Judy Radke (Hivesville Branch) won a first in Chicken Scratch

September 5, 2016

The talented women from the QCWA were making a big impression in Murgon on Friday with their annual display of the best handcrafts from across the Gympie-South Burnett Division.

Members and friends gathered at the QCWA Hall to enjoy morning tea as the names of the winners in more than 50 categories were read out.

Entries had come from multiple QCWA branches including Proston, Hivesville, Kingaroy and Kilkivan in the South Burnett.

There was everything on display from “chicken scratch” (a form of cross-stitch done on gingham) to stuffed toys, and hand-made greeting cards to beadwork.

For at least the third year in a row, Cedar Pocket member Jeanette Westlake topped the points ladder, earning the most points across all categories of the competition.

Division Handcraft chair Val Klein, from Proston QCWA, said all the old handcrafts were coming back into fashion, with young people keen to learn the skills, and older QCWA members eager to pass on the knowledge.

“You don’t have to be a member to come along to QCWA craft days,” she said.

All first prize winning entries in the Division competition will now be packed up and sent to State Conference, which will be held in Gladstone in October, where they will be judged against handcrafts from all other Queensland Division.

Division entries in cooking, floral art, knitting and crochet were judged earlier in the year.

Division president Marina Taylor (Imbil Branch) and Division secretary Irene Manwaring (Tin Can Bay Branch) 
Lyn Ramscar (Hivesville Branch) was presented with the Champion certificate for Hardcraft
Lois Thurecht (Elgin Vale Branch) won 1st prize in Dimensional Embroidery
Judith Marek (Proston Branch) earned a first place in Cross-Stitch
Division president Marina Taylor, left, presented the Division Handcraft secretary’s badge to Lyn Eggleton and the Division Handcraft treasurer’s badge to Jeanette Westlake; Jeanette also had the highest total points across all the Division Handcraft categories
Cr Kathy Duff had better trademark her ribbon cutting ceremonies … Cr Danita Potter officially opened the handcraft display with a yellow ribbon
Cedar Pocket QCWA took out the trophy for the Branch Table display for six items

 

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