About IWG Tunis

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Welcome to IWG Tunis! The IWG (International Women's Group), Tunis, is a non-profit organisation for women from around the world, presently residing in Tunisia. Its easy, multicultural atmosphere attracts expat ladies to join the group. We share and enjoy good moments together. We have currently more than two hundred members from 43 countries. The focus of the IWG is to help the expat ladies to settle down in Tunis and feel at home. To achieve this, we have set up many activity groups within the IWG. It enables members to participate in small group activities of their own interest, and share experiences and information about Tunisia and their own nations with other members. Our activities are highlighted by the monthly IWG Coffee Mornings which offer a great opportunity to the members to make friends and explore their new home away from home. Members of the IWG actively participate in charity activities, and organize fund-raising bazaars in spring and winter. The funds raised through these are donated to different Tunisian charities to meet some of their financial needs.

Monday, 27 August 2012

On-going Events (2012AUG27)


On-going Events

Collecting plastic bottle caps for the wheelchair - 
initiated by the Association Emel Tounis
Plastic bottle caps  16,000 plastic bottle caps(free size) = 1 free wheelchair! Please collect as many as you can.  Thank you!  

00314361.jpg Please bring your plastic bottle caps to the next IWG Coffee Gathering on Sept 20thRim Abdel-Mouleh will take care of our collection.

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S e p t e m b e r


Sept. 20, Thursday
Coffee beans and a cup of coffeeIWG Coffee Gathering 

Topic: "Crossing lines - The many faces of fiber art" 
by Charlotte de Koch 

Venue:            The Palace Hotel, Gammarth
                         Cèdre d'Or Restaurant
Time:               10am to noon
Cost:                10 TD


Please sign up with "Sept Cafe" in the subject to "iwgtunis@hotmail.co.uk" before Sept.17th. 

* 48 hours cancellation is introduced. Any cancellation shorter than 48 hours, kindly participate the cost. Thanks. 

Don't forget to bring your plastic bottle caps. Rim will collect them for us. Thanks!


Crossing Lines: The many faces of fiber art


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Fiber art is a style of fine art which uses linear, pliable elements – textiles - such as fabric, yarn, natural and synthetic fibers.  It uses methods traditionally associated with textile fibers such as stitching, weaving, dyeing and techniques from other art forms, in construction.


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About Charlotte de Kock
My grandmother taught me to sew, knit and crochet at 5 years old. I loved sewing, but never had time to do a lot.

I started quilting about 15 years ago and found in the last year fiber art.  This art form is wonderful since it gives you many more avenues to express yourself with textiles and fibers.