Let there be light! – Lampshade Workshop

Monday 17^th June 2013           

LAMPSHADE WORKSHOP

with Michelle Cresswell from Owl & Slipper

7.00-9.30pm (2 ½ hrs) at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

 

Looking for the perfect shade for your side lamp or your ceiling?

 

If you find shop-brought lampshades a little bland and uninspiring, then why not consider making your own?

 

(shows the smaller 20cm shade)

Come and learn how to create your own bespoke shade in this workshop with Michelle Cresswell from Owl and Slipper (website and facebook). Bring fabric of your choice and she will show you how to transform it into a professionally finished rolled edge drum lampshade in just 2 ½ hours. Choose between a 20cm or 30cm diameter drum shade for either £18 or £21 to be used as a table lamp or ceiling pendant. The workshop price includes all materials, in a kit, except for the outer fabric and of course tea and cake. You will want to re-shade all your lamps after this workshop!

 

(Annely’s lampshade showing the 30cm size)

You can also order extra kits from us (20cm drum shade kit £9, 30cm drum shade kit £12) for you to take away to complete.

This is a workshop that is ideal for beginners and is perfect for ‘upcycling’ some vintage/ retro fabric or even an old scarf like Kathy did at the last workshop. Michelle ran this workshop for us last September which was very successful, you can see the review of that workshop here.

 

Details:

Suitable for: All abilities

Cost: £18 or £21

Places: only 10 places available

You will need to bring: Fabric of your choice (details are on the booking form) all other materials are included in the price.

 

Email us on makehorsham@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested and we can send you the booking form.

 

A new craft coming to MAKE…Paverpol workshop

Monday 15th April 2013           

PAVERPOL VASE

with Irma Westerdijk from Creations by Irma

7.00-9.30pm (2 ½ hrs) at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

 

Come and learn the art of Paverpol with certified instructor Irma Westerdijk from Creations by Irma. She will be showing us how to create a new vase using a cotton tshirt and paverpol. This is a workshop that it ideal for beginners and is perfect for ‘upcyling’ an old vase lurking in the back of the cupboard. Do take a look at Irma’s website and facebook page and take a look at some of her stunning creations

If, like me, you didn’t know what Paverpol was then the following description from Irma’s website  explains it well.

“What is Paverpol? Paverpol is a textile hardener that enables you to work with supple fabrics such as cotton, and sculpt visual masterpieces that can be displayed both in and outside your home. Paverpol is non-toxic, environmentally friendly and fun to work with. Paverpol is the only hardener with the AP safety label, making it suitable for children and adults.

How to use Paverpol? By dipping natural textile materials in Paverpol, you can drape and wrap the coated materials around a wire figurine or other frame. You can even preserve items of clothing, such as a first baby-grow, or dried flowers. Paverpol dries quickly, but gives you enough time to work and position textiles. Once hardened, you will have a beautiful and unique decoration or sculpture, which is weatherproof, so can be displayed indoors or outdoors. Providing the materials being dipped in Paverpol are natural, you can work with an array of textiles, including paper, silk, chamois leather, self hardening clay, dried flowers, untreated wood, plaster, pottery and more. You can also use polystyrene foam to fashion shapes.”

 Irma is part of the Horsham Artists Open Studios

Details:

Suitable for: All abilities

Cost: £16

You will need to bring:

–         Apron plus please wear old clothes

–         A vase (glass or china) to cover,

–         Old 100% cotton plain T-shirt (not too dark a colour)

 

Email us on makehorsham@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested and we can send you the booking form.

 

Beaded necklace, earings and bracelet workshop

Monday 18th March 2013           

BEADED NECKLACE, EARINGS AND BRACELET

with DAC Designs

7.00-9.30pm (2 ½ hrs) at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

 

Come and learn the basics of beaded jewellery with Danni of DAC Designs. You will be shown the tricks of the trade in making a necklace, a pair of earings and 3 bracelets using black beads. Alternatively you could make a pair of earings and the fireworks ring. The necklace can be either long or short or made as a choker. This is another opportunity to make the  gorgeous firework ring, details can be found here.

