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 September we will be having a stall at Bulli (outside Woolworths) on Wednesday 9 September and then off to Corrimal (outside Coles) on Thursday 30 September, and you’ll find us set up and ready to go from 9.00am to 3.00pm. Pop on by and say hi to our lovely volunteers and see what we have to offer.
It’s been a long time since we have had a stall at Wollongong Hospital, but we are back!! As from Thursday 17 September you will find us on the ground floor (Loftus Street entrance) and then every third Thursday of the month with some lovely goodies from 9.00am to about 3.00pm.
On Saturday 26 September you will find us set up with a stall at the Dapto Show. Grab your fairy floss, have a look around at the other displays and then call on over and say hi.
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. One lady has completed 301 of these amazing hearts – we are so appreciative of her support and also of the other ladies who have contributed.
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:
We have also been asked by the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Wollongong Hospital to make some more Trauma Teddies or Banana in Pyjamas. 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.
You can access the patterns here:
Trauma Teddies and Banana in Pyjamas Patterns
These links provide both the crochet pattern and the knitting patterns for the Hearts, Trauma Teddies and Bananas in Pyjamas, which you 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 directly to you.
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.