Sewing this summer
So how many people enjoyed The Sewing Bee and are feeling inspired to get sewing? We have a few new sewing tutors joining us at The Making House this summer… Read more Sewing this summer →
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Spring Craft Club Felting
This spring at Craft Club Emma and Julia taught us some new felting techniques. We do like a bit of felting, be it wet and dry! We did some basic… Read more Spring Craft Club Felting →
Crazy Mary Workshops
Crazy Mary’s workshops are anything but crazy. She delivers a very structured workshop that ensures everyone comes away with a great end result, learning specific skills along the way. This… Read more Crazy Mary Workshops →
Winter Solstice with Sawley Infants
My second involvement with Erewash Festival of Lights was to create some lanterns for The Winter Solstice Event at Erewash Museum, Ilkeston; for this I worked with a group of… Read more Winter Solstice with Sawley Infants →
Xmas Light Switch on in Long Eaton
As part of Erewash Festival of Lights I worked on a great project to create some ‘carnivalesque’ costumes for Long Eaton’s Light parade with Dovedale Primary School. The theme was… Read more Xmas Light Switch on in Long Eaton →
A crazy busy December – Craft Club
Thank goodness it’s January! December is always a busy month for crafters with making and selling, but for me Dec 2013 was crazy busy with barely enough time to breath.… Read more A crazy busy December – Craft Club →
We’re getting Ready for Christmas!
Karen Carr, one of our regular craft clubbers created this fantastic Santa out of 2 recycled ‘Hell Boy’ Scarves and came up with the idea to adapt an owl design… Read more We’re getting Ready for Christmas! →
Sewing with Crazy Mary
We’re pleased to welcome Mary Halbert or ‘Crazy Mary’ Crafts as one of our sewing instructors here at The MAking House. This autumn she’s delivering a couple of one day… Read more Sewing with Crazy Mary →
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