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WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
and
LOTS OF TIME FOR SEWING IN 2012
The next meeting is on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
Jan Williams talking about her "Life in Stitches". Should be fun.
The winners of the Exhibition Challenge were:........
In first place,'Cotton Candy' by Elise Hanson
Second,'Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown Bears by Jean Bagley
Third, 'Aquamarine Dream' by Chris Hughs.
The rest of the pictures from the Exhibition come later!
I am sure all those of you able to go to the Exhibitioin will agree it was a really good one and feel sorry for those who missed it.
Returning to Elmwood Nursing Home
Continuing our links with Missioncare and Elmwood Nursing Home in Bickley, we were delighted to visit the residents again on
behalf of Beckenham Quilters.
You may remember that Joy Corbett, the Activities Coordinator had started a sewing group following
our initial visit a couple of years ago with a donation of lap quilts made by members of Beckenham Quilters. The sewing group have
made a couple of quilts now, all hand sewn with the help of Joy and other carers.
Inevitably these have taken a long time to finish,
although one now hangs in the residents lounge, so Joy decided that perhaps they could start cushion fronts instead.
Mary Trim and I went to see the results and we were impressed. Several residents now have their own patchworked cushion and showed
us these with pride.
During the visit, Mary handed over for a raffle another couple of lap quilts she had made. It was serendipitous
that Doris's daughter and son-in-law arrived for a visit just as Mary presented her with the quilt. Smiles all round as these photographs show.
However, an unexpected highlight for us was when a spontaneous sing-song broke out and we all joined in, including some residents
that had been quiet up to that point. I even offered the residents a rendition of my 'party piece' which I used to sing a young girl!
Mary and I had a great time and we have offered to go back again before Christmas with any more lap quilts that can be made before then.
Polly Munday
Any queries, please contact the hotmail address at the top of this page.
Photographs from
our Quilt collection are on the Archive page in the Gallery.
The 2011/2012 Programme has been posted in the Programme link.