Details:

Suitable for: All abilities

Places:  limited to 8 places

Cost: £9

Email us on makehorsham@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested and we can send you the booking form.

 

Dressing Girls Around The World

Wow, our first event of 2013 certainly went with a bang! What a great way to start the year by helping others. 26 of us gathered on the last Monday evening of January for a community sewing evening, all with a common aim, to make a dress for a little girl somewhere in the world who had never worn one before. This event had obviously inspired a lot of people in Horsham, many of us had young children and some had daughters so it had struck a chord. The majority of people hadn’t even touched a sewing machine before, despite this in 2 hours we ended up with 24 dresses and to date we have over 30 dresses to send to Louise of Sew Scrumptious for Dress a Girl around the world charity.

Everyone pitched in, from bringing home baked cookies to putting on a big pot of tea. New friends were made and time was spent with old friends. Lots of laughter and learning new skills going on, a normal evening for our Make workshops!

A huge thank you to the lovely Victoria of Cuddle Monster Crafts who suggested this project in the first place and then came to show us how to make them.

Everyone had such a good time most people asked when the next one would be! I know lots of people couldn’t make this evening either so Watch this space as we’ll organise another evening making these pillowcase dresses in March or April .

More Make and Makers & Creators workshops for children

Here are the details of the remaining four workshops for children for the Spring covering March and April. All are at a special introductory price of £10 for a 2hr workshop so definately worth a try at that fantastic price!

Here is the PDF file with all the details together  Workshops 2013

and here is the booking form for the spring workshops  Workshop Booking Form 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make a Valentines gift for yourself

Monday 11th February 2013                FIREWORK RING WORKSHOP

with DAC Designs

7.00-9.30pm (2 ½ hrs) at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

Come and learn how to make this beautiful ‘firework’ ring with Danni of DAC Designs. It’s perfect as a Valentines gift for yourself! You will learn techniques of making beaded jewellery in this workshop, constructing a ring that will fit all sizes. All materials are included in the cost (cake and tea are free).

NB: Please note that the actual ring that will be made during the workshop will be in black and not purple.

Details:

Suitable for: All abilities

Cost: £10

Places: * limited to 8 people *

Email us at makehorsham@yahoo.co.uk to reserve a place and we will send you a booking form.

Beginners Crochet Workshops – Heart Bunting

BEGINNERS CROCHET WORKSHOP – HEART BUNTING

PART 1 – 28^th January and 11^th February 2013

PART 2 – 25^th February and 4^th March 2013              

with Owl & Slipper

7.30-9.30pm  at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

This is a workshop for total beginners in two parts. Michelle Cresswell from Owl & Slipper will be showing you how to make a heart shape for heart bunting or garland and showing you how to construct the various edging patterns. During the first session you will learn the basic stitch and be on your way to finishing the first heart. As they are quite straight forward you could then make more in the time in-between the two sessions. The second session will be about re-enforcing technique and stitches used and then the different edging (loops, bobbles, scalloped edges and more).

You will learn the following during the two sessions:

–         How to comfortably hold the yarn and hook

–         Chain stitch, single crochet, counting stitches, increasing and decreasing using single crochet. Different edging techniques.

–         How to read a simple crochet pattern

–         Understand yarn weights, tension and gauge and hook sizes.

–         Leave with a completed heart (12cm x 14cm) or more to complete the heart bunting in your own time.

Crochet starter packs are available from Michelle but must be pre-ordered. This includes a hook, stitch conversion chart, illustrated instructions, a pattern and a ball of 100% cotton yarn from a choice of colours for only £5.50. She will also be selling the cotton yarn separately for £3 for a ball of 50g. If you don’t wish to purchase a pack please bring with you a 3.5mm or 4mm sized hook and cotton yarn.

This will only be in very exclusive small groups of 6 people only to ensure that you have Michelle’s undivided attention. We are going for a quality rather than quantity approach to crochet for the total beginners!

