Fibers Christmas members Party Celebration

Earlier this month Fibres held it's Annual Christmas Members Lunch.  We have a theme each year and this years was the letter 'P'.  

 Table one

 Table two

We had a wonderful lunch, and all the costumes were fabulous.

 Here is just a few, the pink ladies

 Pea Pod

 Porcupine, pet and pressies

Poinsettia and the Pirate, having a bit of fun....

And our winner was.....

The Porcupine...... with special mention to a few goodies, but the best part of the day was our 'Pink Ladies' rendition of 12 days of a stitching Christmas...... enjoy...

On the 12th day of christmas my true love gave to me...

12 bouncing buttons

11 purple pom poms

10 lassies stitching

9 ladies dancing

8 maids a milking

7 ribbons swaying

6 scissors cutting

5 gold rings

4 quilting pins

3 french knickers

2 teabag earrings

and a pincushion in a mug tree......

thank you, and Merry Christmas everyone.

Arlene

Christmas Craft Fair

Over the weekend Fibres & Fabrics had their annual Christmas Craft Fair.  It was a great weekend, with lots of chatting, eating and buying.  While numbers of visiting public were down a bit, given the economic climate that's to be expected.  Regardless, a good weekend was had by all so I've heard (perhaps nobody was game to say otherwise!)  I'll let the photos speak for themselves.  Just a note, the photos were taken early on Sunday morning before opening for the public.

Suzanne C taking photo, Johanna & Beryl at their tables

Over view with Isabelle at her table for Coral Sea Calligraphy

Barb visiting Pam & Dianne at their table

Faith, Sue and Kay having fun doing a staged photo.



Lyndal at her table, Johanna showing how hot it was.

The National Trust volunteers at their table.

View of Kathy, Sue, Annie and Barbs tables.

Glenys and some small customers.

View of the whole room, overlooking the groaning book tables!

Winner of the quilt and painting, Sue D.

Embroidery Christmas lunch

We did our annual swap of Xmas decoration, this year was a specific shape, but your choice of embroidery, here are the six that were swapped. Clockwise starting top red one: Joan R, Judy S, Barb H, Arlene W, Lyn H, and Suzanne C.

Had a wonderful day at Jessica's, eating and sharing past lunches.  Here we all are

L-R, Joan R, Judy S, Suzanne C, Barb N, Lyn H, and Jessica W., and off course (me, taking the picture).

We have set our decoration for next year’s luncheon, it will be an Angel, and I will have patterns for her during the next few weeks. The top of our Angel can be any embroidery technique you wish, but her skirt is to be beaded.

The one on the right is one I made several years ago, and the one on the left is one I just made, she's a 'stumpwork Angle'.

We also set a swap for Fibres members next year, so to find out, become a member and join in.

Arlene

Creatvie day October 26

Hi, been along while since I've updated this, sorry, life has ben rather busy. Here are some pics of the drill and wire day that we had for the creative group in October.

 

 

the group, busy working

Cathy creating a magpie

Sharyn creating a cat

Barb creating a tree

Marion covering a bird

Pam creating people

Sue T creating a woman

What a 'renovator' did to Pam's book!

What a hole saw can do to a book!

Morning tea fundraiser for cancer

Hi, we had a special morning tea on Wednesday 26th, raising money for cancer.  Participants were asked to make a teacosy from an old hat, while there weren't that many teacosies, those that were there were wonderful.  Well done to those that participated.

Enjoy the photos below of the morning, the show and tell that followed, the ATC swap and the special visitor we had!

teacosies

over veiw

ATC's backs

ATC's fronts

Frog quilt

Sue T's tax book challenge

Margaret D. stitch picture

Arlene W. Christmas Tree skirt panel

Mary T. special lace

Moya, scarves

Our special visitor, he/she was thirsty..

Annette, steampunk cuffs

Barb N. blue wren quilt

 

Show and tell

Hiya, I've been a bit slack here, my apologies, life gets busy and there's too many things to do.  Enjoy these pictures of Wednesdays show and tell.

Onions, Tea, Bleach, Rust and Vinegar!

At Creative Arts last Friday Annette led a workshop on using onion skins to dye fabric with variations when using egg, tea and rust combinations. Marion led a workshop on using bleach to make imprints on cloth. Both gave the participants a lot of fun and the observers enjoyed watching the processes in action.

To see these photos in a slideshow with blow by blow titles click here.

Birthdays at Fibres

Pam and Nita both have birthdays this month. To celebrate and wish them well Fibres and Fabrics Members made ATC's and Three Inch Squares. Happy Birthday Nita and Pam. Click on the link to view individual  miniature artworks in the gallery.

https://picasaweb.google.com/107625334603783849363/NitaOBBirthday

https://picasaweb.google.com/107625334603783849363/PamSBirthday

Magnetic Island Crafters visit and show and tell

We had our annual visit with the Magnetic Island Craft group yesterday, this year it was their turn to come over the sea to visit us.  Magnetic Island is a 20 minute boat ride away from Townsville and a wonderful tropical island to visit and spend time on.  It is home to a very active craft group that support a number of charities throughout the year. 

A wonderful day was enjoyed by all of us, Possum Hollow was buzzing with chat and activity from the moment the ladies arrived to the itme they all had to run to catch the ferry home.  We all left with our bellies full of wonderful food and our heads full of inspiration.  




Magnetic Island Crafters items



Fibres & Fabrics items