Port Chalmers - Cruise Ship Trip

Thursday 26th we enjoyed a trip to Port Chalmers to look at the cruise ship and browse around the shops and galleries.

Below: Sitting at the monument, right: a photo of the decks of the cruise ship

visit to artsenta community gallery

Judy and Nicola took two car loads of stepping stones members to view the exhibition by artsenta members. There were paintings, sculptures and woodwork. The trip was enjoyed by all.

March Group Activity - Compact Reusable Shopping Bags

Our activity for February has been making reusable shopping bags for groceries and also for ordinary shopping, it was even suggested that they would make good library book bags.

Louise made the pattern off a bag she already had out of brown paper, which we used to cut the material shapes.

We used some material offcuts we already had, and also bought some other new funky material. The pic of the smiley face cutout is one Kylie is making. The next photo is of Gails one, she has sewn the facing on the inside and is about to turn it the right side out.

The photos below are of the bag that David finished. You can see how compact the bag is when rolled up, so it stores in your handbag or car easily. You then simple undo the ribbon and dome to roll the bag out.


Below is Leonie, who finished her shopping bag last week, and kindly modelled it for us:


Lois with her finished reusable shopping bag. Also pictured rolled up for her handbag, and unravelled ready to pack her goods in.