"Cuppa 4 Cancer"

This year's "Cuppa 4 Cancer" had a yellow and gold theme. Margie again organised a fun day for this important fund raising event which included a scrumptious morning tea, a multi-draw raffle and a presentation from Joan Billingsley from the Queensland Cancer Council who spoke about the help and support available for those with cancer.

Margie with Joan

Favourite quilting tips were written on yellow flowers for display in the meeting room, yellow quilts adorned the walls and members were encouraged to wear yellow clothing. 

 

Judy with Carol who won the prize for best dressed

Even the prizes in the multi-draw raffle were yellow!

This fun day resulted in a donation of $400 from the Club to the Queensland Cancer Council to assist with research.

Community Quilts find a Home

Our community quilting ladies have been working laboriously and now some of the lovely quilts that they have produced in the last few months have found a new home.

The quilts have travelled to the flood ravaged region of Begonia , Queensland. ( St George area)

Here are some photos from the local press of some of the recipients being presented their quilts by  local resident, Win. (on the right)

We hope our quilts bring warmth and comfort to their new homes.

Congratulations to our community quilting ladies who always put their heart and soul into these quilts.

Raffle Quilt Finished

Our magnificent 2012  raffle quilt is now complete.

Pictured here with the quilt is Lyn Crump who has co-ordinated this project and organized working bees to complete this quilt.  Lyn also expertly machine quilted it for us.  Many, many thanks to Lyn for a job very well done.

Tickets for this quilt will go on sale shortly and will be on sale at our Annual Exhibition.  This year the exhibition runs from Saturday 22nd September to Friday 28 th September.  We would love to see you there – and make sure you get your ticket in this beauty.

Proceeds from this year’s raffle quilt will go to the local Hear & Say Centre. The mission of the Hear & Say Centres is to enable families in Queensland to achieve optimal outcomes for their children with hearing loss by teaching them to listen and speak using their world leading end-to-end service delivery model.

A very worthwhile cause. 

Quilt Production Line

It seems like there is a production line going at Toowoomba Quilters these past few weeks.  Lots of wonderful charity quilts being churned out by our energetic community quilting ladies, and lots of individual quilts being produced too.
Here are some charity quilts.  Remember, these quilts are made from donated fabrics and tops from various individuals and groups.  We appreciate these very kind donations.

A lovely dresden plate quilt finished off by our community quilting ladies.  Lovely accent of machine embroidery around the inner circle.

The machine embroidered pieces were donated and our girls finished it off!  Thank you to Andrew who quilted it for us on his long arm machine.  It was difficult as the border and backing fabric was a bit ‘stretchy’.  Well done, Andrew.

The appliqued pansy pieces were donated and the borders were added by our ladies.  It came up beautifully.

A beautiful Autumn flowers batik quilt made with donated batik fabric. Destined to become a charity fund raiser quilt.

Another beautiful batik quilt made using some left over fabric from our 2012 raffle quilt.  The design is the very popular disappearing 9 patch.

Some Robyn Pandolf fabrics were donated for this quilt.  Subtle, soft and lovely. 
Hearty congratulations to our community quilters for all the fine quilts they are churning out.  

This is a stunner.  A wall hanging from Angela Langdon, called “Gum Blossom & Dragonfly”. Angela did this in a workshop with Lorraine Carthew called ‘Mosaic Applique” in 2006.  Well, she has finally finished it and has even pieced the back with some gorgeous hand dyed fabrics from Lorraine Carthew.  Beautiful!!

Diana R has made this eye catching quilt top.  Look forward to seeing it quilted.

Marleen made this striking string quilt under the guidance of Angela Langdon and she has made it especially for her husband.  She saw the pattern on Bonnie Hunter’s site, www.quiltville.com

Diana R has also made this vividly coloured quilt.  It is called “Welsh Hills and Valleys”.  Diana purchased this packaged kit in 2010 from Maleny Patchwork..  Diana has free motion quilted this quilt herself and when she was doing the quilting it reminded her of hills and valleys.  Nice job, Diana.
So, you see, we have a great deal of talent and expertise within our club. 

Updates and Date Claimers

Lyn Crump from “Busy Quilting” is going full steam ahead with the quilting on this year’s raffle quilt. 

She is doing some beautiful quilting on it for us on her long arm quilting machine.  Thank you Lyn,

You may view the progress on Lyn’s blog here:

http://www.busy-quilting.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/tq-raffle-quilt-progress.html

This photo was taken a few weeks ago, but you can see how striking and colourful this year’s quilt is.  We will announce on the blog when you will be able to purchase tickets.

We have some exciting activities planned over the next couple of months.  We will be visiting the Gold Coast for the annual Queensland Quilter’s picnic on Tuesday May 8th.

We are running a bus to the Gold Coast and visiting quilt shops etc on the way home.

BUS TRIP

The Queensland Quilters’ Annual Picnic                                             This year hosted by Gold Coast Quilters’ Guild Inc.

Tuesday 8^th May 2012 starting 9.30 am                                            Albert Waterways Community Centre

BROADBEACH, GOLD COAST

· Entrance $3 (Incl Morning Tea)

· Swap will be a pot holder

· Charity – Look Good Feel Better

· Lucky Door Prizes

· Speciality Trading Tables

· Sausage Sizzle & Cold Drinks

· Speciality Coffee Stall

· Tombola/raffle

· On-site medical assistance

What to Bring: Chair, Mug, Lunch, Hat, Pot Holder to swap plus something for Show and Tell.                                                           Cost $35.00 per member and $45.00 for non members. Non refundable. (Entrance fee extra.)

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On Tuesday May 22nd we will be hosting our Cuppa for Cancer day again.  We have some really fun activities planned for the day.

