The Handcrafts Committee is a support group for Ujamaa Grandmas makers and all things for BAGS, BABIES & BEYOND. This includes organizing workshops and demos, and providing kits and ideas for products. Product Custodians collect and store items for BB&B, organize pricing committees, set up before the sale, and clean up after the sale. Materials Custodians (Yarn and Fabric) provide raw materials and kits for products destined to be in the sale. If you take raw materials or kits and find you are unable to complete products for the sale, no worries, but please do return them so another member can use them to support the sale.
To learn more about how we do what we do, read our governing Handcrafts Terms of Reference 2023.
OUR MOTTO
Make what YOU like. Make what you like to make. Like what you make.
WHO’S WHO FOR 2025/26
CHAIR – Carla Lorfing
SECRETARY – Margie Smale
BB&B Co-ordination – Sandra Burgess
MEMBER AT LARGE – Carol Spring
BOARD LIAISON – Sue Asquith
CUSTODIANS
- YARN CUSTODIAN – Mary Anna Louise Kovar
- FABRIC CUSTODIAN = Dawn Bolger
- ACCESSORIES (scarves, cowls, shawls) – Barb Skinner. We’re looking for someone to shadow Barb.
- ACCESSORIES (heads and fingers, knees and toes) – Mary Anna Louise Kovar We’re looking for someone to shadow Mary Anna Louise.
- CHILDREN – Judy McCrea, Joyce Duncan – We’re looking for a toys custodian.
- HOME DECOR – Marion Shadlock, Elaine Peek, Elaine Gartner
- JEWELRY – Brigitte Launhardt, Lee McNiven
- PURSES & BAGS – Patty Cucman
- SEASONAL – Maggie Herr, Jan Geggie
If you are interested in becoming a custodian or “job” shadowing a current custodian to learn the ropes, please get in touch at handcrafts@ujamaagrandmas.com.
RESOURCES FOR MAKERS
If you want some guidance for what to make and what sells, check RESOURCES FOR MAKERS
REACH US for any questions at handcrafts@ujamaagrandmas.com