Today’s Felting Workshop.
A lovely day with great women, creative time-out, laughter, a yummy lunch at The Olive Branch restaurant, Prosseco and cake!
Creative escapism with Crafts Afloat!
Glass Fusing workshop tomorrow.
www.craftsafloat.com
A lovely day in Hebden Bridge aboard the narrowboat art studio. Today we were making felted landscapes with a fabulous bunch of women, spending QT together. Jill Pickles has visited the craft boat three times. Her latest visit was with a group of her close friends who she has known for many years. They came prepared with two bottles of Prosecco!
Lots of groups book the boat to spend the day with friends and family. It really is a lovely, creative day out with a healthy serving of crafts and yummy treats. The Olive Branch restaurant in Hebden Bridge never fails to provide my guests with a delicious Turkish lunch and a generous glass of wine. This is finished off with cake and coffee on the boat!
www.theolivebranchrestaurant.co.uk
Congratulations to Kirstie Garside and Catherine Munn who won some beautiful dichroic jewellery by correctly answering the competition question “how many locks did the Crafty Snail travel through on the journey from Sheffield to Hebden Bridge“. The answer – 68! We covered 84miles in six days.
It was a wonderful journey, where I learned to navigate the boat on my own, without the guidance of my faithful Captain Rhys. Two of my great friends, Lotta and Hils joined me as my skippers and helped us through the many locks. Travelling on the canal network is an amazing experience. You step back in time and travel peacefully at a snail’s pace through the hidden tree lined rivers and canals. Even when you are close to town and cities, you feel like you are a million miles away from anywhere! We even stumbled upon a boaty gathering, where we made some new friends, in a blue bell glen! The only set backs we had was down to a few drunken sailors!
Dichroic Glass Jewellery Prize!
Crafts Afloat full day Felting Workshops in Hebden Bridge aboard the narrowboat art studio.
Learn how to create beautiful watercolours in wool! Experiment with a variety of techniques including wet felting, needle felting and free motion machine embroidery.
Next available dates Sunday 12th June and Saturday 9th July.
All materials, refreshments and a delicious lunch at the Olive Branch restaurant included in the workshop price. £70 – concessions available.
Crafts Afloat and the lovely Bunting Jane are making some fabulous Trouser Town themed bunting to decorate Hebden Bridge during the Arts Festival.
We are having our first free making session this Friday at 1pm – 3pm.
Imagine mini sparkly harem pants, funky flares, punky tartan trousers, bell bottom jeans and flowery pantaloons!
Come and join us on the craftboat moored by the park in Hebden Bridge this Friday for some tea, biscuits and bunting making.
Adults and children welcome.
We will be having a full day of making on Saturday 25th June. More info to follow.
Nuno Felting workshop with Crafts Afloat, Friday 10th June.
Two places available! £70, concessions available.
Make a beautiful silk and Merino wool scarf with machine embroidery.
Full day workshop with a delicious lunch included at the Olive Branch restaurant in Hebden Bridge.
Message me to book a place.
Competition Time!!!
Two years ago I moved the Crafty Snail studio from Sheffield to Hebden Bridge. It took six days to complete the journey and we went up and down a lot of locks. It was a fantastic journey and the craft boat chug, chugged its way happily to the quirky, creative town of Hebden Bridge.
So…..How many locks did we travel through?
Like and share my Facebookpage and the competition post with your answer.
Prize- A beautiful set of dichroic glass jewellery in a hand decoupage box made by me, with lots of love and sparkle!
Good luck xxx
A lovely day making beautiful mosaic artwork with a fabulous group of women. If you’re a bit of a magpie like me you’ll love this workshop! Learn how to score and cut glass and use tile nippers to break up mosaic tiles. You can create a beautiful mosaic mirror or piece of mosaic artwork. The craft boat is stocked with lots of sparkly, iridescent glass tiles, recycled broken pottery and reflective pieces of mirror. All perfect for creating a unique piece of mosaic artwork!
We all enjoyed a yummy lunch at the Olive Branch in Hebden Bridge, finished off with coffee and cake on the boat.
Felted Landscape Workshops in Hebden Bridge on a narrowboat!
Feeling very inspired after a week of Scottish adventures in the Highlands. Looking forward to creating some landscapes in felt inspired by the Cairngormes and Bob Scott’s Bothy!
Check out my events if you’d like to learn how to create beautiful pieces of artwork out of wool!
Next Felting Workshop Dates – Sunday 8th May, Friday 20th May, Sunday 12th June and Saturday 9th July.
Pottery Workshop in Hebden Bridge
Just had a fab weekend with my mum at the Old Stables Studio in Hebden Bridge doing Edyns’ Weekend on the Wheel workshop. Great fun throwing pots and enjoying a whole weekend of playing with mud! I definitely recommend this course.
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http://www.oldstablesstudio.co.uk/
