Monday 10 April 2017

April fun times........

A great turnout for our April Meeting, the sun shone all day and everyone enjoyed working on their bears. Many Thanks must go to Pat for working so hard to give us this workshop, can't wait till we start finishing them at the next meeting.

We were privileged to see so many bears Old and New, Artist and handmade and simply loved. All brought in to Show and Tell, and most of them had a story to tell.















Looking forward to Part 3 of the teddy workshop and we should get to see the finished articles.
See everyone in May.........


Saturday 8 April 2017

April Meeting.....

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the April Meeting - have you done your homework ready for part two of Pats workshop?



Don't forget Teddy bears picnic........

Monday 13 March 2017

March Meeting at Wellow......

Once again a lovely lively gathering, lots of chatter, lots of hard work and lots to show and tell.
Pat very ably led us in starting our mohair teddy making project, really looking forward to seeing the results.
Pats sample bears

Show and Tell

Elaine brought in her finished Maggie

 Hilary showed us this lovely little bear inherited from an elderly relative, obviously very much loved

We had a great collection of finished cats from last months fun workshop......



June has been very busy making these lovely fabric flowers, she is designing her workshop which will be great fun



 


Saturday 11 March 2017

Next Meeting....


Next Meeting......

Looking forward to our next meeting on Sunday
same place same time and looking forward to our mohair teddy bear project lead by Pat



See you there!

Tuesday 14 February 2017

First Meeting after AGM...........

A great turnout again and a fun workshop kicks off  2017, lots to see in show and tell and a great little project to get us started.

Great fun spent looking at all sorts of lovely colour prints and sewing our little cats, very simple and very effective in getting us back into the mood of creating things. Thankyou Lesley for leading the workshop

Everyone hard at work accompanied by the usual banter and gossip!



Workshop project for the next 3 meetings, looking forward to a range of mohair boys.......



Show and Tell......
 Doll from South Africa brought in by Pat


A great little Book with some lovely little ideas


 Congratulations to June and Michael on their 51st Wedding Anniversary, lovely picture

 June has showed us her workshop idea of Japanese flowers, looking forward to learning more

 A great way of using up and recycling Christmas cards, shown us by June
 Carole brought in her finished project doll.........just beautiful, she says she has no intention of making another one!!
 Caroles Boot sale find, she had to do a bit of restoration work but what a find.
Anne (who doesn't knit) has been turning out these hats on a knitting loom while she has to take extended periods of rest.


Join us at our next Meeting in March, see the website for details
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Sunday 15 January 2017

Happy New Year......

From all the Southern Belles, lets hope 2017 will be full of creativity and fun

Today was the day of the AGM and membership payments, the appointment of new officers and our annual Christmas party.

The annual reports are available to anyone who would like to see them, but needless to say a good year has passed, we remain financially healthy and looking forward to 2017.

Please see our website for an update of the 2017 programme and details of the new officers.


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Secret Santa pressies....exciting!

Hilary finished he little project doll and dressed her to look like her grandaughter who already has it so we only got to see the photo

More project dolls getting there

A finished  topsy turvy doll a project lead by Lesley last year

Anne brought these cute little birds which she wore as Christmas earings!

An American lunch, lots of delicious puddings!!



June showed us her bag that she had made, a lovely design with beautiful embroidery all done by June.