By NATALIE GALLENTI-BREKALO
MORE than 16 years ago a group of Melton ladies came together to share their love of sewing, stitching and a good yarn and they have been enjoying one another’s company ever since.
The Willows Quilting Group meets weekly at Dunvegan Cottage on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 7.30pm and every second and fourth Wednesday from 9am.
And while the group do create beautiful quilted masterpieces, their weekly chats are just as therapeutic.
According to member Anne Unwin, the social interaction is what keeps many women coming back.
“It’s not a teaching group, we sit and sew, but mainly we chat. It’s a social event.”
The ladies do take their quilting skills seriously and enjoy making pieces for themselves or to donate to various charities.
“Once you start (quilting) you can’t stop … you look at fabric in a different way and it’s amazing what you can create.”
This year the group has chosen Odyssey House as their charity of choice and are making quilts for a program the organisation runs with newborns to 15-year-olds.
