Fun With Fabric

I have moved the Fun With Fabric updates to a Facebook group - please do come and visit! Search SLIKSTITCHES, or click on this link Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk

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The December session of Crafty Church was dedicated to making Christmas Decorations:  Not brilliant photos, but a fun afternoon Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk

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On Friday I taught a Christmas Stocking class at Chertsey Museum - fourteen people joined the class and made some fab stockings, just wish I'd managed to get more photos before people packed up! ...

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 I made mug caddies with the evening ladies at Chertsey a while ago , but this week it was the turn of the afternoon ladies!   They don't look much like a mug caddy yet, but th...

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Sadly this week saw the last of the autumn Broom Farm sessions.  Officially titled Make Do and Mend, we had a variety of project going on:   A quilt from baby clothes, a purse, two Christmas s...

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We made mug, or craft, caddies at Chertsey's evening Fun With Fabric in October:  It took us a bit of time with some of the instructions, but everyone got a long way into theirs , and all were c...

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 A little bit of show and tell from Sandeep: she finished last session's bunting Isn't it great! And this week's Terrific tote bags:  Well done ladies! Benta@SLIKs...

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This weekend just gone was Kids' Crafty Church:  From a random assortment of resources they came up with some great ideas: innovative ones as well as some traditional ones! Little people alway...

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Oh I've missed teaching at Broom Farm! It was lovely to be back today! We've shaken up the classes a bit, and have planned a number of one off workshops - starting today with recycling and reusi...

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Yesterday's session at Chertsey museum took me a little out of my comfort zone - I like to work with fabric and needle and thread, but we were using paper and paint and paintbrushes! I bought so...

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Last Friday was the usual monthly class at Chertsey Museum - we made padded trinket boxes, thank you Linda for the suggestion These are going home to be finished And here are l...

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I was booked to teach at Chertsey Museum today, but was only expecting three or four children . . . I got 14 in the end!!! We made wooded spoon characters - and the kids came up with some great...

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I had a lovely morning at Chertsey museum today - decorating puppets with loads of kids! There really is no need for me to make samples to inspire them - they come with their own great ideas ! ...

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I haven't blogged much about this project as until now it mostly involved children on computers or a mum on an embroidery machine - but now it's all coming together and looks fab! There are th...

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 This month's Fun With Fabric evening project at Chertsey Museum was covered sketchbooks.  All the ladies see the same samples, they are given the same instruction sheet, and they have the same...

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I confess I didn't feel the love for this month's project, and that made it very difficult to teach, but the group ignored my feelings and got on with it, making some great linings, and adapting ...

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On a Tuesday evening at school I am teaching very basic dressmaking, with emphasis on speed and simplifying! We have over 100 Aladdin costumes to make, so we have learnt how to adapt a 4 piece p...

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I am teaching the Y4 class at school how to use the machine embroidery sewing machine and software - they are picking it up so quickly - and are teaching me new stuff!  (I've only been using it ...

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Thank you to Hazel and all the families that came to Tart up a Tote bag in Windsor this morning - I had a great time, hope you did too!!!!! Just look at these great creations:   ...

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Yesterday was a great day - in the afternoon I ran Kids Crafty Church: we made super hero masks, hema bead designs and corn dollies made from wool (thanks Kate) The kids decided the ...

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Back in February one the regulars at Crafty Church (hello Janet!) showed us this completed quilt Since then she's been working on other projects including a hexi quilt, but this month she br...

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I haven't been blogging for a while, or sewing, or reading anyone else's blogs - partly due to having visitors and being out and about with them as well as spending time at work, and sleeping occ...

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The borough wanted to run a five week Fun a With Fabric course at Broom Farm, starting with a free taster session.  I'm not sure what was happening with their advertising, but only one lady sign...

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Crafty Church yesterday was a lovely relaxed afternoon.  Possibly more chatting than crafting, but no craft police were invited, so that was ok! I managed to bring half of several projects : s...

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The evening class yesterday was making bunting, I had a whole load of large men's shirts donated and the museum had got some more - *plenty* of shirts: I was expecting (gulp) 13 ladies - and...

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