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Apologies for things having been a little quite here recently. The committee have been hard at work making plans for 2013 and making sure it’ll be even better than 2012 (which was pretty awesome itself!). Here is our promotional poster for 2013, please do share it with friends and maybe print off a copy to…

  Our programme for the first five months of 2013! Keep your eyes on the blog and Facebook page for updates on events closer to the time. We hope to see you all at the events 🙂 Many thanks to Paul Solomon of Johnny Toaster for creating the programme flyer.   Sotonettes Committee x  

As October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we based our meeting around the theme of Boobs! We had the lovely Sally and Sarah, two Boobettes from the charity CoppaFeel, talk to us about breast cancer and the importance of self-examination, even at an early age.  CoppaFeel is a charity started by Kris Hallenga after she…

In September we were lucky enough to be joined by Veronique Devine (Ms. V) and Madeleine Soleil for an introduction to burlesque dancing. As well as trying out our new venue, Que Pasa, we also had lots of new faces come along to join in and it was lovely to meet you all. Ms. V…

For our August meeting we were lucky enough to have Katherine Anteney of Red Hot Press come and teach us a bit about book binding. Red Hot Press is a fine art print workshop based in Southampton that runs print making and book binding courses for all levels of ability. I have to say, I…

Swishing – swapping and up-cycling unwanted clothes – has been the focus of a national WI campaign against ‘fast fashion’. ‘Fast fashion’ refers to most of the clothing readily available on our high streets – mass produced and readily ‘disposable’ clothing that often causes huge environmental and social impacts. You can find out more about…