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 →
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 →
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! →
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 →
We had a wonderful preview for Michele’s exhibition ‘hare brained’, with beautiful food and lots to see and talk about. Michele’s exhibition runs for two more weekends (until 14th September),… Read more ‘Hare Brained’ by Michele McDonald →
We’re closed this Saturday 3rd August and next weekend Friday 9th, Saturday 10th August for our summer break. But we will be open again as usual from Friday 16th August Fridays and Saturdays 10 -5pm and any other time by arrangement. We’ll be coming back to a gallery full of hares! Michele McDonald’s exhibition starts on Friday with a meet the artist event on Saturday 17th August.
I’m really looking forward to our next exhibition; ‘Hare Brained’ by Michele McDonald, Mixed Media Artist. The exhibition starts on 16th August but the hares have started arriving already. You… Read more Is Michele McDonald ‘AirBrained’ or just got hares on the brain?! →
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