Members of Crowlas and Ludgvan W I were joined by Gillian from St Buryan W I for a day of creative stitchery with tutor Jane Powell. Jane took the ladies step by step through the design and making process of a three dimensional embroidered Echinacea flower. Everyone finished the day an expert in working French Knots and enthused by the novel way of combining thread and ribbon embroidery. Many thanks to Val for organising the workshop and for baking a delicious cake.
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Radio Cornwall’s Donna Birrell came to The Murley Hall, Ludgvan this morning to see what the local community has to offer. Crowlas and Ludgvan had a stall in the hall to highlight some of the interesting things that our members get up to both in the monthly meetings and on the various workshops and special interest groups in which we participate.
Monday 20th March brought the Annual Meeting for Crowlas and Ludgvan WI. Annual reports were distributed to members and a new President was elected. Outgoing President Helen Kestle, who has served for the past three years, handed over to Alison Latham who was chosen by members in a secret ballot. Committee roles were duly filled with the following offices being filled: Vice Presidents – Kathleen Merrett, Pat Gloyn, Secretary – Shirley Battle, Treasurer – Diane Curnow. 
Ten members of Crowlas & Ludgvan WI got together at the Murley Hall today for a day of needle felting.
From complete beginners to the more experienced, everyone got stuck in with their needles and fleece to produce beautiful items. Tutor Jo McIntosh guided us through the basics, then the stabbing of the fleece began, with only a few pricked fingers along the way.
Starting with small flat pieces, our confidence grew and we progressed to 3D animals including several ladybirds, hedgehogs, chicks and even a little pig.
Many thanks to Val for organising the workshop and for the delicious cake.
Ever since Crowlas & Ludgvan WI has existed, we’ve awarded our Competitions Cup to the member with the most points in our monthly competition.
We thought it would be fun to share the names of all our winners over the years, many of which will be familiar to you:
2000 – Maureen Fordham
2001 – Maureen Fordham / Pat Gloyn
2002 – Pat Gloyn
2003 – Hilda Bolitho
2004 – Hilda Bolitho
2005 – Pam Smith
2006 – Dorothy Oliver
2007 – Jan Roddy
2008 – Valerie Thomas
2009 – Valerie Thomas
2010 – Valerie Thomas
2011 – Wendy Larkin
2012 – Helen Kestle
2013 – Helen Kestle
2014 – Sue Knights
2015 – Ruth Airey
2016 – ???
I wonder whose name will be the next to be engraved on the cup!?
The scoring system for our competitions is quite an elaborate one, but Shirley keeps on top of it every month. Something to keep in mind is that you get points just for entering, so do give it a go. Although there won’t be a competition in March at our Annual Meeting, we’ll be starting again in April with some new (and easy!) competition ideas for you!
I’ve set up an Easyfundraising account for Crowlas & Ludgvan WI. This means that when you shop online, you can raise money for our funds!
Whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be collecting free donations for Crowlas & Ludgvan WI!
There are over 3,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation, including Amazon, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, eBay and even your utility companies and insurance providers – it doesn’t cost you a penny extra!
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3…
1. Head to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/crowlasludgvanwi/ and join for free.
2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.
3. After you’ve checked out, that retailer will make a donation to Crowlas & Ludgvan WI for no extra cost whatsoever.
I promise you there are no catches or hidden charges. It won’t cost you a penny more and Crowlas & Ludgvan WI will be really grateful for your donations. I signed up on Friday and have already raised £1.39. That may not sound like much, but multiply it by 55 members over the course of a year and you can see how quickly it’ll add up!
Give it a go!
Would anyone like to spend a fun day at Chy Noweth in great company, helping to make bunting to decorate the tea area of our WI Marquee at the Royal Cornwall Show?
The date is Monday 27 March.
All materials will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch and also a sewing machine if you can. Tea, coffee, biscuits and cake will be provided!
Contact Margaret (margaret481@sky.com) if you are thinking of coming or for more information.
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Shirley could not have chosen a better day for Crowlas & Ludgvan WI’s first walk of 2017 – it was a lovely clear sunny day.
The walk started with a steep incline from Penlee. The group took their time pausing to admire the view of Mount’s Bay and also to catch their breath.
They made their way to Paul, walking through the village and eventually finding the standing stones named the Ring and Thimble. The return walk took them through fields and down a long descent into Mousehole, providing a very different and lovely view of Mousehole.
In the cafe another walking group from Portreath came in for refreshments and the ladies were surprised to meet up once again with Niamh Noone, a former Crowlas & Ludvan member! Niamh is well and sends her love. What a small world!
Tonight’s Feast meeting was a fabulous event.
Everyone enjoyed a warming meal of hearty stew, followed by delicious fruit crumbles. Perfect for this cold weather!
After supper, we played our usual silly games, this time including a bin bag fashion show. We all got in the spirit and snipped and taped bin bags to create some true couture creations!
Thank you to all of you who brought contributions for our annual donation to the Food Bank. I think we really outdid ourselves this year and I’m sure they’ll be overjoyed to receive it all!
And a special thank you to the hard-working members of the committee who made the evening such a great success.
Crowlas & Ludgvan WI member Ann Tilly would like to let everyone know about a new weekly patchwork and sewing group she’s started!
The group (not a WI group) will meet every Thursday afternoon in the Murley Hall from 2pm until 4pm. All are welcome. Either bring something you’re working on, or just come along and pick up some inspiration from others.
See Ann if you have any questions, or drop in next Thursday and see what they’re up to!
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