Our April activities started with our April meeting with a talk by Claire Sherwood from The New Forest Park Authority. A report can be read here. Rita has continued to head up bandage making for Ukraine and the team are doing sterling working making and rolled bandages which will be sent to Ukraine. Rita welcome help either on Wednesday mornings from 10am -12 noon. Or the tasks can … Continue reading April Round-Up
Each year at the New Forest Show, we get the opportunity to compete against other Hampshire WI’s in the WI marquee. The theme this year is celebrating. After our success at the Group Show, we would very much like as many members to take part as possible. You don’t have to be a member of the Craft Group to enter, or a Michelin starred chef! … Continue reading New Forest Show WI Schedule
Our next meeting is at Brockenhurst Village Hall on Monday April 17th with a speaker from the NPA talking about Ground Nesting Birds. At the meeting we will have the Competition of the Month which is a photograph of something that makes you happy. A photo taken within the last year. Size no larger than 7 x 5 inch or 13 x 18 cm. Proceeds … Continue reading April Activities
The focus of the March craft group sessions was preparing for the Group Show. Kim’s quilting groups have been busy. The beginners group are making great progress with their quilts. The intermediate group have been learning a variety of great techniques to further their quilting skills including piping and double borders. They ended the course learning to make a zipped pouch and as you can … Continue reading March Craft Group Sessions
Despite a month of mixed and often rainy weather, we were able to do our March walk with just occasional drizzle as we started off from Beechern Wood car park. After so much rain in was nice to get out into the ‘fresh’ air and stretch our legs. Even on a breezy grey day, there are always interesting things to see in the New Forest … Continue reading March Walk and Meet Up
Brockenhurst Women's Institute 