Our February meeting was lots of fun as we learned how to make awnings for our carts! This skill was taught to us by club member Janet H and everyone who participated was able to go home with a nice awning and a new appreciation for how a simple technique can produce a wonderful addition to our carts. Pictured on the left is club member Pat J. holding the prototype awning made by Janet to show us how it should look. There are now only 2 in-person meetings left before our Annual show in May! Time to really buckle down and get flowers made for the carts. Our Annual show will be held this May on Sunday the 7th, so mark your calendars. We will all be displaying our carts there so you may see what we have worked on. There will also be many of your favorite vendors, along with some new ones to show your their miniature wares. If you wish to see more photos of our February meeting, please check our our photo gallery located here. |
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The second photo is of a little cushion I also stitched on 48 count gauze. It measures about 1 1/4" (3 cm) and has 3600 stitches.
Do any of the other members have anything they wish to share on our website? If so please email me with the photos and a description of your project(s) so I can share them with everyone. Today we had a fabulous meeting and were able to welcome 3 new members! A big welcome to Sheila, Darlene and Wendy who each took the time to come and join us for a meeting and decided to join the club. We are very happy to meet you.
Our meeting today was packed full with Marg L teaching us how to make flowers. She brought a wonderful assortment of things we could use to make flowers with as you can see in the photo below and they were so beautifully organized. Several members also brought things to give away and we all had a wonderful time browsing, chatting and making! Phyllis G has offered to make up kits for a cute hanging plant for any of the members who wish to have one for our carts. Thank you Phyllis for your generosity. Our Zoom meeting is coming up on November 24th and I will send out an invite to all club members closer to the date. On Thursday, October 13th, we met for the second time in person to begin building our flower carts. Everyone came with different ideas and we had a lot of fun beginning our build. The cart below has been started by Marg L and looks terrific so far! I am in awe of all the tiny wooden flowers that Marg used for her canopy. What a great idea!
It was wonderful also to see two of our previous members, Helle and Phyllis come, and to welcome our newest member, Ruth. Welcome!!! During the meeting, we enjoyed some wonderful brownies brought in by Claire and browsed through a box of 1/12th scale minis brought in by Jan. We had a great time together and are looking forward to our zoom meeting on October 27th where we will each work on something related to the cart at home. For more photos from our meeting, you can visit our Meetings Gallery. Last Sunday we had the pleasure of hosting our 2nd Bazaar at the Puslinch Community Center. We had a great time and saw many people wishing to shop. There was a lot of variety to be had and I think everyone who came went home with something. We saw many happy faces and I was even able to get around to do a bit of shopping myself! I very much enjoyed helping out at one of the tables and speaking with many of the shoppers who shared our love of miniatures. We will be trying to hold the Bazaar again next year and will keep you posted as we finalize our plans. Thank you to all of the wonderful Vendors who came to sell and to everyone who helped make the day a success!
On Thursday this past week we had our first miniature meeting in two years! It was so fun catching up with everyone and welcoming two new members to the group. It was also our first meeting in our new home and we were all impressed with the amount of space and light that we had here. During the meeting we had a chance to see a prototype of the cart we will be making that had been made up by Janet H. I have included a photo of it below, being held by Pat. The photos above show most of our members at the moment with the exception of 2 of us. We will try and get all of us into a future set of photos.
Today (Sunday October 18th) is our Bazaar at the Puslinch Community center and we will soon be gathering there to set up and welcome you all at noon. Looking forward to seeing everyone again, along with the vendors. Hope to see you there in a few hours! A few days ago we were contacted by someone who had purchased an estate sale Caravan at one of the tables during our Annual Show this past May. Jennifer wrote to say she had been spending the last few months decorating the caravan and making accessories for it. She re-used a lot of the accessories included with the caravan and made some more to go into it. She also kept some of it exactly the same to honor the previous owner. She also wanted to share the photos with the OMEGA Group and is loving her purchase. The above photo shows the caravan as it looked when she purchased it and what the outside looks like now. The bottom photo shows several views of the inside. What a lot of items have been put inside!
We at OMEGA are vey pleased that Jennifer wished to share this with us and we are thrilled that something she purchased at our show has brought her so much joy. Thank you so much for sharing with us Jennifer! You did a wonderful job. Our Bazaar is coming up next Sunday, September 18th at the Puslinch Community Center - come out and see us and you never know what you will find! You can see more information about the Bazaar and who will be selling there on our Home Page. Hope to see you there!! |
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