Return to the Church Hall

Hi everyone,
Well our first day back at the Church Hall went without a hitch. Everyone pitched in to help find storage space for all our bits & pieces. We certainly do have a lot of gear! I arrived a little before ten o'clock, to find several members already there - they must have been very keen to see the new venue! The day felt a bit disjointed to me, but I was still not feeling well & everyone seemed to want to talk to me about something or other. I was emotionally exhausted when I got home. There will be a few issues with tables being set up I think as the hall is now available for hire to the wider community, so I am guessing things will not necessarily be left where they are easily accessible - I am sure it will sort itself out in time. The kitchen is excellent - it will take a while to figure out where everything is - we kept going over to the bench under the window as this was where the sink was previously - it is now in an island bench.
I was very disappointed to hear constant complaints from some re the flies! For goodness sake! Grin & bear it! I don't like flies either, but dislike whingeing more!!!
I am really looking forward to beginning our block of the month project - more than half of the members want to participate.
Debbie Brodalka also attended for the first time - nice to see you Debbie! See you all in May!
Sharon

New Members

I am really looking forward to catching up with two new members at our meeting tomorrow. They are Debbie Brodalka & Tracey Raper. If you are reading this - then welcome to our group - you will love us - we are fantastic in every possible way!

For some silly reason, I was unable to add this text to the photo below, so am doing it as a separate post.
Several of our members kindly made the quilt (pictured below), which was purchased as a mystery quilt package (for $50) from the S.A. Quilters' Guild, with proceeds going to Bedford Industries. Approx $66,000 was raised! Not bad hey? Our finished quilt was then raffled & all proceeds were donated to Willunga C.F.S.

In October 2008

Patchwork Prattle - our newsletter

I will publish a copy of our bimonthly newsletter on this site - beginning June 2009. If you would like to read our previous newsletters, they are in a folder in a cupboard at the Church Hall. I felt it unwise to publish April's newsletter as I was a little bit naughty & superimposed some members' heads on other bodies - (Sheila's head is on Elle's bikini clad body & Norma's is on a nude baby's). I don't want to offend anyone & at this stage this site is able to be accessed by anyone, so...just to be safe....the first newsletter you will be able to read on this site will be in June!
Sharon

Where are you?

I am obviously writing to myself as no-one has responded to my emails re this website yet......oh well, I hope you will one day in the not too distant future! Come on ladies- post something! I am feeling marginally better, thank God - my funeral arrangements have been postponed for the time being. I have put together some ideas for BOM (Block of the Month) & a Mystery Quilt so once the programs committee decide which ones they want, we will be able to begin those projects!
Sharon

Our 21st Birthday Lunch

Joyce

Desi & Hilda

Brenda

Barb West

Brenda Norma & Monica (Brenda hates cameras)

Louise & Debbie

Sharon & Ann

Jenni, Sheila & Barbara Drummond

It was fancy hats all round when our members celebrated their 21st birthday anniversary at the Cup Cake Boutique, Aldinga, in November 2008. We had "High Tea" - great food & coffee all set amongst gorgeous "French Provincial" decor. This is a very "girlie" place to visit!

Well here I am again - still quite ill with a shocking cold. I hope to be well by Saturday as I have tickets to see "Busting Out", the hilarious (I have heard) show about boobs. If I am still sniffly, I will wear a mask to Quilting & spray Glen 20 everywhere - so don't come near me in that case! I can't get out of coming as I promised Desi I will take her turn doing afternoon tea & I also have quite a lot of our gear to bring down & unload from the car. Desi is returning after all this year off with a bad shoulder etc, but is still not feeling well enough to cope with hostess duties. And fair enough too! We look forward to seeing her happy face again!
I do hope you ladies add to this website - please???? I might have a lie down now- Haven't ordered the coffin yet - am hoping I will survive!
Sharon

Norma's Japanese Quilt

This is Your Life...Monica

Every second month our members get a newsletter called "Patchwork Prattle". It contains info on our activities, members health, family additions etc plus useful quilting tips, jokes & photos of members & various quilts. We now include a member profile - each member will be asked to tell us a little about herself & hopefully this will make us all better acquainted. Our first member to be profiled is Monica Warren. We hope you enjoy reading about her - she is a real sweetie!
Please click on photo above to read about Monica.
We look forward to hearing all about Sheila in June

Well here I am, 2 days later, now with a very sore throat as well as a husky voice . I hope I am past spreading my germs around when I go to quilting on Saturday. We are returning to the Uniting Church Hall after 16 months in temporary accommodation at the Willunga Primary School. The school staff room was great, in that we had brand new facilities, plenty of natural light, airconditioning, hot water on tap etc. Some ladies didn't like the airconditioning, but I have learnt that you can't please everyone!
We were also restricted with table space - I found that if the tables were not pushed together, there was more room to sit around them. I tried desperately to keep the tables spread apart, but as soon as members would start arriving, they would push the tables together again, which meant less seating space. This did drive me nuts, I have to admit it, especially when I got complaints from some members who arrived later - they felt there was nowhere to sit. ( Hence my reason for spreading out!)
Anyway, I am really looking forward to returning to the church hall. We will have plenty of light, aircon in some of the building if we ever need it, a brand new kitchen, lots of table space & many other mod cons!
Now come on ladies, please start contributing to this website. Aldinga Quilters have had a blog for about 3 years - so we are way behind the eight ball! We've got to get with the times!
Sharon

Entry in 2008 Willunga Uniting Church Christmas Tree Festival.

Happy Easter

I began this Easter Monday very slowly (due to a throat infection which could leave me temporarily voiceless, "with a bit of luck" said Mos). I was chatting to some friends on the International Friendship Quilters site (check out this site.. http://friendshipquilters.com) ..... & one of them directed me to her "BLOG". It was only a matter of a couple of hours before I decided to set up a BLOG for Willunga Quilters. And why not? I know some of our members are beyond using computers but hopefully there are some who will make use of the site. And as the years pass & our new members become "younger" (well you know what I mean), the BLOG will be a helpful tool!
If you want to participate, my email address is shazhan@bigpond.net.au & I will do my best to help you with any queries & show you how to post photos etc.
Sharon