Shirley Lindsay, left, Alma McLeod and Joy Irvine helped to raise $1900 for the Cambodia Trust through the Yack `n' Patch exhibit yesterday. (Picture: DAMIAN WHITE)Warrnambool Standard (Australia)
June 6, 2006
INTRICATE quilting and home-made dolls with a personal touch were on display at the Warrnambool Golf Club yesterday.
Members of Warrnambool sewing group Yack 'n' Patch exhibited their sewing creations to raise money to send to Cambodia.
Member Alma McLeod said the group of about 12 gave sewers the chance to chat and share sewing techniques.
"We meet every fortnight. If someone learns something new they'll teach the others, it's great.''
It also helps for the sewers to have friends to talk to while they spend many hours working on pieces. One of Ms McLeod's quilts took 1655 hours to make and comprises 18,255 tiny sewn hexagons.
Shirley Lindsay contributed a collection of about 70 handmade dolls and other characters to the exhibition.
The dolls take, on average, 40 hours to make, she said.
"I used to use patterns but of late I've been making more original things,'' Ms Lindsay said.
The exhibition raised $1900, which will be donated to the Cambodia Trust through Warrnambool woman Joy Irvine to repair the roof of a prosthetics and orthotics clinic.
Members of Warrnambool sewing group Yack 'n' Patch exhibited their sewing creations to raise money to send to Cambodia.
Member Alma McLeod said the group of about 12 gave sewers the chance to chat and share sewing techniques.
"We meet every fortnight. If someone learns something new they'll teach the others, it's great.''
It also helps for the sewers to have friends to talk to while they spend many hours working on pieces. One of Ms McLeod's quilts took 1655 hours to make and comprises 18,255 tiny sewn hexagons.
Shirley Lindsay contributed a collection of about 70 handmade dolls and other characters to the exhibition.
The dolls take, on average, 40 hours to make, she said.
"I used to use patterns but of late I've been making more original things,'' Ms Lindsay said.
The exhibition raised $1900, which will be donated to the Cambodia Trust through Warrnambool woman Joy Irvine to repair the roof of a prosthetics and orthotics clinic.
This story was found at: http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2006/06/06/1149359711955.html
1 comment:
To Shirley Lindsay, Alma Mcleod, and Joy Irvine and many other for helping Cambodia with donation.
I don't personally know you all but my heart want to say thank you. I know that you could have spent time with your grand children but instead you are taking the time to do a noble out reach to a country that have nothing to offer except misery.
God bless you all.
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