Create a focal point within your home or office for all the things you treasure; display precious photos, poems, shopping lists, jewellery and turn it into a mood board!

You can choose between making a pin board or a magnetic board. The latter has a standard size of about 27 x 36cm (slightly larger than A4).
The pin boards are most fun to create with a picture frame; so have a look round your house or local charity shop for a quirky frame to bring along. We will then be able to match your board exactly to the frame! (Be brave & keep an open mind, the large white frame on our picture was previously plastic bronze/gold coloured!)

We will also be decorating our magnets/pins with a lovely selection of buttons and/or fabric flowers. So your memo board will be adorned with gorgeous gems, even if you only stick the pins on!

Places are still available and cost £15, incl. materials, equipment, warm drinks & cakes.
This workshops will take place here in our Birmingham Custard Factory workshop space.

Contact us for a booking form:
creativeopenworkshops@gmail.com
0121 224 8445
0789 655 9406

Come to learn how to make these adorable little pouches on Tuesday 2nd March.

We'll spend some time designing an interesting textured/appliquéd front for the pencil case or the purse, after which it is decision time! Will you go for the zipper or clasp frame?

Use the zip pencil case for your special pens or treasured make-up.... Make a clasp frame purse to keep your coins & keys safe on a glam night out!

Places are still available and cost £15 incl. materials, equipment, drinks & cakes.

creativeopenworkshops@gmail.com
0121 224 8445
0789 655 9406

The first of the crochet workshops is this Thursday 12 November.  We will be making pretty flower necklaces (or bracelets).  There will be a few different designs to choose from, but no prior crochet experience is needed. 

There will be plenty of yummy yarn and a selection of hooks to choose from to help you to create your flowery jewellery.  There will also be some leaflets to take home, so you can create these wonderful little things for friends and family as presents. 

Looking forward to seeing some known faces and meeting some new ones. 

Book your place now to avail of our special pick & mix price – any 6 workshops across all crafts for the price of 5.  

See you Thursday,

Denise :) 

For our Textiles taster we're going to jump right in and create a simple tote bag!

Choose from a range of heavy cottons for your outer and light cottons for your inner bag.

We'll go through measuring out the pattern, cutting everything to size and pinning right/wrong sides of the fabric together... and everything else that should happen to prepare for sewing!

We will rummage through a heap of fabric scraps to create a fabric appliqué for the front of the bag too. I've kept mine on the sample bag simple; 3 love hearts. But feel free to come up with your own design & give that some thought before the session ;) (then we can launch straight into drawing it out onto the fabrics)

When the appliqué is done, we will set to sewing the main bag shape. As we have kept it simple, this is very easily done! Then add the handles, turn everything inside out, sew the top...and voila! it's done!

All skills and abilities are welcome. We will take the time ;)

We have 2 sewing machines at our unit, but feel free to bring your own. We can help you bond with your machine through this project too ;)

If you have any fabrics you would particularly like to work with, do feel free to bring them along.

Also, if you have already got your own sewing kit (needles, measuring tape, fabric scissors etc.) do bring it along to the session too. You will be more familiar with your own set of tools & equipment.

As before, the £15 session fee will include all materials, equipment, drinks & cookies!

To book:

creativeopenworkshops@gmail.com

0121 224 8445

0789 655 9406

Francine x

Hello!

Watch the blog closely, as we'll be revealing next weeks Taster workshops content!

First up in the spotlight: Felt-making

You will be introduced to the softness of combed wool fibres and a little bit about how it works and the history of feltmaking.

We will then get on to do a little sample of flat felt... just get a feel of the process.

And Hopla! We will jump straight into 3D/resist felting... just because it is so amazingly easy to do & the results are so stunning!

Using a plastic resist we will create a seamless piece of 3D felt in the shape of a little bowl. You may want to keep the end result as a decorative piece to sit on your coffee table/bookshelf/window sill or use it for something usefull like a mini sewing-kit (as shown on photograph).

The bowl will still be wet at the end of the session and will need (at least) a day to dry out properly, but after that it can be embellished with buttons, sequins and embroidery (sign up for our Taster Textile Session if you don't know a bean about sewing just yet! ;))

Places are still available for our Taster Felt-making session on 9th and 16th October 2009 and cost £15 each (incl. all materials, drinks & cookies!)

See you all soon!!

Francine x