Tuesday 8 August 2017

Update and Another Collection

July has been a quiet month at Group, with people coming and going on their holidays and grandchildren duties.

Carol took our  Monthly project - Box Making - and most of the ladies joined in with this.

We had purchased Pre-Cut Card kits from Pinflair and we had a Sewing Caddy or Rectangular box with Lid on offer. Most of the ladies had decided on the caddy 

Fabrics had been decided on and so the gluing commenced
 With pegs to hold in place
 And despite being told not to only use a thin layer of glue
 Some people needed extra supervision......

 Refreshments were consumed

 Instructions were followed

 Rebels were kept in check
 And the day resulted in a lovely array of boxes and caddies
Carol's Demos





Before the class had ended a list of more pre-cut kits had been made and more caddies ordered to work on at home. A sign of a good workshop   A great day Carol!Thank-you


Many other things are being worked on including this lovely wool cushion by June

A new bauble design from Jo - All out of her head !

Clever girl
Some of our ladies are in a Flickr group - Mini Mania Challenge and New York Beauty was thier challenge for June - here are some of the results.

 And the Collection?

smallsforall.org
Ellen saw a post on Facebook regarding an organisation that collects new and gently worn bras that are sent out to African villages to improve hygiene and help prevent the rape of young girls, as wearing a bra in some villages is a sign of wealth, status and power.

If the bras are a bit tatty the metal and fabrics are recycled to raise money to but panties. Some of the girls have only one pair  or non whatsoever.

So..... 

We have made a "discreet" donation box  (some of you may be shy regarding size or lack of 😜 ...) for you to pop any unwanted Bras into and we will send them off in the next month or so.  
 

3 comments:

  1. Thank you Carol I will do the same.
    Enjoyed the all day thank you Carol I am going into production ready for Christmas,

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  2. Really enjoyed making the box, thanks Carol. I have also got some more kits ready to make. Might even make some Dorset buttons to adorn them..

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