It’s great to be able to bring in guest tutors to deliver workshops here at The Making House. We’re really pleased to announce our workshop with Judith Brown. About Judith… Read more Stitched Wire and Haberdashery Jewellery with Judith Brown →
Last Sunday was our first sewing workshop with Tanya. Tanya Burdina is our new dressmaking tutor; she makes bespoke high end wedding dresses and is a highly qualified and very… Read more Our First Sewing Basics Course with Tanya →
As you know we like recycling and a while back I bought ‘Mixed Media and Found Materials’ an inspiring book by Lucy Renshaw full of quirky ideas and bright colours,… Read more Upcycled Lampshades with Lucy Renshaw →
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 →
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’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 →
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 →
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 →
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