Patchwork Collections Friendship Group Yarra Valley - Quilt Show
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Sat 18 Mar 2017 - Sun 19 Mar 2017
Patchwork Collections Friendship Group Yarra Valley is having a
Quilt Show on the weekend of
Sat 18 and Sun 19 March 2017 from 10am to 4pm at 7 Maddens Lane, Coldstream. An entry fee of $5 will get you in.
All proceeds raised will go towards the making of quilts for the
Royal Children's Hospital as part of the
Victorian Quilters Snuggle Quilts Program .
There'll be a small raffle at the entrance at $2 a ticket or 3 for $5. Prizes are; 1st - a quilt, 2nd - $150 worth of quilting from Opal Frog Quilting, 3rd - a smaller quilt, and 4th, a voucher - EnThaied Thai Restaurant, Lilydale.
Devonshire tea will be available for $5 with fresh scones made on the day, along with award-winning jams from Toscano's Fruit Shop, Healesville. A trading table completes the picture with patchwork materials at 50% off; cash only accepted.
This wonderful group of friends selflessly started sewing Children's Hospital Quilts around 2007 for the
Victorian Quilters Snuggly Group Program . This program has attracted many other ladies groups all over Victoria, who want nothing more than to help those in need.
The first quilt show was in response to the 2009 bush fires, where money was raised for fire survivors. Victorian Quilters sent thousands of donated quilts from all over Australia to the Patchwork Collections shop, in Healesville. It took this small band of ladies all year to hand out quilts to families.
Each year since, the Quilt Show is a means to raise money to continue this charitable practice for the hospital and those in need. Once a month around 150 to 200 quilts are taken to the hospital to cheer up very sick children, who love receiving these gifts, and families are astonished at these kind gestures; the kindness of strangers.
If you'd like to join this group and give back to the community, they'd be happy to have you as they can always use helpers.
Give Pat a call for further information on
0418 993 428.
You could also contact
Victorian Quilters by phoning the
Project Coordinator, Marie Lee on
(03) 5982 2365; Mob: 0403 790 390 as they're always looking for volunteers to help with the delivery of quilts. You can also email -
[email protected] to find out how you can help.
Meanwhile, you'll see some of the children's quilts at this event, but the main show consists of quilts by the lovely ladies of the Valley. Come along and help these ladies earn their wings for the angels that they are and put a smile on the faces of those in need.
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