For this Sunday only, 23rd November, 2014, there will be a tea cosy stall at the market, where the remaining Tea Cosy Competition cosies will be for sale.

It's Market Day on Sunday 23rd November, at Mulgrave Makers Market, on the corner of Wellington and Jacksons Roads. This is a fantastic market; the farmers market section is open every Sunday, and the makers market is on once per month.

Not all the tea cosies from the competition were sold at the display at Wandin in July. Since then, the Orchards Café, in Hopetoun Rd Park Orchards, has had tea cosies on display and for sale. All proceeds are donated to the Cancer Council; thanks to Cheryl and Soren at Orchards. They will continue to sell the cosies while we still have some left.

At the moment, we have raised $4450 for the Cancer Council from the Tea Cosy Competition. Hopefully, tomorrow's market will help boost the total.
To check it out, go to http://vic.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/craftacure .

 

 

Hi Everyone,

The raffle prize was a handmade quilt, featuring appliqued and embroidered teapots. It was won by Jasna Dolic of Noble Park, who purchased her ticket at the Mulgrave Makers Market; congratulations to Jasna; we hope you enjoy it. A big thank you to the ladies who donated materials, and their time and expertise, in crafting the quilt; Veronique, Peta, Shirley, Maxine, Sally.

 

 

Orchards Cafe, in Hopetoun Rd, Park Orchards, continues to display and sell the tea cosies for the fundraiser. Thanks to Cheryl and Soren. They seem to manage to sell a couple of cosies every week; at that rate, they’ll all be sold before next year’s event.

I currently have another $45 to add to the total.

Check out our fundraising total any time at http://vic.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/craftacure.

 

I’ve booked the dates for the tea cosy display for next year, to be held at the Warratina Lavender Farm again. It will run for 2 weeks, the second week of the July school holidays, and the first week of school term. That will be from 4th to 19th July, 2015. I hope to see you all there again next year.

 

As previously mentioned, next year, we’ll include a section for small soft toys; no bigger than a teapot!

During the display in July, a lot of overseas tourists came through, predominantly from Asia. They checked out the tea cosies with interest, but tea cosies are not big in Asia as far as I know. We might be able to sell soft toys to them more easily. But that’s not the only reason; a lot of people indicated interest in expanding the competition to include more crafts...so why not??!!!

 

 

I’m already looking forward to seeing all the lovely tea cosies and soft toys.

 

Thanks to you all for your support,

 

Cheers,

Lorraine

People's Choice voting

We had 260 tea cosies on display at the Warratina Lavender Farm; everyone who came to see them was asked to vote for their favourite cosy. 97 of the 260 cosies received at least one vote. We all have different opinions so it seems!
35 votes.....The crocodile stitch cosy
31 votes.....Teddy Bear's Picnic
26 votes.....Hedgehog
24 votes.....White cosy with beautiful embroidered crochet flowers
22 votes.....Black cosy with poppies
20 votes.....Hen with three chickens

Raffle draw

Congratulations to Jasna Dolic; she is the lucky lady who won the 'Teapots' quilt. The quilt was crafted and donated by Veronique, Peta, Lorraine, Sally, Shirley, and Maxine.
Jasna had ticket number 206. She didn't leave a phone number, so, if she doesn't see this online, I'll have to write to her to let her know. We called on Steve and Tessa, who were visitors to the Tea Cosy display at the Lavender Farm, to draw the winning ticket number (from a teapot of course!).
Thanks guys!

Tea Cosy Display

The Tea Cosy display is in full swing at the Warratina Lavender Farm, open from 9am to 4pm. This Saturday and Sunday are the last 2 days.
So far, $2950 has been raised for the Cancer Council. http://vic.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/craftacure is the website where donations can be made.
The People's Choice voting has the crocodile stitch tea cosy still in the lead, with the Teddy Bears' Picnic in second place, and the hedgehog in third. Two more days of voting to go!

 

The Tea Cosy display is currently on at the Warratina Lavender Farm, 105 Quayle Rd, Wandin Yallock. On a cold, wet, winter's day, we had a steady stream of visitors, who had an enjoyable day out. We sold lots of tea cosies, which people will either pick up or receive in the post, after the 13th July, when the display ends. We raised over $700 for the Cancer Council on Day 1; a great result.

Barbara Joyce with her winning chicken tea cosy. Congratulations Barbara!

 

 

Mary Abdulla's 'Bride and Groom'. Very imaginative!

 

 

 Some of the Red Hat Society entries, and some Remembrance Day poppy tea cosies.

Tea cosies on display

Tea Cosy display
Warratina Lavender Farm

105 Quayle Rd,
Wandin Yallock
phone 59644650

Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 13th, 9-4

The Lavender Farm has a delightful tea room; lunch bookings can be made on the phone number above.

Come and see all the lovely tea cosies.

The tea cosies are for sale. All proceeds go to the Cancer Council.
We have to keep the display intact for the nine days of the display; you can purchase any tea cosy, and we'll post it to you after 13th July, or you can collect it from the Lavender Farm.
A BIG 'THANK YOU' TO ALL WHO HAVE MADE TEA COSIES FOR THIS EVENT.