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Shazam! 50 Magical Years

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Canvaswork A Monagle 18Excitement builds as we  prepare for our exhibition – a very special one for our 50th birthday with the theme of 1001 Arabian Nights.

From Friday September 14th to Sunday 16th from 10am – 4.30pm at the Vines Road Community Centre, Hamlyn Heights, Geelong

There will be over 300 items on display and lots of Gold for our birthday. Specially worked challenge pieces on the Arabian Nights theme have been made by individual members and our special interest groups. They will make for a very exciting exhibition.

Hand made gifts will be for sale and refreshments are available at the venue.

Download a copy of the colourful poster

Thanks to our sponsors

Geelong Connected Communities, Bunnings, Spotlight and Cottage Garden Threads.

 

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Christmas is coming!

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Hilde’s Xmas Tree

We like to spread out the joy at this time of year. We celebrated the start of the Christmas season at our November meeting which was held at All Saints Church Hall. We shared a tasty finger food buffet and lots of chat. Winners from our Exhibition, Dianne Clarke (People’s Choice Award) and Pam Fletcher (My Geelong Challenge winner) were presented with their awards.

Our December meeting is to be held on Monday 14th December where our Melbourne President will conduct our election for committee for next year at our Annual General Meeting.

Please come and join us – we have some new members nominated for committee and would like a good turn out of members to welcome them. The meeting starts at 11am back at our usual place –  St Davids Church Hall, Aphrasia Street Newtown.

Don’t forget our Mystery Christmas Workshop at 10am on 3rd December. Bring a plate to share for lunch but contact us so we can organise supplies for you to work with.

Classes for next year are available for signing up – including our Intermediate Certificate Canvaswork Investigations

Geelong In Stitches

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Barbara Abley with EGV Geelong President Valda King at the Opening

Barbara Abley with Valda King at the Opening

We’ve just completed our 2015 Exhibition!  It went very well with lots of admiring visitors.

Some fabulous Raffle Prizes hand made or donated by our members were won, and here are the results:

1st Prize: Patchworked Quilt –  Heather De Grandi  (Ticket 0770)

2nd: Wall Hanging – Liz Moloney (0143)

3rd:  Embroidered Bell Pull – Gwen Mackie (0082)

4th: Silk Fibre Bowl – Patricia Crooks (0572)

5th: Tote Bag – Gwen Graham (0652)

6th: Crewel Cushion – Meredith Stafford (0806)

7th: Crochet Doiley – Marion Dines (0342)

8th: Shadow work Cloth – Marice Goodwin (0177)

9th: “Magoo” the Monkey – Marie Nolan (0842)

10th: “Gemma” the Rag Doll – Penny Tucker (0825)

11th: Chatelaine and Cottage Garden Threads – Janet Evans (0591)

Congratulations to all the winners.

Choosing a winner to vote for in the Viewers Choice Award was nearly impossible but the worthy winner was Dianne Clarke for her Framed Tapestry of a vase of flowers.

Our winner of the My Geelong Challenge was Pam Fletcher for her beautiful 3D Sculpture of the Carousel

The Exhibition Committee lead by Sue Patterson did a wonderful job to produce and run the show so successfully. Hope they have their feet up for a little while!