committee to keep us going!

Some people love a challenge!

Letter Challenge

Our group has completed many challenges over the years so it was good to have a try at this one.  As you will see we have have some witty and clever quilters.  I will not try to remember the interpretations for the letter challenge based on our initials, except to say that Evelyn's was foundation pieced!

Thanks Annie and Andrea!



In almost every picture someone had their eyes closed!

Who has another challenge for us????

Soup and Quilting Blocks

Today Andrea and Annie treated us to a lunch of soup and rolls. Thank you both so much it made a lovely change to all sit together and enjoy a lunch. To add to the enjoyment we shared the blocks made for the Letter Challenge. Glo took some photos so look out for them. It was obvious that some thought went into the blocks. Di made a mini cushion which was a good use of the block. There was one (as there always is) where black was disguised as Ebony , the use of letters to show paper piecing was interesting as was the choice of words!!
elow are a selection of quilts on display today

Julie has been quietly working away to complete tasks. The Blue one is the Globetrotter quilt by Pat Sloan a BOM done  a few years ago. The Christmas Wallhanging is an example of the use of an Embroidery Machine.

Glo produced this lovely scrap quilt. She is known for collecting left over scraps and the result is stunning. People were fascinated to look for their contribution to the quilt.

There are a least 20 small quilts in this group and have all been made by Evelyn. She is donating them a;; to the Maternity Det at Sunshine Hospital as Memory Quilts. Well done