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Published: October 31, 2002

A group of women armed with hammers spent part of Oct. 19 bashing fresh

flower petals into muslin cloth.

They were practising a unique craft called flower pounding.

“They were a noisy bunch,” said British Columbia Women’s Institute

president Joan Holthe.

The flower pounders then quilted the resulting flower-dyed cloth or

screened it onto a transfer sheet to print onto t-shirts.

It was one of several activities at the BCWI women’s retreat, Oct.

18-19. Holthe said about 55 from the Peace River district attended the

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weekend that was partly spent on crafts, partly learning from speakers

about their health and a large part pampering.

Besides flower pounding, facials, massages and nail care, the WI

members could try about eight crafts from calligraphy to swag making.

The craft weekend was reasonably priced, said Holthe, because of a

bequest left nine years ago in the estate of former BCWI member

Victoria Sallis. She left a fund to ensure BCWI members could learn

cultural arts. Each year craft instruction events are held around the

province, as was done recently by Rolla and Landry branches.

At the weekend, Holthe announced that the BCWI’s annual meeting March

22, 2003, will be attended by the province’s lieutenant-governor, Iona

Campagnola. She has agreed to be the group’s honorary patroness, in the

same way that the Queen supports WI as a member of an English branch.

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