Our Saturday workshop was inspired by Tim Holtz The Sewing Room die cut. Using the die cuts as templates we had a very girly afternoon of dressing up
We stamped, cut, stitched and stuck our way through a happy afternoon.
And then the catwalk parade was ready
The girls are taking orders now for the real thing!!!
We were back in the workshop mode again on Sunday with the second session of flower cushions.
Some lovely colours were used and once again, although the ladies were a little more pressed for time today, the results were very pretty.
The first round of petals goes on
Above are a small selections of those I remembered to photograph before people whisked them away to go and see to their families and make Sunday dinner. I'm looking forward to seeing the sewn up and finished cushions over the next week or so.
Our workshop today was to make flower cushions from felted sweaters we no longer needed, or from charity shop finds.
Once felted in the washing machine the sweaters were dissected and the fun began.
the task of cutting a front,backs and over 40 petals was thirsty work!
Then we'd to sew all those petals into 3 long garlands.
Next we pinned the first garland of petals in place and stitched them down.
This round was closely followed by a second round
and before we knew it the final round was in place and it was time to sew it all together.
The finished cushions were really lovely and it proved a great way to use an old sweater.
No longer do you need to dread a Monday morning. You can come along to our drop in craft morning and either bring a project you are working on, or join in when we hold a mini workshop.
We held one today, and with Valentine's day in mind made some pretty Love Shack bird house decorations.
And some fabulous Steam Punk brooches too
Other Monday morning mini workshops include Card Making, Paper Blossom & Free Machine Embroidery.
If you'd like further information email me at [email protected]
We had a lovely group of ladies in this afternoon, to do one of our all time favourite workshops. Yes, you've guessed, rippin' n stickin. I've said it many times before, but it is just so therapeutic, and always produces very pretty results.
Most ladies opted to get in the mood for Valentine's Day by decopatching hearts........
and they looked lovely.
A couple of ladies opted for words too, and this KISS was especially pretty.
Emily attended our Extreme Knitting workshop earlier in the month and brought along the gorgeous mat that she'd made. She is now completely hooked on this extreme lark, and is unravelling all the sweaters she can find!
Oh yes, this is indeed what it's all about. An afternoon spent with lovely, like minded crafty people and a few sheets of very pretty paper.
We began the afternoon making a bone folder to give the nice crisp creases required.
Then we got onto the business of making these lovely little wallets.
Each one has 6 little pocket into which the ladies decided they would tuck anything from stamps, plasters, Rennies, a teabag etc to make an Emergency Supplies wallet for a Mothering Sunday present, to a loving note and a beer voucher, for a lucky husband!
An inspirational gift & craft shop in a pretty market town.
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