Teignmouth Sculpure Trail- WI Octopus

POTS AND TOPS OCTOPUS

In this the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Teignmouth ( originally Higher Teignmouth) Woman's Institute ,we are delighted to be taking part in the Sculpture Trail for the first time .

 Our octopus has been created from recycled yoghurt pots and bottle tops-we drink a lot of tea !

It represents the many arms of the WI-not just jam and Jerusalem for which we are so well known, but so much more- friendship , education , crafts of all kinds , local projects and national campaigns on important social and environmental issues .

The craft club members helped sort the lids by colour . We used 464 yoghurt pots and 2832 tops collected by the members .

On the day we transported the octopus to the sea front we spent about 2 hours fixing the octopus together . The box the octopus is coming out of was found in a members loft (Angela) and its head (an exercise ball ) was given by Sandra .

Maureen Hunter & Marion Wyatt

Munch Bunch~July 2016

Our latest WI dinner was held at Censi’s Ristorante on the 21st July. An enjoyable evening with 20 members attending.
Carole Wood

Fabulous Flower Festival

The flower festival was held at St Michaels Church in Teignmouth and the ladies from Teignmouth WI did us proud.
   A few extra photos of the Flower Festival at St Michaels Church on 29th June to 3rd July.  The theme this year was ‘Songs of Praise’ and our display was ‘Jerusalem’ with symbols of the hymn being featured.

July Meeting

This months meeting was very well attended by around 70 ladies. Tracy Johnson was the speaker and we were all suprised she found the time when she told us about all the different crafts that she does! The theme was wild about crafts and Tracy did an excellent demonstration using Marino wool, shrinking it and compacting it to make a brooch, it was fascinating to see. Needless to say everyone thoroughly enjoyed the talk and demonstration.
This months competition was Golden days in celebration of our 50th Birthday, and the entrants were excellent, below are just a few of the entries.

Lunch Munch Bunch

A small group of our WI members, including our new President, Pam Webb, attended an enjoyable dinner from the extensive menu at the Royal China Restaurant, Newton Abbot on the 22nd June.

Carole Wood

Teign Heartbeat- Defibs in the Community

One of our own members, Shirley Brokenshaw, gave our talk this month. Everybody found it very interesting and informative. Shirley explained that her charity raises funds to provide defibrillators in the local community that are accessible 24 hours a day. 2 people in Teignmouth would have died last year if the Defibs were not available. Shirley gave members free books and sold beautiful cards.
The competition was a decorated heart, see photos below.

Ploughmans Lunch

                  Ploughman's Lunch 😋

“The WI Ploughmans Lunch was held on the 24th May 2016 and was very well attended and enjoyed by all.  Many thanks to the committee members and volunteers for all the hard work they put in preparing the excellent food and delightful desserts.  Thank you also to Sandra for taking the photographs.”

Carole Wood

Powderham Lunch Bunch

Our May lunch held at Powderham Castle Orangery on the 24th was attended by fifteen members who all enjoyed the good food and company.  Here’s to the next time and hoping more members will be able to attend our future events.

Carole Wood

Sugar Roses and Cupcakes

Carole's Cupcakes Workshop 

On Wednesday 11th May a group of 13 WI ladies went along to Carole's Cupckes in Teignmouth, for a sugarcraft workshop. Carole was very patient and we all made roses out of sugar paste decorate our cupcakes (made earlier by Carole) some were more successful than others but everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves and requested a return visit.