Retiring the blog

All the action is now happing on the MWSG Facebook page, 

please join us! 

https://www.facebook.com/MWSGBrunswick/

Laura 

AGM of the Multicultural Women's Sewing Group

We are inviting you to our AGM of the Multicultural Women's Sewing Group,  which will be held on Saturday 12th October at 4.30pm in the Hall of the Brunswick Baptist Church. I have attached:

- Notification of the AGM on Saturday 12th October 2019 and Agenda AGM

- Nomination Form to be nominated as office bearer. 

At the AGM we propose to pass the following special resolutions:

1. That the proposed MWSG rules be adopted to replace the existing MWSG Constitution; 

2. That the role descriptions and duties of MWSG Inc. Committee Members (Office Bearers) formulated in the proposed rules be adopted and applied to the appointment of Office Bearers at this AGM.   

The Rules and role descriptions are available upon request. If you would like to receive a copy of the Rules and role descriptions, please send an email to the secretary of the MWSG: womens.sewing@email.com.

At the AGM the following positions will be declared vacant:

1. President

2. Vice-President

3. Treasurer

4. Secretary

If you are interested in taking one of the above mentioned positions, please nominate yourself on the attached nomination form and get it signed by two members of the MWSG. Please return the nomination form in person or by email to Luci Tamis, secretary of the MWSG; email: womens.sewing@gmail.combefore 5th October midnight.

Sewing Bee

Hello Ladies!

A call out for all crafty hands available to help out with our sewing bee!
 
We will be making bags to sell at the market to raise funds for the group.  

All levels of sewing experience welcome!

Wednesday June 19th
12:30pm – 3:00pm
Brunswick Baptist Church hall, behind 491 Sydney Rd, Brunswick (opposite Blyth St)
 
Below is the market we will be selling at.

Not only will the fantastic bags be on sale but a variety of fabric and haberdashery!

Hope to see you at the sewing bee and the market!

Laura

The Sewing Group Turns 20!

Help us celebrate the sewing group's 20th birthday.
A fun night of food, music, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
We will even have a fashion show!
Hope to see you there!


There will be no sewing that day as we will be preparing for the party.

Laura

Volunteers and asylum seeker women sew together.

Margaret & one of the women from the Asylum Seeker Project

Here is Margaret and an asylum seeker she assisted during a special sewing session on Friday 12 June.  As part of a regular gathering of women coordinated by the Asylum Seeker Project, this event highlighted how special it can be to create something with someone.  

The photo shows one of the 20 bags that were sewn by the women with the help of our volunteers. There was also some great work coming out of the busy crochet and knitting corner.

Thanks so much to Sara, Elisa & all at Lentara Uniting Care for inviting us to take part. And for the delicious lunch.

And much gratitude to these sewing group women who so happily shared their time, enthusiasm & talent: 

Jennifer, Laura, Kamala, Madiha, Margaret, Anita, Melissa, Sara and her friend!, Melissa R, Sooki, Marlene, Tracey, Jodi, Angela, Bindi, Debbie, Nat and Ruza. 

We all really enjoyed spending time with you all.

Katie makes a cushion cover!

One of our talented volunteers, Anne has headed overseas to Iceland & Scandinavia for a holiday.  But before her trip, Anne helped many, many women -including Katie who finished this patchwork cushion cover today.

Happy travels Anne and happy sewing Katie.

OUR WORK AREA NEEDS REDESIGNING!

We've been asked to think creatively about how the sewing group works in the room that the Brunswick Baptist Church so kindly provides us for free.  
How can we change the workspace so it is more inviting for the other groups such as playgroups that also use the room? 
Above is one layout idea (with the sewing tables in colour).  
What do you think?

We'd love your input and ideas.

You're invited!

Even if it's been a while since we've seen you've been at sewing, this invite is to all the wonderful women of the MWSG community. Please join us for this celebration:

Laura is soon to return from her world wide adventure. 

So it is time to thank Madiha for her patience and fabulously super!sewing skills over the last year. 

