Monday 18 April 2016 Update

Every time I come in, more of the tapestry has been worked on 

and getting closer to the top. Not long to go now!

Thursday 14th April 2016

 Shari Purdon from Onerahi worked a few rows

 on the tapestry today under the guidance and 

encouragement of volunteer hostess, Annie. 

 Shari was concerned she would "mess it up"

which is a common belief from people.

 We are glad you gave it a go though, Shari and 

your contribution will be forever woven into

this community project!

Already April

 ~Saturday 2nd April 2016~

 Naoko our main hostess, was on hand to assist members of the public in weaving a few rows in contribution to our Community Project.

Daphne Inder, who lives here in Whangarei has already worked on the tapestry and wanted to weave a few more rows before it was finish. 

 As you can see we are nearly finished....

We only have about 10 inches to go!

~o0o~

March visitors..

~THURSDAY 17 MARCH 2016~

Judith Cox, from East York, 

U.K watches hostess Elly as 

she demonstrates how to weave.

Judith has previously seen the tapestry
 when she and her husband were visiting
 New Zealand in December 2013.

~SATURDAY 19 MARCH 2016~

 Charlotte Cates from Pataua North spent a bit of 

time practising weaving on one of the mini-looms

while spending the day out with her Grandma. 

Charlotte is 8 and a half years old and she 

attends Glenbervie School. She loves making 

things and being creative so her Gran said she 

would look at buying her a tapestry loom for

her 9th birthday in July 2016.

~o0o~

March 2016

Hello faithful followers of this blog!

It's been a while since my last post and as we are nearing the "Three Year" mark thought it was high time I shared an update with you all. There's not much left to do on the sun now and we are making great progess as we weave up into the sky and the trees.

Again, we are so grateful to our faithful volunteers as 

without them, the tapestry would come to a grinding halt! 

Many shades of yellow make up the sun, leaves, flowers and the sky.

We so appreciate the dedication and hard 

work from Naoko, Our Tapestry Master.

The right-hand side (above)

..and the left-hand side.

Thanks for stopping by and checking up on the progress!

Thursday 21st January 2015

Hello lovely followers of the 

Whangarei Community Tapestry Project! 

 Today we had a few people interested in adding their 

bit to the tapestry while they had the opportunity. 

 Barbara Pennington wove a few rows as she

 chatted with her friend, Sheila Swarbrick 

before going to get a coffee together.

Barbara lives in Maunu and her friend,

 Sheila lives in Riverside.

~o0o~

 Christiaan Burger wove a few rows above the mountain

while his wife, Annelies and son, Juan (17) and daughter,

Brooke, 8 years old, watched him. They live in Auckland.

 Brooke had a go at weaving 

on ones of our mini looms.

~o0o~

 Ons Schoenmaekers worked alongside

 hostess, Annie while she conversed with

 a man interested in what we were doing

 Ons was born in Holland but moved

 to New Zealand in 1987.

~o0o~

International visitiors..

We have a lot of international visitors and shoppers over the summer period and many are enthralled at our amazing community tapestry project.

Allana, a local but has American Citizenship and currently studying there, was visiting her mum for Christmas along with brother, Reece from Auckland. They called in to see if they could do a little weaving before returning home.

~o0o~

Sophie, aged 9 years from Cairns, Queensland in Australia was visiting family with her Mum and Dad over the New Year. Her Dad grew up in Whangarei and Sophie had a Grand-friends Day at school where "Nana's" came to spend the day showing the children how to sew and knit and do crafts they learned as a child. Sophie thought the tapestry was amazing!

Our hostesses are back on deck after their holiday break so I hope to have lots more photos to share of our many visitors working on the tapestry in the coming weeks.

~o0o~