Bransgore Evening WI is packed with many very clever women who can create wonderful things. So many creative crafters!
A donation of an unfinished item was given to us with a request that we finish it in memory of a lovely lady called Rosie.
It arrived stuffed into 2 large carrier bags. A couple of us unpacked all the bits and put them on a dining room table. There
wasn’t sufficient space! The pieces were shown at the regular June meeting and Ruth told everyone the story behind
the donation. She asked for members to help make sense of what we had received and later in the month we met up.
We carefully arranged the partly finished ‘blanket’ on a snooker table and strangely it looked a great deal small than it did at the meeting.
Everyone then helped to add the partly stitched pieces together and place the other squares around trying to match patterns and colours.
It sounds easy as I write about it but it did take a while swapping pieces, turning them over and coordinating colours. It was finally sorted into what could
be a finished item. Then we started thinking, is this a useful item? Who in the room would have a need for it?
Could it be made better with scalloped edging, fringing or? Should we start again!
Our decision was to take it all apart! This isn’t as dramatic as it sounds. The idea was to create 4 smaller throws/blankets
often requested by charities. To preserve Rosie’s idea, the centre panel was not deconstructed but will be the
first of four individual items. Hazel kindly donated enough sparkly wool to sew/crochet the squares back together and Sue
went home with a few yards of squares still to separate. Carol H cleverly had brought with her several hooks and small
scissors. A brilliant team of BEWI members, everyone playing a part, thank you.
