I am a member of the Country Womens Association of Victoria (CWA for short) and I would recommend anyone reading this to get involved in their local association. They are Australia wide and international (but of course known as something else over seas)
Well Thursday afternoon we headed off to the CWA Fraser Group Craft Show. The theme was homemade, homegrown. Unfortunaly I didn't get there early enough to display my goodies (Jot was fast asleep and I know better than to wake her before she is ready) but as you can see from the pictures below the quality of the work was stunning. There was no judging just a chance for members of the different branches to have a look at items made by others and of course a good catch up session.
On Friday I learnt Jot isn't a huge fan of exhibitions as I took her to the Quilt and Craft Show at the Exhibition centre. It was fascinating to see all the quilts but typically I forgot to take my camera so no photos. It was inspiring and I left rather proud of myself with a pattern for an Uptown Girl Jacket for Jot and 4 fat 1/4s of fabric.
The weekend consisted of a Parenting Conference sponsored by Bubhub on Saturday which was a lot of very interesting information in a short space of time. R had Jot for the day and took her into work with him for the last hour before I was able to pick her up. She was very clingy poor thing as it isn't often she goes down for her nap and I disappear. A visit to Spotlight yeaterday for some fabric for a skirt I am making (and of course the fabirc of Jot's jacket) and wondering when I will have time for it all.
We have organised childcare for Jot one day a week for when I go back to work at the end of August (I can't believe time has flown by that fast) and the first of our orientations is on Friday. I know Jot will love it but I have no idea how I am going to take it. At the moment she will be in for two days before I go back to work so we can both get used to the idea before I have to be concentrating on something else.
Off now to get some sewing done before R & Jot return and I am back on duty.
Take care
Jots Mum
1 comment:
Hey jotsmum! Bellygood from EB Sept08 babies thread... great that you have a blog going! Quick Q: we're moving town soon and I would like to join some kind of group, do you think the CWA is worth a try? I always assumed this would be older ladies?
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