DISPLAY OF HANDCRAFT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23517, 4 June 1938, Page 22

DISPLAY OF HANDCRAFT

WORK OF COUNTRY WOMEN INTERESTING FEATURE OF SHOW A wonderful example of the skill and ingenuity possessed by country women is shown in the display of handwork by members of the Otago branches of the Women’s Institute, which is attracting much attention at the Winter Show. The display includes articles both useful and orna-mental-mats fashioned from the unravelled wool of old cardigans, gay smocks from flour-bags, ornaments from broken glass and papier mache, and last, but not least, a birdcage made from a kerosene tin and painted bright green. The winner of the first section, in which entries came forward from seven bays, was the Lawrence Institute, which also received the special needlework prize for a tea cloth beautifully worked in a daffodil design Outstanding exhibits in this bay were a papier mache doll, a lampshade made from a discarded stable lantern, and a marquetry bowl containing a plant which bore flowers made of tinted eggshells. An exhibit from Lovell’s Flat Institute was awarded second place and included a cigarette stand made from cotton reels, a cushion composed of old ties, barbola work, and a collection of toy animals that would be a delight to all lovers of this particular craft The Waikouiti Institute gained third place, its most outstanding articles being a homemade firescreen and box. covered with metal cigarette cards. In the second section the winning bay of the eight represented also received the special prize for needlework with an - attractive picture worked in one-strand cotton A sporting vest made from a sugar-bag and a rug from pieces of coloured felt were among the novelties displayed. Some fine eyelet and crochet work was a feature of thq Macandrew Bay Institute's exhibit (placed second), a bowl made from a gramophone record, containing a water lily, also being included. The Green Island Institute’s bay came third, and was notable for the leather, pewter, and brass work and quilted bedspread exhibited.