Meetings
A meeting is held in January to plan the year's activities. Thereafter there is a meeting once a month, and usually two extra meetings are scheduled each year to complete UFO's (Unfinished Projects) .
Members may bring their own projects to work on each month or they may work on a kit offered by a tutor. Proceeds from public displays, usually held every two years, are used to subsidize tutors from outside Nelson to come and teach new techniques. A short business meeting is held during the morning tea or lunch break. There is a show-and-tell table where members display completed projects – a source of inspiration, often, for other members.
A monthly raffle augments club funds.
Members may borrow resources from the club’s extensive library: books, magazines, tools and machinery.
Two members each month are hosts for the meeting: duties include setting out and putting away equipment and providing light refreshments.
2022 Meeting Dates For Your Diary:
The following meetings will be at the Tahunanui Community Hub, 55-61 Muritai Street, Tahunanui, Nelson
Saturday, 19 February
Saturday, 19 March
Saturday, 9 April
Saturday, 21 May
Saturday, 18 June
Saturday, 16 July
Saturday, 20 August
Saturday, 17 September (AGM)
Saturday, 15 October
Saturday, 19 November
Saturday, 17 December
What to Bring
It is a good idea to bring your own work box with all your tools named. The club owns a number of tools which are available for use on the day.
Members may bring their own projects to work on each month or they may work on a kit offered by a tutor. Proceeds from public displays, usually held every two years, are used to subsidize tutors from outside Nelson to come and teach new techniques. A short business meeting is held during the morning tea or lunch break. There is a show-and-tell table where members display completed projects – a source of inspiration, often, for other members.
A monthly raffle augments club funds.
Members may borrow resources from the club’s extensive library: books, magazines, tools and machinery.
Two members each month are hosts for the meeting: duties include setting out and putting away equipment and providing light refreshments.
2022 Meeting Dates For Your Diary:
The following meetings will be at the Tahunanui Community Hub, 55-61 Muritai Street, Tahunanui, Nelson
Saturday, 19 February
Saturday, 19 March
Saturday, 9 April
Saturday, 21 May
Saturday, 18 June
Saturday, 16 July
Saturday, 20 August
Saturday, 17 September (AGM)
Saturday, 15 October
Saturday, 19 November
Saturday, 17 December
What to Bring
It is a good idea to bring your own work box with all your tools named. The club owns a number of tools which are available for use on the day.
- Small sharp scissors
- Needles, pins, thread – basic colours
- A few toothpicks
- A few ice-block sticks
- Glue – PVA or Elmers wood glue
- Ayleen’s tacky glue
- A glue-stick
- A self-healing cutting mat
- A plastic milk-bottle top
- Ruler, preferably steel
- Foam cutting pad, such as a mouse-pad
- Craft knife, Xacto knife, or scalpel
- Tweezers
- Film canister for keeping little things in.
- A couple of spring-clip clothes pegs
- A selection of bulldog clips
- A selection of paintbrushes
- Propelling pencil, biros
- Double-sided Sellotape
- Cloth for wiping sticky hands!
- Fine sandpaper