Details:

Suitable for: Beginners

Cost: £8 per workshop

PART 1 – 28^th January and 11^th February

PART 2 – 25^th February and 4^th March

 

Learn how to make Bias Binding – mini workshop

Monday 18th March 2013                 

LEARN HOW TO MAKE BIAS BINDING

with Cuddle Monster Crafts

7-8pm at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

This is a short 1hr workshop, run by Victoria from Cuddle Monsters Crafts, that will show you how easy it is to make bias binding out of your own fabric, you don’t have to rely on just the plain colours that are offered in shops. Just by cutting, a little sewing and pressing you end up with a professional looking product which is ideal for edging items of clothes, finishing quilts and many other uses.

Details:

Suitable for: All abilities

Cost: £5

You will need to bring: 1 m of light weight or medium weight cotton fabric. Plus a Sewing machine, cutting mat and rotary cutter if you have them.

Email us at makehorsham@yahoo.co.uk to reserve a place and we will send you a booking form.

Make a Patchwork Quilt with Cuddle Monster Crafts

MAKE A PATCHWORK QUILT with Cuddle Monster Crafts

over 4 sessions:

Monday 11^th February 2013

 Monday 25^th February 2013

Monday 4^th March 2013

Monday 18^th March 2013

Each evening is 7.00-9.30pm (2 ½ hrs) at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn how to make a patchwork quilt with Victoria from Cuddle Monster Crafts (not to mention value for money). We are limiting the number of places available to only 8 places so that you will get a lot of individual attention. The size of quilt that you will make, from cot size to a full single bed size, is up to you and of course so is the colour and theme, it doesn’t have to be a childs quilt. We are doing this over 4 sessions so if you wanted a larger quilt there will be lots of homework to do in between each session! All basic equipment will be supplied however please note that you will need to purchase the main fabric, backing fabric and batting but this won’t be until after your first session when Victoria will give you all the details. Victoria will also be bringing along some fabric and fabric bundles in the first session for you to purchase if you wish.

The first two sessions will cover:-

–         Choosing fabric (colour and theme)

–         Choosing a design (4 patch square, log cabin or stars)

–         Cutting fabric and sewing together patches to make a sample

–         Cutting the main fabric

–         Sewing together patches to make blocks to make the quilt top.

–         Demo of the cutting of the batting and how to baste the quilt (to do at home)

 

The last two sessions will cover:-

–         Basting

–         A demonstration of hand quilting in a hoop

–         Designing the machine quilting and looking at the different stitches

–         Doing the machine quilting on your quilt and learning the ways to bury the threads

–         Making the bias binding

–         Using the bias binding to hand finish your quilt

 

Details:

Suitable for: Beginners (who can sew straight lines on a sewing machine)

Cost: £40

Places: * limited to 8 people *

You will need to bring: Please bring a sewing machine, cutting mat and rotary cutter if you have them.

Email us at makehorsham@yahoo.co.uk to reserve a place and we will send you a booking form.

 

 

Introduction to Patchwork Workshop

Monday 11th February 2013               

INTRODUCTION TO PATCHWORK

with Cuddle Monster Crafts

7.00-9.30pm (2 ½ hrs) at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham

Victoria from Cuddle Monster Crafts will be running this workshop on the basics of Patchwork. You will learn about choosing a fabric (colour, theme), choosing a design, cutting the fabric and then sewing together patches to make blocks. She will show you all the tricks of the trade so that you will end up with a panel (16”) made up of 5” squares. You will then be able to finish this at home to make it into a cushion cover, wall hanging or even add to it to start a quilt.

 

Details:

Suitable for: All abilities

Cost: £10

Materials included in the cost of the workshop:  We have some basic fabrics with which to complete the sample. Victoria will also be bringing along some fabric and fabric bundles for you to purchase if you wish.

You will need to bring: Please bring a sewing machine, cutting mat and rotary cutter if you have them.

Email us at makehorsham@yahoo.co.uk to reserve a place and we will send you a booking form.