Every year during May the Cancer Councils around Australia encourage organisations to host a morning tea in order to raise funds for cancer research and support of patients.
For a number of years Canberra Quilters has hosted a morning tea – or an extended lunch – dubbed the Biggest Quilting Bee. This year it was held on Sunday, 22 May, at the Community Hub Hall at Cook – in the same complex of buildings as our headquarters.
Members had a fine old time from 11am until 3pm. The tables were groaning with tasty food – “bring-a-plate” brings out the best in the quilting cooks. The raffle tables were piled with donated prizes. Everyone had fun trying to complete the puzzles, chatting to friends, getting a little stitching done – and eating and drinking.
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food, glorious food |
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What’s a quilting bee without a bee? |
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Many, many prizes to choose from |
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Hard at work on the puzzles |
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Chat, sew, read, eat, drink… |
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Are you sure that’s the answer? |
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At the end of it all…cleanup |
A total of $1301.40 was raised on the day. Congratulations to Mary Robertson and her team and to all who attended. Special thanks to our MC – VP Tricia Morton.