CUPPA FOR CANCER

Tuesday 22 May 10.00 am til 12.00pm.

Entry: Gold coin donation (over $2 will be receipted for your records)

• Guest Speaker at 10.30am – Joan Billingsley. Joan is Regional Community Services Co-ordinator.

Activities planned for the day

• Yellow and Gold Theme

- Wear yellow clothing

- Bring any quilt with yellow in it and display on wall

- Wear a hat decorated in yellow (Prizes for 1 – Most funny 2 – Posh and Pretty)

• Bring along a favourite quilting tip – to be written on yellow flower and displayed around room.

• Multi Draw Raffle

• Bring a plate for morning tea.

All monies raised will go to Qld Cancer Council

Tuesday Gatherings

Tuesdays at TQ headquarters seems to get bigger and bigger.  Almost every Tuesday now something is happening.

We have had Lyn Crump (from Busy Quilting) showing the ladies foundation piecing and at the same time working on this year’s raffle quilt.  We have small mini projects if members wish to participate.  These are let by a member of the group.  Some of the ladies have just done string quilts with Angela on a Tuesday and this month Lyle is leading the ladies on another piecing adventure. 

Most every Tuesday now we have lovely quilts lining the walls for show and tell.

The following are from Tuesday 20 th March.

This lovely bag from Joan R.  “Quilting Angel at Work – Prepare for Random Miracles”.  Very cute.

Joan R. is really achieving lately and has completed this hexagon flower quilt.  She also did her own free motion quilting on it.  Congratulations on the lovely work, Joan.

Lorelle used some lovely fabric panels to make up this delightful quilt.

Here is an unusual teapot!!!  It is called “Hilarity” and belongs to our doll maker extraordinaire, Lyn L and is a pattern by Maxine Gallagher of Toowoomba. 

This hanging doll is made by Lyn L and is a pattern by Christine Shiveley (USA).

This gorgeous machine embellished silk box was made by Maxine Gallagher for Lyn. L.

A very pretty childs quilt made by Sue H from some ‘acquired’ Beatrix Potter panels.  Sue completed the embroideries and a friend stipple quilted the quilt for her.

On Tuesday 3rd April, Lyn Crump will be helping members put the borders on the raffle quilt and she will then go ahead and quilt it.  Thank you Lyn for co-ordinating this year’s raffle quilt.

Our exhibition this year will be held from Saturday 22nd September 2012 to Friday 28th September 2012.

It will be held in St Ursula’s Salo Centre which is in Rome Street, behind St Ursula’s College (Taylor St).

Mark it on your calendars it is a show not to be missed.

See some pictures and an article on our 2011 exhibition in the latest Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine   Vol. 21 No. 4.

S. O. S – Double Bed Size Quilts Wanted Urgently

Dear Members and friends,

Our community quilting group is putting together a parcel of quilts for the St George flood relief. The people of St George had had one flood after the other in the past couple of years,  and many have lost valuable possessions.

We need approximately 15 –20 double size quilts.  We have already made some smaller and single size quilts and they are ready to go, but we urgently need the bigger size.

If you can help us out in this regard, please email to our community group leader, Lyle,  at

toowoombaquiltersclub@hotmail.com

Your support would be most appreciated.

Strings Attached

During the month of March, each Tuesday, our string quilts lady Angela is instructing some of the members on making their own string quilts.

We all have lots of scraps and these can be cut into strips from about 1 1/4 “ and 2 1/2 “ wide to make up these fabulous and colourful string quilts. Angela has put together some interesting patterns for the ladies to follow.

 

Some lovely samples from Angela hanging behind the ladies to inspire them.

A bright and cheerful string top completed by Marleen K.

We have had some more show and tell hanging on the club walls lately.

“Jaffa” by Marilyn C. 

Glenda T with her little Japanese lady wall hanging.

Another expertly made quilt by Marilyn C.

New member, Vicki L, brought in this stunning butterfly quilt which her 25 year old son quilted on a long arm machine.  You can see the lovely quilting work on this close up of the butterfly.  Well done!! 

Lorelle C has made this lovely quilt for her grandson.  Lucky boy!

Dianne S made both of these wonderful children’s quilts.

Recent Show & Tell

More community quilts have been completed by our hard working ladies.  It is good to have a ‘stockpile’ of quilts on hand for any future worthy recipients.

Members busy at work on the community quilts.

A work in progress.

This is a delightful quilt which would be very suitable for a little boy.

Members, Leanne B pieced and quilted this lively community quilt.  Thank you Leanne.

Fabrics for this quilt were donated by the lovely ladies, Sue and Colleen of “Indigo Niche” and the quilt was made by Dot C and quilted by Angela Langdon.

Once again, fabrics from “Indigo Niche” and the quilt was made by Fay S in this wonderful lattice pattern.

Lyle with the star quilt finally completed.  This quilt top was donated to the club by a Toowoomba resident during the floods of 2011.

Angela has quilted it for us in a delightful star pattern.

Fabrics from “Indigo Niche”.  Quilt made by Vida Glenn and Fay Suley.

Community Quilt made by Sue S and Colleen L and quilted by Angela Langdon.

This colourful string quilt was made by Lyle Y.   She has called it “Wish upon a Star”, and saw the pattern as she browsed the internet.

This quilt is a Monica Poole pattern and was made by Lyn L after completing a workshop with Monica.

Joan B had lots of sashiko pieces left over after her Sashiko workshop with Indigo Niche so she has made up another delightful quilt.

Work continues on our Raffle Quilt for 2012. 

These bright and cheerful placemats would brighten up any kitchen table.  Made by Marleen K.