The group “Piecemakers” has been working together since January 2014 when one member, Dale Snell, cleaned out her material cupboard and suggested to some friends from Eastern Suburbs Quilters that “we might do something with my material for charity. But I had no idea it would grow so much, so quickly.”
Members bring their own sewing machine and threads, but are provided with a kit of fabric to make a quilt top of about 48”x70” (quilters still work in imperial measurements: 120x180cm). Each sewer pays $10 to contribute to the batting and backing of the quilt.
The quilt tops are created from a range of designs using donated cotton fabric and are then quilted by one of the members who owns a large long-arm quilting machine.
To date, the group has presented over 200 quilts to various organisations across the state including Nagle House in Surry Hills and Vincentian Nursing Home in Darlinghurst.
The Piecemakers are currently preparing a donation of 72 quilts for Annie Green Court in Redfern “which we hope to be able to give them before Christmas. Each quilt adds colour to the bed of its recipient,” said Ms Snell.
