Quarterly Crafternoons June Gathering 2014

On a cold, windy wintery day, we were warm and cozy (and busy!) inside the Upper Yarra Arts Centre for our June gathering of Quarterly Crafternoons. I tell you I'm glad it's only once a quarter because it comes around waaayyyy too quickly and I find my self scrambling to get the last mintue things organised literally at the last minute. Thank fully the wonderful women who lead the workshops are organised and ready to go.

PAPERCRAFT AND CARD MAKING

This month saw Amanda Davern, a Stampin' Up demonstrator run a cardmaking plus much more funshop. Amanda was very organised and had spent hours preparing the kits to ensure the 4 hours of folding, stamping, blending and tying were a breeze for everyone and we all left with gorgeous sets of notecards and tags embellished with sponged and blended colour, bunting, flowers, buttons and twine.

tags and a boxed set of notecards made with beautiful papers and card embellished with hand-coloured flowers

a small selection of tags used to stick onto the notecards. eceryones created something quite different using similar embellishments

with the right equipment we were able to master the techniques very quickly

one of our many Ta-Dah moments!! Sue even won a Stampin' Up stamp pack! Good on ya Sue

COZY EAR WARMER AND HEADBAND
The lovely the Melinda Duncan, my crafty right hand gal, had us re-purposing pre-loved t-shirts into cozy ear warmers. Surprisingly quick, surprisingly easy (even for the self-professed non-sewer Raelene!), these little numbers saw t-shirts and buttons being rummaged through to find just the right combination. With very little sewing to be done and all that in straight lines, a bit of cutting, some ruffled flowers, some button stitching and much trying on there were endless combinations created.

oh Raelene you are crack up!!

there was consultation about colour combinations

much satisfaction with completed projects (please notice Kylie sporting her crocheted doiley earrings from a quarterly crafternoon long ago)

this was a lesson in more is definately more!!

And if you drop into the op shop in Warby on a friday you may just see Melinda with warm ears under another handmade cozy- they are a bit addictive!!

BEADED EARRINGS

Christine Kay has a long association with beaded jewellery making. Her talent displayed beautifully in her colourful range of very fine beaded earrings that were on show.

these must have taken her hours!

Christine's helping hand was much appreciated by Julie

as you can see this is very fine work with the tiniest seed beads being threaded onto fine waxed cotton thread using a fine beading needle. everything is small, small, small!!

and we went from this..........................

to this, well done Julie! I hope to see them dangling off your ears sometime soon!

We are so lucky to have the support of the Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Banks which without their sponsorship we not be able to provide such a range of crafts and therefore the wonderful leading crafters who are able host each workshop. And a big Thank you to the Yarra Ranges Council who provide the beautiful Mechanics Hall at the Upper Yarra Arts Centre free of charge for our venue each time.
I am so grateful that my vision for a free, inclusive crafting event is supported by this community. Thank you to everyone who comes and enjoys this space. You are all wonderful.

Now we have our annual International Crochet Day gathering to look forward too. More on that later. Now I'm off to enjoy the gorgeous winter sunshine that has grace our pressence today.
x Le x