Hi my friends,

For all those newbies looking at the TOG website for the first time I hope that you find it interesting.

Sadly we only met twice in September. Sorry to all those who really look forward to this day every week.

But....let's look on the bright side....those two afternoons were such fun.

Lets take a glimpse at some of the stuff we did.

JENNIFER'S ART CLASS

You guys are doing so well !!!!

Jennifer used a sponging technique this week.... it's so effective.

MARILYN'S JEWELLERY STATION

THE CRAFT TABLE

' Painting on cotton fabric '....it's great to work with other forms of material...we have painted on leather, wood, silk and glass before.

We fixed the cotton material onto wooden frames as one needs to have the material suspended to paint.

Just for a bit of background information....Brian kindly made the frames from wood found in a skip at The Bridge when they had a clear out. The material was an old cotton sheet.....The fabric paints and most other bits and pieces at the table were also recycled......It's great to recycle stuff.....In fact for those that don't know a lot of the stuff we use at the craft table is either given to us or bought from a Charity shop or of course those wonderful Boot Sales......It's such a buzz when you can buy something for practically nothing.....so just give us some of your junk we might just make some use of it.

Results of today's work. There is still a fair bit to do. But they are all coming on fine.

Oh No!!!! caught in the act.....this wasn't supposed to happen. I chose a nice quiet corner....and somebody snapped us......Just to say I didn't mess up her hair too badly.

Gosh !!!! It's all going on here.....Sheenal is giving our Debbie a massage.....we seem to have no end of talent in this group......Sheenal also does Mehndi....see some of her work in the Gallery.

And here we have sister Lisa with her aspiring group of musicians......When they make it they are going to treat us all to a gourmet meal at Munch & Mingle....How about that....

We seem to forget the Poetry Group as they do not work in the same room. Can't blame them as there is a lot going on. They are still going strong and hopefully they will share some of their poetry with us when we return for our ' Fun Day '.

Christianne also came and did Tai Chi.....It's very popular and a lovely bit of relaxation exercise at the end of a busy afternoon.

And there's more......we hope to start a new line dance class on the days that Christianne is unable to attend.

Look out for our brand new group ' Walk the Line '

NO ' TOG ' NEXT WEEK FOLKS........Wiseworks are having an open day.

We will be back on the 12th October with a ' Fun Day ' please come and join us.

Lastly don't forget about Munch & Mingle. We are meeting on Friday 7th October Look up the NEWS page for details.

Patricia x

The Other Group