Sewing & Craft Stalls
Our Sewing & Craft group meets at Dapto Showground every Friday in the pavilion (entry is via the Mulda Street entrance) from 9.00am to 12.00pm. You can purchase anything you see, and at the same time take a look at what our ladies get up to in our sewing group. Everyone is welcome and we also take eftpos and cash at every stall we have.
If you happen to be doing a destash of your cottons, wools, craft or haberdashery items, and would like to donate them to our group, then please drop off one Friday morning, where our ladies will happily accept your donations. If you are unable to drop off your items, then please contact Narelle on 0414 280 127 as she will be able to make an arrangement with you to collect them.
During July we will be having stalls at Corrimal (outside Coles) on Wednesday 1 July and Wednesday 22 July. Pop on by and say hi to our lovely volunteers and see what we have to offer. As Winter has definitely arrived, we will have a lovely array of knitted and crocheted blankets, bed socks, beanies, scarves, heat wheat bags and hot water bottle covers, just to name a few of the items. Our specials for July will be our $2 beanies and our $2 tote bags. We have heaps to choose from, so come and grab a bargain.
On Wednesday 15 July we will be back at Corrimal, however, only selling raffle tickets for our upcoming High Tea. We have some amazing prizes with tickets being $5 each and drawn on Sunday 30 August, 2026, so don’t miss out:
1st Prize: 14 Carat White Gold & Diamond Ladies Ring and 9 Carat White Gold & Diamond Earrings (valued at $2000) donated by Crown Diamond Jewellers
2nd Prize: Large mixed media Artwork by S Blair
3rd Prize: Electrical package donated by Harvey Norman Warrawong
4th Prize: Timber Hall Table donated by SEL-f-LESS Furniture Outlet
5th Prize: King Size Cotton Sheet Set & Underlay by Forty Winks
6th Prize: Skydive Australia voucher for a tandem skydive
Thanks to Sonia, our sewing and craft ladies have started a new project, and have begun knitting or crocheting Memory Hearts, and you can get on board and help make some too.
These hearts are often called “Compassion” or “Memory” hearts. They provide comfort to patients and their families in Palliative Care. The heart is held in the hands of the patient and loved one, symbolising connection. It usually goes home with the loved one.
You can access the patterns here:
These links provide both the crochet pattern and the knitting pattern for the Hearts, which volunteers can then download. If you do not have access to a computer or printer, please contact Vera on 0413 548 983 and a copy will be mailed direct to you.
We have also been asked by the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Wollongong Hospital to make some more trauma teddies. Our first lot went down like a treat and the supplies have now been depleted, so if you would like to make some to add to our collection, then they would be very much appreciated.
Another request has come from some of the aged care facilities in the area asking for “fiddle mats”. We have previously made “fiddle muffs”, but have accepted the challenge to make some. These are generally used by Dementia patients as a form of distraction, so the ladies have been busy putting some of these together.
Thank you to everyone who continues to support our group. Monies raised from these stalls goes towards helping cancer patients right here in the Illawarra.