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Getting ready for a big quilt auction … Trudy Obst, Marion Lees and Bev Sorensen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 21, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

A high tea and quilt auction being held near Kingaroy on Saturday, March 29, will help raise funds for Beyond Blue, the national organisation devoted to combatting depression.<\/p>\n

The event is being organised by Marion and Alan Lees, who run a combined cattle property and The Quilter’s Rest craft retreat at 562 Weens Road.<\/p>\n

The auction will see more than 30 quilts hand-sewn by women from Brisbane, Gayndah, Millmerran, Agnes Water and the South Burnett go under the hammer.<\/p>\n

Many of the quilts have taken more than 100 hours to create, and all of them are unique pieces that could easily become family heirlooms.<\/p>\n

The quilts are on display at the Uniting Church Hall in Alford Street, Kingaroy – opposite Shoppingworld – from March 20-22, along with craft items (which are available to purchase). The display also has entry forms for a silent auction which will be concluded at the High Tea.<\/p>\n

The event isn’t the first fundraiser that Marion and Alan have run.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, the couple raised $8000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Association with a similar event.<\/p>\n

And the year before that, they raised $6000 for a new coldroom for Meals On Wheels.<\/p>\n

This year the couple have picked Beyond Blue because with floods – and now drought – impacting tens of thousands of people across rural Australia, they feel it’s work is particularly worthwhile.<\/p>\n