Enraptured by art, creativity and connectivity Looking out for locals

COMMUNITY spirit is exemplified in the town of Tatura, with many businesses and townspeople doing their best to look after one another.

Foodworks Tatura, open seven days a week, has an on-site butcher, fresh fish subject to availability and freshly-squeezed orange juice are on offer in addition to hand-selected fruit and veg also a comprehensive delicatessen dairy, freezer and liquor department.

They also offer many vegetarian and vegan options, and a large range of locallyproduced goods from the Goulburn Valley.

In addition to being a premier grocer to shop at, every Thursday is pensioner day at the store. They also make food shopping a breeze through their home delivery service, orders can be placed by visiting tatura. myfoodworks.com.au.

Foodworks Tatura is located at 112 Hogan Street, Tatura and can be contacted on 5824 1122, the store is open daily from 7am until 8pm.

CAMARADERIE, collaboration and artistic creativity are what the sewing group at Kensington Gardens Lifestyle estate is all about.

Meeting every second Sunday in the estate’s clubrooms, the artistry of the works created by the fifteen strong group, embody a lifetime of refined skill and breathtaking expertise.

Bringing together quilters, painters and fibre art creators, the sewing group is pleased to resume its endeavours after Covid and has proven to be so much more to the ladies than its humble name foretells.

“It’s about mindfulness and it is also an enriching social activity,” says Di Turner, one of the group’s talented artisans.

“Working together on our projects is a collaborative venture and it also gives us a purpose; we set goals to get things completed and we become enraptured in what we are doing.”

Pam What and Shirley Keating are just two of the exceptional artists from Kensington Gardens Lifestyle Estate’s Sewing Group.

Over the last twelve months Di says the group has welcomed several newcomers and are always eager for more, and with retired artists and teachers within the group, there is great scope for new inductees to develop their skills.

In addition to exquisite quilts, the group produces acrylic landscapes, felted bags, poured acrylic art and craft, embellished fabric art incorporating a myriad of materials, and (in the future) screen printing and pattern fabric painting.

With fine creations in abundance, the sewing group are excited to take their work, entitled “Big and Bold”, to the Spring Quilt and Art Show on Sunday, October 9 at the Lifestyle Communities Estate.

With weather permitting, the Spring Show will take place in the gardens near the club house, at 65 Channel Road, Shepparton.