TRADITIONAL skills like needlework, sewing, crocheting, knitting and making patchwork quilts are real crowd pleasers.
The finished products can be found in the Needlework Section at the Marburg Show.
This is also where you’ll find Trish Frampton, a woman with a passion for homemade crafts.
She’s in her 35th year as section steward and gets the same enjoyment now as she did when she started.
“I love the section because I am into all that sort of thing. It’s wonderful to see what work comes into the show,” she said.
“As the years have passed, numbers have dropped a little bit, the younger ones don’t seem to do that kind of work anymore.”
Shows are a way for people to see what is possible using craft materials and instructions.
Large, detailed patchwork quilts are more than ‘just a rug’.
They are story boards with tradition woven into every patch.
There are countless products to make using crochet hooks and yarn.
Beach bags, plant holders and even hammocks can be handmade rather than store bought.
Trish hopes showgoers will be inspired to create items they’ve seen in her section.
“We’re hoping more young people will enter the show, the older folk are pulling back a little because the work isn’t that forgiving on arthritic hands,” she said.
“We had quite good entries last year and we are hoping for the same this year.”
There is a challenge this section runs and that’s to make something interesting and creative using a single piece of material.
“Then we have the junior section and there’s quite a few classes within that for a number of things like papercraft and diamonds,” she said.
“There’s a lot of variety and something for everyone who enjoys making things by hand.”
