Thursday 27 February 2014

Meet Harmony Patch

Meet Harmony Patch. Than you Heather from little Red Suitcase for the lovely name and everyone else who gave me names. look out for the postman Heather and another completion soon.

Sunday 23 February 2014

Bulrush and Catkin Angel

 
Making the bulrush  and catkin woolly angels next workshop which  is may 6th, 7th, 14th and 21st of May,  I've added more dates as this one seems to be the favourite at the moment - book early to avoid disappointment.

New workshop leaflets arrived.

A taster of workshops to come.

 
I will show you how to make textile brooches 1940.s style 11- 1 on Tuesday 11th of March      £18  - 3 places left.


 
 
 Let me give you a taster morning having a go at hand carding and how to use a drop spindle. 11-1      £18    on  Tuesday  18th of March.


 



 Mosaic Angel workshop  on 19th,  25th and 26th of March

Friday 21 February 2014

My Edwardian bed

 

 My bed. Our  little people  had jumped so much on the old pine bed it broke the slats . I found it all cellotaped up by the guilty party. So after looking up new beds. I decided to take a  a trip to our local auction house instead I found the base and frame of an Edwardian bed to fit my own mattress for 37 pounds -  bargain, apparently Edwardian beds are not popular, well they are in our home. On these grey mornings I string fairy lights around my knitted leaves. It's so high I feel like I'm out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

 Tea in bed as it's the holidays. Hope you are having a happy half term.

Friday 14 February 2014

Love in all its many forms.

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Woollen Angels


I took a few photos before everyone arrived.

 I try to bake for a workshop today we had banana and walnut cake. it has to be simple baking not my forte

 Look what theses clever lady's made.




I hope my workshops are fun and relaxing. places go  very quickly at the moment so I hope to introduce some early evening ones too when the evenings are not so grim that is.

Spring Workhops



Spring Workshops with Hesta held at Maisie Daisy Craft Shop,

38 Mill St, Sidmouth.  To book now & secure a place call 07938832983

email: hesta@greenglamour.co.uk - All workshops include materials & refreshments

February
 
 
March
April
Tuesday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
4
 
Workshop full
 
 
5
Making brooches with Vintage Materials
Full
4
Textile brooches & corsages
11-1
£18            B&I      
5
Textile brooches using vintage materials
10.30-1
£28             B&I              
1
Hand carding wool& how to use a drop spindle
11-1
£18             B
2
Beginners knitting- let us get you started
10.30-12.30
£14
11
Hand carding wool & making into woollen angels
10.30-12.30
£18             B
12
Hand carding wool & making into woollen angels
10.30-12.30
£18             B  
11
Textile brooches using vintage materials
11-1
£28             B&I              
12
Crochet for beginners
10.30-12.30
 
£14
8
Textile flower brooches & corsages
11-1
£18            B&I      
 
9
Hand carding wool& how to use a drop spindle
10.30-12.30
£18             B
18
Woollen angels
 
As above
 
19
Woollen angels
 
As above
 
18
Hand carding wool& how to use a drop spindle
10.30-12.30
£18             B
19
Mosaic angels
10.30-1
 
£28         B&I
15
Mosaic angels
11-1.30
 
£28         B&I
16
Mosaic angels
10.30-1
 
£28         B&I
25
Drop in for textile help & advice & inspiration
11-12      £5
26
Beginners knitting
10.30-12
£14            B
25
Mosaic angels
11-1.30
£28         B&I
26
Special Mothers Day mosaic angels
£28
22
Hair accessories & corsages with a vintage vibe
11-1.30   £28
23
Knitting & crocheting flowers
10.30-12.30
£14
 
B - Beginners
 
I - Improvers
 
 
 
 
 
 
29 Textile decorative bird cages
11-1   £28  B&I
30
Textile decorative bird cages
10.30-12.30 £28
B&I

 

 

Monday 10 February 2014

Doll Competition


This Doll needs a name! So far I have Vera Thimble, but she doesn't look like a Vera. I find it hard parting with my dolls as they take so long to make , so if I call on you to name her I will find it easier to let her go to the land of Etsy in the spring.  Sadly I can not give her to you, but the best name and little mention on your blog (if you have one) about mine would be just smashing and will win you the lovely Una, the  mermaid doll. Marketing is never easy, always better to let someone else blow your trumpet. Competition ends first week in March. I will put the winner on my blog and  my mermaid doll will swim her way to you. Ps I will have a few little treats for runners up .

New Woolly Worskops

 Some new woolly workshops will be coming soon. On Tues11th and 18th of February  we are making woolly angels, both are full, but I will show pics of what we make.
Next woolly Angel workshop with places is wed 19th of February.

Look who feel asleep under the primulas..To make theses little baby bugs all you need is a wooden bead a pipe cleaner and some merio carded wool. Pop in the shop if you are local and I will give you a quick demo.

Apron Dresses in larger sizes as promised

 I have three lovely overly gorgeous sizes of Apron Dress on my Etsy site they will fit size 16-22. It is getting so hard to buy  hand embroidered table cloths. This one I particular I love as it has a little stile on it.




Thursday 6 February 2014

New Hats and I spy a snowdrop

 Its true snowdrops are here, we have turned a corner. Lots of hat making going on here at this windy time of year.