Wellington Quilters charity sewing

Each year for many years the members of the Wellington Quilters group have donated 80-100 quilts to the Wellington Women’s Refuge and Te Whare Rokiroki, ri Women’s Refuge.

Johnsonville resident Maura Beattie has just assumed the role as co-ordinator of this project and is looking forward to continuing it and perhaps extending the recipients to other charities.

The next sewing day will be held on Saturday 18 March from 10am to 4pm at the Collective Community Hub, Johnsonville

Road (opposite Subway).

All visitors and helpers are welcome.

Wellington Quilters also co-ordinated a group of dedicated quilters from around the region teaching quilting at the Arohata Women’s Prison.

This programme ran each Saturday for nearly 30 years. After Covid and with changes at Arohata the programme has now finished. A whole storeroom full of mainly patchwork fabric collected over the years now must be moved. A Huge Fabric De-stash will be held on Saturday 25 February from 10am to 3pm at the Collective Community Hub. Prices will be low as the fabrics need to be moved on. Proceeds will be used to buy other supplies for the Wellington Quilters charity sewing. Wellington Quilters meet monthly on the second Thursday of each month at St John’s Church hall, corner of Willis and Dixon Streets. See www.wellingtonquilters.org.nz.