October 4, 2017
Young people undergoing cancer treatments at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital will enjoy a bit of home-style comfort thanks to two local craft groups.
The Cooinda Craft Group in Kingaroy and the Country Quilters in Nanango have had their sewing machines running hot, after the hospital put out a call for quilts for their teenage patients undergoing chemotherapy.
The young people feel the cold as they are undergoing their treatments, so the hospital came up with the idea of quilts.
The Nanango group sent down 33 quilts to the hospital in April.
Now, the two groups will deliver another 28 to the hospital this week.
The patients will get the chance to choose their own quilt, which they then bring back to the hospital each time they have a treatment.
The quilters have made matching carrying bags for each quilt.
Gwen Bisley, from the Cooinda Craft Group, said each quilt took a couple of days to make “if you were at it all the time”.
Lois Vreeken, from Left Of Centre Quilting in Kingaroy, and Gail Newton professionally quilted the “tops” for no charge.
Cooinda group co-ordinator Rhonda Merton said new members were always welcome at the craft groups.
“Don’t be shy, come along, have a cuppa, a chat and check out what we do,” she said.
“Many different crafts are done, not only quilt-making and there’s always someone willing to help you.”
Cooinda meets on Monday mornings from 9:00am to 1:30pm at the Town Common Hall in Oliver Bond Street, Kingaroy.
The Nanango Country Quilters meet on Wednesdays from 8:00am to 2:00pm at the Nanango Cultural Centre in George Street, Nanango.
Rhonda said some “craft-tragics” from Cooinda car-pool across to Nanango on Wednesdays, too.
