SPRING FASHION SHOW

Yesterday evening we went to M & Co for our Spring Fashion Show.  Our models really strutted their stuff and looked fabulous!  Many thanks to them all for giving us such an entertaining and fun evening.

Also many thanks to M & Co for providing the venue and the lovely summer clothes.  Take a look at this link for up-to-date information on M & Co's commitment to charity.
http://www.mandco.com/our-charities/page/ourcharities
Last night the money raised went to Cancer Research - M and Co have already raised over £1.5 million for this charity

Here are some photos of the event



 

Lunch at Chi Restaurant

A crowd of HTWI members look like they had an enjoyable lunch at Chi Restaurant at Kenton on Tuesday 15th April.  I was sorry not to be able to be there - any comments/detail  on this event?  Thanks to Helen for the pictures.

Spring Council Meeting. Torquay

Maureen Hunter and I attended the Spring Council meeting in Torquay yesterday.  It was an enjoyable and entertaining day with nearly a thousand members and delegates all gathered together.  It certainly gave us a feeling of solidarity and sisterhood.

Our members had entered the writing competition and the hat competition but unfortunately none of us were successful.  However, the display of hats was quite amazing although the flashier ones did not win and it was a subtle hat in browns and creams which was the eventual winner.  Of course, I am always impressed by bling so all my photos are of the flashy hats.  The judges however were more discriminating and were looking for the quality of the knitting.  Maureeen G's hat was amazing and looked great

Maureen's hat

Brown hat on left = winner

The speakers were all very entertaining especially the keynote speaker, Kate Humble who kept us all amused with her life story, career highs  and humorous anecdotes.

The History of Faberge Eggs

  Anne Pagliero gave members a talk last night on The history of Faberge Eggs and she brought her own replicas to show us her work.  It was a fascinating talk covering the history of the Russian tsars and Faberge and his work.  Anne also talked about her own creations which replicate the original eggs.

Some of Anne's work

After the talk, Anne judged the competition for the most unusual egg cup which was won by Marion Wyatt.

The winner!