Barwon Heads based Seachange Quilters has donated 29 expertly made quilts to the Anam Cara House palliative care team.
The quilts were hand delivered to the Waurn Ponds facility by group members Helen Carruthers, Elsa Dunlop and Lyn Jenkins.
“Some donated, some made on their own and we made some as a group,” Lyn Jenkins said.
“It was a group effort. They (the team at Anam Cara House) were rapt and overjoyed.
“When we put them over the chairs to display them, quite a few of the ladies who work there were amazed at how it will brighten the place up.
“It’s something rather than a stock standard quilt. They’re trying to make it homely for the patients.”
Lyn said a handmade quilt can take a month to six weeks to make.
“It depends how intense the pattern is and then you have to sew it all together and put it on the quilting machine,” she said.
Seachange Quilters has around 70 members.
It operates from the Senior Citizens Hall on Clifford Parade, Barwon Heads.
Lyn said the group is always making quilts for charitable organisations, including sending some to Ukraine via OzQuilts.
Other organisations that Seachange Quilters has donated to are St John of God, Samaritan House, Geelong Mums and Bethany
Lyn said new members are always welcome and can turn up on Tuesdays from 9.30am to 2pm or Monday mornings and chat to current committee members.
