April 2012

What a great day we all had last Saturday for our April meeting. There were nine of us in total, including one guest who is certain she will be back. Also, a big warm welcome to Annette who has finally made it to our little group.

Donna reported that the efforts of the Bunnings BBQ raised  approx $1,282 towards the Building Fund.This  takes our group's total donation to over $2,000. A super effort by everyone involved.

Show & tell as always proved inspiring.

Susan had finished her crochet pieces at last, the challenge being for her to not only practice, learn & develop her crochet skills, but to use up yarns & materials collected over many years rather than buying new. First up was this square motif scarf with a bobble fringe, from a"Panda Vintage" crochet book.

Next is Susan's four square motif bag. Using the same squares as in the scarf, the bag is lined with orange fabric.

This little bag is also Susan's, using the same motif as above.

Jenny had finished her green table mat featuring  pulled & drawn work. Only a snippet is to be seen here as the piece is for exhibition later in the year.

Sheila had just  returned from the "Contextart" Forum run by TAFTA  where she had been creating fabrics with Sue Dennis. This piece was rubbed with Shiva Paint Sticks over a design created with corregated card. The background is a wash of Lumiere & Setacolor paints

This piece, also be Sheila from the the same workshop, was created by rough pleating the fabric & mono printing three times. The background was  Setacolor dyed.

This leaf piece of Sheila's was made using a commercial cork stamp and Lumiere paints on a foam roller. The background was Setacolor dyed.

Donna had made this crocheted handbag using thick strips of fabric.

Dianne had been working on this sample of shadow work for her Basic Course. A bonsai tree using Asian influence for colour choice.

This wire construction is the beginnings of Robyn's 3D tree. Eventually it will be covered with fabric & thread. Definitely one to watch this space for, I wonder how far along it will be by May. Come back in another four weeks to find out.