So the Monday team dressed as elves - as you do!. More festive fashion frolics are planned. The reworkers pulled out all the stops to create stock for next week's Reading University Festive FairTraid Fayre which promises to be as good fun as it was last year where I ended up selling my own pixie coat which I had foolishly hung on the mirror next to our stall. Ah well all in a good cause. I spent a lot of this week bemoaning the lack of the Reworked Overlocker Machine. It is in for a well deserved service but it is greatly missed! I feel the need to get on with some pixie coats (See the before and after Reworked images page - if you do not know what I mean by a pixie coat) . I shall start with Rebeca's coat as soon as the Reading University Festive Fair Traid Fayre is over next Thursday. Do come along 12 till 2pm. at the Palmer building!
A little bit of history - about Reworked for Oxfam. I am a very enthusiastic volunteer reworker. I cannot claim to have thought of,or set up, the Reworked for Oxfam idea but I do lay claim to ensuring it did not go under when we lost the shop in the Harris Arcade - in Reading.
The workshop - is now housed upstairs in the Oxfam shop 12 Prospect St. Caversham, Reading RG4 8JG. https:// facebook.com/oxfamshopcaversham We have about 20 talented volunteer reworkers. They each have particular skills and styles. It is a joy to be part of the team. A sample of our work is on display on this site. The stuff is georgeous!!!! Currently - we are in the less than excitingly named week 35. Much of our creation is focussed on items for Christmas. I hope to update these posts regularly - who knows what joys - weeks 36 to 50 might bring. So keep following. Bye for now Cathy Re 'Q' |