Cosies for Conservation Winners
On 8th June the 181 tea cosies that had been donated to the Museum for our Cosies for Conservation campaign went in to be judged.
Our three judges were Alison Cooke, WI Chair of Creative Activities; Sue Stone, WI Vice Chair Board of Trustees and Leanne Wightman from Tea Magzine. The WI judging criteria for hand knitted items was used and the process took over an hour and a half.
Alison commented, “I have never seen such a wonderful array of tea cosies. There has been an astonishing number of entries and the quality of the knitting was wonderful.”
Category: Best Building Tea Cosy
First place: Toll House by Jacky Guest, Halesowen.
Second place: Brick Cottage by Denise Smith, Solihull
Third Place: Cosy Cottage by Michelle Strauss, Bromsgrove
Highly Commended: Thatched Cottage by Jan Maunder, Norwich
Category: Best General Tea Cosy
First place: Mole by Glynis Powell, Birmingham
Second place: Jubilee by Nan Reynolds, Bromsgrove
Third place: Autumn by Kate Ross, Malvern
Highly Commended: Buttons by Barbara Lees, Bromsgrove
These tea cosies are now going in a travelling tea cosy exhibition over the summer (details to follow) and people can bid to buy them through sending in a sealed bid which will be drwan on 1st October. All tea cosies will be posted out within 2 weeks of the bids being drawn.
For further information please contact Rachel Shepherd, Head of Business and Marketing on business@avoncroft.org.uk or 01527 831363.
