The South Peninsula Handcraft Centre will hold an exhibition, Valley of Crafters, at the Fish Hoek civic centre from Thursday October 24 to Saturday October 26, from 9am to 5pm on Thursday and Friday and from 9am to 2.30pm on Saturday, with the last tickets sold at 2pm on Saturday.
According to the organisation’s secretary, Dianne Osborne, the exhibition will feature a wide range of handmade crafts, including embroidery, mosaics, knitting, crochet, beading, quilting, quilling, and pewter work, among others.
Entry is R20 a person, with free entry for children under 12. There will also be a tea garden for tea, coffee, and light refreshments for R20.
The non-profit organisation, was established in June 1972, according to Ms Osborne.
In the early 1970s, the Business and Professional Womens’ Association, had a branch in Fish Hoek, led by Sadie Juter, and it held an exhibition of fine needle and crochet work at an art gallery on the beachfront to raise funds to establish a goodwill centre in the old Windsor Hotel.
A few months later, in April 1972, the Handcraft Centre had its inaugural meeting. Ms Juter was nominated as the chairperson and it started with 11 members in the old library hall in Beach Road.
As its membership expanded, meetings were moved to their present venue in the Fish Hoek civic centre
For more information about the event or the club, email Ms Osbourne at dianneosb@gmail.com