Showing posts with label General Meetings - 2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Meetings - 2020. Show all posts

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Drive through meeting 12 September 2020

With this Covid-19 virus wreaking havoc world wide, we weren't able to held any meetings since February, but this didn't stop our Guild's innovative ladies, so a drive through meeting was organized by two of our Guild's groups, the Langenhovenparkies and Sterre on the 12th of September 2020.

Various stations was set up around the Church hall we normally use for our meetings and everybody could just drive through and stop at the various stations picking up loads of gifts and valuable ideas.


First up was Iessie Steenberg and Gerda Breytenbach welcoming everybody with a goodie bag filled with delicious treats as well a handy exercise pamphlet for relaxing those muscles whilst quilting.






Everybody dutifully wore their masks and did the elbow greeting.







Our local Elna dealer also partake in the day.



Marietjie Thomas showed off her spectacular jacket made from old cut up T-shirts.



There was also some other interesting recycle/reuse ideas using various household items we normally through away.


Origami boxes made with used copy paper filled with puffed corn made from the leftover of crushed corn.  Everyone could also pick a succulent from Gerda Cronje-Vermeulen.




Ritha Swanepoel showed bags made from empty crisps bags 


and free quilt magazines was handed out by Elsa Schoeman.



A handy organizer made with empty tuna cans was on show at this station with a handy handbag made from Shweshwe fabric.





At the next station Lulu Koster demonstrated a shopping bag which she decorated with hearts.  Free thread was handed out.



It was another successful day according to all attendees.






Our youngest quilt member also came along.


Our chairperson, Nelia Venter, handed out quilt patterns.




 




Sunday, October 4, 2020

Lockdown Quilts 2020

With the whole world in various stages of lockdown with the Covid 19 virus, peoples lives were completely uprooted.  Some lost loved ones', some were isolated for months on end and others suffered in countless ways.  It however did not deter the ladies from our Guild to continue quilting away.  Iessie Steenberg, one of our teachers, took the initiative to start a WhatsApp quilting group learning the members new techniques and just in general keeping their quilting spirits alive and inspired.

Below are photo's of quits made during this time by our members.  

Ritha Swanepoel



Denise Naudé
Flolinda Marais


Marietjie van Rensburg

    


Frances van Schalkwyk
Elsa Schoeman


Janie Steyn
Margaret van Niekerk

Margaret van Niekerk


Johanna Engelbrecht




Martina van der Linde


Ria Senekal
Annatjie Coetzer






Muriël Louw

Alison van der Walt


Ronél Faul
Miemie Pretorius


Gerda Breytenbach



Iessie Steenberg

Lulu Marais

Gerda O'Neill
    
Estie Maartens
Adi Botha

    

Adi Botha above and below


Elrita Grimsley

    
Gerda O'Neill




Above 3 photo's - Annelize Keevé

Sujanie van der Spoel



Above 3 quilts- Wilna Geel


Gerda Cronjé Vermeulen







Above all Marietjie van Rensburg's quilts






Above all Kokkewiet Scholtz work

Mara Swanepoel

Christa van Heerden






Lynette Eloff


Margaret Jordaan

Nici Smit
    


Petro van der Merwe



Ester Jordaan



Sonja Mostert


Ester Jordaan

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