Claire, Fiona and I really had a great time last Sunday running a workshop as part of RNCM Family Fun Day inspired by MMU’s Manchester Children’s Book Festival. Here is just a taster of the exuberant headresses that were made, all with a musical and/or story theme.
Thank you to all our fabulous workshop participants and see you at our next RNCM Family Fun Day on Sunday 25th October 😉
As part of Didsbury Create I ran a suffolk puff brooch making workshop. Suffolk Puffs are also called YoYo’s stateside.
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And here are some of the cute creations from the workshop;
Thanks Ladies for getting stuck in with the stitching.
Here are some pics of Year 3’s Antony Gormley inspired Field figures. For their arts week Pikes Lane Primary School in Bolton were looking at British artists, so I had an opportunity to run a workshop I have long wished to.
I was really impressed with how carefully the students worked. The figures will go on display in the school library shortly, so Mr Bradley has promised to send me more images. Watch this space for updates…
I seem to have been distracted (by tweeting) from blogging for a couple of months, but that of course this doesn’t mean I haven’t been up to lots of magical making. Best of the recent makes includes working with a group of truly lovely Year 4 pupils from St Mary’s Primary in Manchester when we worked alongside Sean, the National Trust Urban Gardener to make some snowdrop lanterns back in February. The lanterns marked the start of a commemorative WW1 project to plant 100,00o snowdrop bulbs throughout Manchester this autumn. Follow Sean at; https://twitter.com/NTUrbanGardener
Come and join in a thoroughly enjoyable community event. I’m looking forward to supporting my friend Lea on her paper making workshop. See you there then x
In between all the festivities, I stitched a quilt;
My friend Rachel supports the work of Pastor Alfred Adundo and the NGO he runs; Macedonian Vision Africa (MVA) in Jinga, Uganda. MVA works with the people in Masese, a slum on the edge of Jinga. Part of the project involves running a vocational tailoring course for young women in Masese. The idea is that we set up a community co-operative linked to the tailoring course, employing the young women to make Ugandan quilts which will be then sold via my quilt business. This lost wax fabric sample quilt, made from fabric produced at a local factory, is the first step of that process. I’m hoping 2014 will not only be exciting time for my own British Made quilts, but also the start of a Jinga community quilt making co-operative.
I’ll let you know how we get on…..
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