For the first Outreach project for 2019, we chose Batho Primary School. The school is extremely poor, so Nici Smit (one of the teachers as well as a member of our Guild) decided to start to teach the girls needlework and quilting after school as a means of providing for themselves as well as keeping them of the streets. So, we ladies donated fabric, haberdasheries and food for her project as one cannot work on an empty stomach.
Nici had to call her husband to bring a larger vehicle to get all the donations home as it was two tables full!
Then we were all blown away by a very talented lady, Marianne Le Roux, who taught us how to make all natural dyes from discarded vegetable peels, rusted items and so forth.
Below is a vintage picture frame collage she made using a rusted muffin pan
as well as a christening gown made of tea bags and free standing lace
and another made of Bakers Wrapping Paper also adorned with lace..
Elsa de Wet did a short demo on the disappearing 9 patch.
There was some beautiful quilts on display as usual
as well as this beautiful waistcoat
with the winner of Show and Tell this beautiful quilt of Rika van der Merwe.
Although the Fabric Origami Candle Mat demo after the meeting was only attended by 3 ladies, they were quite impressed with their creations. Below is Nici's daughter stitching away
and Michelle Lorandi's finished wreath for Christmas.
