Make & Take at the Fabric Warehouse

One of my favourite shops, The Fabric Warehouse, has recently moved premises and now has a workshop where they are running Make & Take classes, in all sorts of craft. I signed up for Home Made Hearts and took mum along.

 We started off with a cup of tea, which is always a good start

The session was 2 hours long so Victoria, the tutor, had made up a kits

 for everyone on the course consisting of 2 large calaco hearts with a fabric heart attached with bondaweb and a calaco panel. We also had some thread and some buttons.

We wrote a slogan on the calaco panel.

Then we back stitched over the writing. 

Everyone on the course had different levels of sewing experience and 

Victoria helped us all with tips & advise.   

                          

I added some buttons & crocheted flowers to decorate my heart.

Once the front of the heart was finished we machine sewed the back to the front

 with the right sides together leaving a gap at the top.

The hearts were turned the right way out and the gap was over sewn to close. 

They were finished off with a ribbon hanger & a bow.

We finished the session with a bit of cake. The perfect end to a very enjoyable couple of hours and some quality time with mum - something I don't do often enough.

Medieval Nosegay

 

Today we visited the annual  Medieval Festival at Manor Farm in Ruislip. Manor Farm is a local heritage site where there once stood a Motte & Bailey fort. Nowadays it's home to craft work shops, farmers markets & craft markets.

I found the Adult Education table in the main Barn. Natalie, one of the floristry tutors asked me if I'd like to make a nosegay and never missing a opportunity to make something,  I had a go.

A nosegay is a small posy of flowers. In medieval times when they were carried or worn on lapels or around the head to mask unpleasant smells.

 I was given some lavender ,a small rose, an ivy leaf and some twine.

 Just had to arrange the flowers as  I liked and then tie the twine around them.

 

I love it when I get to take a make home from a trip out.