Carew Manor Craft Fair

On Sunday the 20th of November we attended the Carew Manor Craft Fair. It was a foggy morning and a bit chilly. Three of us arrived early to set up and man the stall for a couple of hours. There were a variety of crafts represented, including jewellery, knitting, candles, glass painting, woodcrafts, cakes, preserves, christmas decorations, stitched items and our patchwork stall. There was a steady flow of vistitors to the Fair, some were interested in what we are doing and stopped for a chat and/or purchase. As usual, people asked 'Did we have any ...?' and it was something we had not thought of making. We managed to raise £85 on this occasion, bringing the sum raised so far to £2,247.

A big Thank You to every one who helped by making things to sell, manning the stall at the events and all those generous people for buying our work. We hope many of you will come along to the exhibition next April at the Europa Gallery in Sutton library to see more of our work and that of our twinned French and German quilters.

Croydon Lace Making Guild

We were invited to attend the AGM of the Croydon Lace Makers Guild on Saturday 19th of November. Sally and Mags took along our craft items and the 50 members who attended generously supported us by purchasing goods to the value of £131.50p. We would like to say thank you very much for your support it is much appreciated.

Quiz Night 29/10/11

105 people attended the quiz night. It was competitive throughout the evening, with the winning team pipping the rest on the last round with full marks of 20 out of 20. Their prize was a bottle of wine each. There was a well supported raffle with lots of prizes and after expenses we made £710.

Thanks to everyone who attended. We would also like to thank Mags and Sally for organising the event and the Quiz masters, Peter Hurn and Liz Robertson, for generously giving their time and effort to give everyone a most entertaining evening.