Our craft group have continued to work hard making Christmas decorations for our stall at the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun evening which is taking place on Friday 2nd December. Carole hosted the first session. Corinne hosted the next session and work started on making a Christmas Tree for the competition amongst stall holders at the Fun Evening too. Julie hosted an additional session on Monday evening … Continue reading November Craft Group
Our member Kim offered to teach members of Brockenhurst WI Craft Group how to make a Patchwork Elephant in aid of The Children’s Society. We gathered with our sewing machines and equipment and got et up. Kim showed us the pattern and demonstrated how to get started. We set to work cutting and sewing. By the end of the day we had got material on … Continue reading Patchwork Elephant Craft Workshop
Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for November: On Monday 14th November we have our monthly meeting. The theme is Christmas & Celebration Crafts, with a demonstration by Annette Williams. It will be held at Brockenhurst Village Hall arrival from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Annette will will have kits for sale, so bring money with you if you would like to purchase anything. Janice … Continue reading November Activities
Twelve ladies from Brockenhurst WI got together to make stars under the expert tutelage of our member Jayne. We had some preparation homework of cutting the material into 4 strips then folding and ironing it so we were all ready to go! Jayne demonstrated the processes to us in stages. Firstly we learnt how to lay out the strips to get started Then we learnt … Continue reading Star Making
The Craft Group continued to work on making Christmas decorations for our stall at the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening on Friday 2nd December. Anne N, Corinne, Gina and Kim continued to sew to make a variety of decorations. Carole, Maureen and Julie painted the salt dough decorations that were made last session. Maureen has also been busy knitting. This is what we produced today: It … Continue reading Craft Group 28th October 2022
Our craft group focused on making Christmas decorations for our stall at the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening on 2nd December. Carole had made salt dough so Maureen and Julie got busy with rolling pins and cutters and made a variety of decorations. Carole, Gina, Evelyn and Corinne got cutting and sewing to make some lovely felt decorations. Ann H had got the ball rolling and … Continue reading October Craft Group (Part 1)
Janice sends her thanks to everyone for their generosity in knitting and donating for Hats off for Ukraine. It was received very gratefully when she took all that she was given down to The Hub at Ampress Lane. These hats were previously delivered from Brockenhurst WI New Forest for Ukraine are appealing for thick knitted hats and scarves from those who are happy to knit.Donations … Continue reading Hats Off for Ukraine
We met this month for our meeting at The Village Hall. The competition of the month for this month was to make Christmas Tree decorations. We received a good selection and money was raised by voting with silver coins for our charity ACWW. The craft group brought along some of the July New Forest Show entries so that members could be encouraged to enter … Continue reading October’s Meeting and Press Report
Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for October: On Monday 10th October we have our monthly meeting upstairs at Brockenhurst Village Hall. The speaker is Mrs E Barron MBE and the talk is entitles “in Grandpa’s Footsteps”. Janice will have a table for anyone who has kindly donated knitted hats for her ‘Hats Off for Ukraine’ campaign. She will then deliver them to … Continue reading October Activities
On 30th September, Ann H led the craft group in Iris folding, a paper folding technique. Maureen, Sue and Corrine attended this session. As you can see from the photos, the results are superb! All three now want to do tea bag folding which Ann has demonstrated before. Thank you for hosting this Ann. The next craft group session will be held on: We will … Continue reading September Craft Group
Brockenhurst Women's Institute 