We will also be holding a very quick but important meeting 

about future plans for the sewing group.  

It won’t take long & we’d like you all to be there.

Saturday 18 April 

from 3.30 pm 

“Thanks SO much Madiha”  +  “Welcome home Laura” 

afternoon tea party

followed by

MWSG meeting from 4.15 pm

Please bring along a plate of afternoon tea to share.

Contact Jennifer or Angela if you have any questions.

p.s. Laura ‘s first day back at work will be Saturday, 11 April

Faith Food Fabric Fun - Interfaith Events

Faith Food Fabric Fun's latest event was for World Interfaith Harmony Day.

We made fabric tags and the community wrote down a prayer or hope and we hug them on a wishing tree.

Winter Holiday Projects

Happy 150!!

The sewing group takes place in the Brunswick Baptist Church Hall. This year the Church turned 150 years old! This beautiful banner was made for the occasion.

Coburg Carnivale

The sewing group decorated three trees out side the Coburg Library to help celebrate the Coburg Carnivale. Thanks to all the ladies who helped to make all the wonderful decorations, they look great!

Autumn School Holiday Projects 2012

Here is Kenny himself! What a handsome fellow!

We found Kenny in this mag.

Hope to see you there!

Knitters and Sewers needed

Helping the Australian Somali Women's Healthcare Community Foundation
Knitters and Sewers needed.

From 2012 the Multicultural Women's Sewing Group is happy to be supporting a Somali women's beginner sewing class.

They meet Monday, Thursday and Saturday at the Elderly Citizens Club in Melrose St North Melbourne, from about 5 pm to 8 pm, and need volunteer teachers in sewing and knitting. Basic skills are enough, and they are keen learners. Our teacher will also be there once or twice a week.

Please speak to Laura or Jennifer about this, or contact Hawa Del, their community worker, directly.

Laura 0449 841 254 laura_thomey@hotmail.com

Jennifer 9383 5994 0416 049 647 jennifer.mok@rch.org.au

Hawa 0402 163 800

Spinning

Annet from the Pascoe Vale Spinners & Weavers

joined us at the sewing group. 

She showed us the different fibres she used, the different stages of the process and all 

kinds of lovely knitting she had made. 

The kids had a blast trying out the spinning wheel!

Summer Holiday Program 2012

Sorry you have to see it 4 times! Click image to see larger view
Any level of sewer can come along, hope to see you there!

Faith, Food and Fabric Fun

Faith, Food and Fabric Fun

Join us at PepperTree Place (Kildonan Coburg Kitchen Garden) for a Muslim Eid Celebration, created as one of a series of interfaith events by the Multicultural Women's Sewing Group and

PepperTree Place

Celebrate the diversity within our local community by sharing good food, fun activities and stories of how different people live life and practice their faith.

When: Saturday 3rd September, Between 10am - 2pm

Where: PepperTree Place - 512 Sydney Rd, Coburg - corner of Bell St/Sydney Rd

What:

* Learn how to make spinach pies with fresh greens from the

garden and watch them being cooked in the woodfired oven.

* Enjoy healthy, vegetarian creations hot from the community

kitchen and sweet desserts from around the world.

* Kids and adults alike can try their hand at a fabric-fun craft

Cost: FREE

Contact: Michaela 0423 226 303 or michdedek@yahoo.com.au

if you would like to help with this or future events

This project is made possible by a grant from the Victorian Government Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship.

Holiday Projects This Winter

Come along make something new this winter! 

Here is the list of our exciting projects happening over the school holidays. 

We are also looking for some more volunteers to lend a helping hand with the kids, sewing or packing up! 

Hope to see you there!

You can click on the flyer to see it bigger!

Teenage sewing group back again

The young people are back for sewing group and straight into it, keen as ever.
Here's a photo from one of last sessions last term - making owl doorstops/ paperweights.

Welcome

Welcome to the Multicultural Woman’s Sewing Group blog.

We hope to share our stories, sewing projects, tutorials, news, events and of course cute pictures of the kids! 
Starting with the beautiful Ursula!