Very Cold and Snowy

It has snowed most of this week .. but we have been furiously working on the on-line class/tutorial which has launched today. It will be accessible for the lifetime of the course .. I have had a few emails asking about this and if it is time sensitive (as I believe that some on-line classes are only available to download for a very short period of time). It is, the class is running for 2 months in total with part 2 starting on the 10th Feburary.
You can sign up here.

Flower Sticther Video Now On Youtube

I’ve just uploaded to Youtube a demonstration on how to use the Flower Stitcher which I mentioned in craftynotions.com’s January Newsletter.

Here it is!

Flower Stitcher @ craftynotions.com

Remember there is still time to book a place on the online class which starts on Sunday! Click here

Back From London

The Goodies

Twiddley Bird

The Crunch

We had a really busy time at the Knitting and Stitching Show. Met loads of people, Hello to Viv, Gabi, Ermintrude… To name just a few. And good to catch up with Dale and Ian and his cold germs!

The talk I gave to the Danish Felters went well and it will be lovely to see them all again in July in Denmark. (Details later) Next year will be a very busy exhibiting year as I will have the pieces for Denmark and work for the exhibition here in Newark with The Group. I will post al the details soon.

The work on the new space is gaining pace and we are painting the floor in the warehouse bit . I have tables and chairs waiting for delivery. more importantly I have been to Ikea for storage and no I didn’t come back with everything but showed great restraint!

Rusty Bits

Just a few samples that I have been working on with the rusting powder. They are not stitched yet because of the temperature has incredibly high and has obviously affected my hand-eye coordination. We British like moaning about the warmth and the climatic discrepancies. I do believe my Australian friends are wearing wooly jumper and winter clothes. Our American friends are experiencing really weird weather in certain parts, Ohhh! We are never happy are we.

Today we have had a good time at work packing some glittery bits which will be on the website after the open weekend.

Also for those of you who are down in Cornwall I am traveling down and demonstrating at Porthleven at Arts and Graphics on Friday 10th July. Thursday 9th at SJL Card Craft in Taunton and then on the 8th July I am in Newton Abbot at the Craft Room (I remember having scrumpy at the Cider Bar, it is an evil and definitely has mind altering properties but boy did it taste good).

Craftynotions will also be at the embroiderers guide regional event which is at the Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford. If anybody wants to order anything for collection please e-mail ahead at sales@craftynotions.com .

Textile Workshops

This is the page from the latest workshop list for classes that I hold at Rufford Craft Centre. As you will see from the image if you are interested in joining in on the workshops you will need to give us a ring on 01636 700862 or e-mail enquiries@craftynotions.com with the subject Rufford Workshop.

The images depicked are just indications of the work we’ll get up to!

Newsletter

This is the newsletter we are sending out and I thought I would post it here too.

Just to keep you updated with what’s going on here at Craftynotions. We’ve been very busy finding new things, designing new things and making new things!

Firstly, to let you know that we have our annual Open Weekend on July 4th and 5th. As usual teas and coffees etc are being done for us by Newark MS Group. We will be having loads of demonstrations offered by Leonie Pujol of QVC and magazine fame, but she’s doing a textile degree so is keen and eager to use our textiley things. Our good friend Pat Grant will be with us on the Sunday as her grandchild is getting married on the Saturday. We’ve got Lincolnshire Spinners and Weavers coming with their spinning wheels and all their expertise so you may be able to learn how to drop a spindle or even have a go on a wheel. And of course I’ll be doing rolling demos on some of our new things.

We will also have exhibitions from The Group. This is a gang of pals who meet up regularly, discuss the world, discuss needlework, felting, quilting, projects and ongoing themes and produce work for exhibitions. There will also be exhibitions of my own work.

As you know we’ll have lots of bargains, lots of one-offs, and hopefully lots of fun and ideas to be shared.

You’ll also be pleased to know that we’ve found lots more chairs this year, but we are really hoping that it doesn’t rain as much as it did last year.

If you can’t make it to the Open Day then you might be interested to know that I am teaching at Rufford Craft Centre. The first on Sunday 6th September which is Friendly Plastics for Embroiders and on Sunday 6 December which is Floral Felting for Embroiderers.

Workshops

Just to say that I am doing a couple of workshops around and about that may be of interest …..they are both on Wild women!!

In Scotland with Di Gilpin at her wonderful wooly shop! look at the site for booking details here

At Rainbow silks in November… just click here to get the details….lovely textile shop with lots of temptingly creative things

Exciting news for me!!!!

My new big book on silk paper for textile-artists has arrived. So I have attached a picture to prove the reality after over a year of writing, re-writing, making etc etc… however I am really pleased with it, the colours, the pictures, the design, let alone the excellent content! tongue and cheek! are just lovely. From Monday we’ll be taking pre-orders which will receive a complementary gift from the craftynotions website.

My New Book

It was nice to see old friends and new at the Craft 4 Crafters show here in Newark although I think we could have all done without the rain. Also many thanks to my pal Judith who made a brilliant quilt out of the some of the blocks that I was printing at the Festival of Quilts show out of our stencils and the tee juice fabic. Althought we’ll have ti for a while it is destined for a charity in Newark