2011 XMAS STOCKINGS AT THE ART NEST

Xmas Stocking Workshop
at
The Art Nest
4/5 west alley, hitchin
01462 454019
Saturday 26th november - 1.30 till 4.30
with afternoon tea

Come and sew your own xmas stocking at The Art Nest

£18 per stocking. All materials inc. No sewing experience needed.
Includes Afternoon tea

Choose your stocking style

- FAIRY - ELF - TRADITIONAL -

Choose your fabrics and color

-TOFFEE - PINK - GREY- APPLE - SKY BLUE -PLUM - SNOWWHITE-

Decorate til you pop

-APPLIQUE - BUTTON - RIBBONWORK- LETTERING - EMBROIDERY-

for any more info call Emmeline at The art nest on 01462 454 019
or nicola on 07821319131
or email nicola at poboxniola@hotmail.com

Come and get crafty making a lovely original Xmas Stocking for yourself or as a present for someone. All sewing levels welcome from complete beginners to experienced sewers. There will be lots of hands on help to show you how to embroider, transfer any drawn ideas you have to the fabric, create initials in ribbon, make buttons, pompoms, flowers, leaves, xmas puddings...And for refreshments here will be a delicious afternoon tea served as well. Cake and crafting ... any excuse for cake is a good one.

Thank you fabric rehab

This lovely package arrived at my door yesterday morning from FABRIC REHAB. I was lucky enough to win there stash give-away ; seven fat quarters of melody miller print. Now to decide what to make.Im normally putting prints to clothes but these designs i think are most suited to home dec stuff. Im thinking they would all make great T-Cosys. (how do you spell that correctly?!) funky serviets, table mats or runners, aprons, cushions. the list goes on.

For the next few days though while i decide they are going to pretty up my kitchen dresser.

Dresses for sale

Hello
I have a small range of Little Girls clothes on sale now at the WILLOW ROOM in Hitchin. So if you cant face sewing yourself you can now buy off the peg. Age ranges from 1 to 6 years. All designs are hand made in hitchin from 100% cotton with love xxx
Little skirts from £12
Little dresses from £18
'T's from £3.75
Hats from £20
Womens handbags from £20

PLAYING AROUND

Hello,
been playing around with aprons again. for someone who doesnt actually wear one it is getting a bit silly.Remember the mama apron?..





Been looking at this mama apron and thought in the summer that it would make a nice dress ? didnt actually get round to doing it, surprise surprise and now its colder it would need to have more structure, so i thought maybe a simple pinafore / waistcoat style back would look good .You could wear it with a long sleeve top underneath type thing. Needs work and a change of fabric but might be nice , belted and comfy im thinking.What do you think, what makes the perfect day dress for you? comfort ? Style? length? colour? me i need it to be long enough so that when i bend over in sainsburys the veg guy doesnt faint with overexposure!

Magpie Lovely Patterns Guest Giveaway

Magpie Lovely Patterns Guest Giveaway

Who doesn't love a good give away....well there is a great one over at www.grosgrainfabulous.blog spot. A $50 gift card to spend in Magpie Lovelys online shop. Go check it out and see if you cant win yourself something fabulous!

2010 XMAS STOCKING WORKSHOP

Stitchin Kitchen

Xmas Stocking Workshop

at

Pots of Art

Monday 8th November

10am-12pm & 1pm - 3pm & 4pm-6pm.

Come and sew your own Xmas stocking with Stitchin Kitchens 2hr workshops.

£14 per stocking. All materials inc. No sewing experience needed.

Choose your stocking style

- FAIRY - ELF - TRADITIONAL -

Choose your fabrics and color

-TOFFEE - PINK - GREY- APPLE - SKY BLUE -PLUM - SNOWWHITE-

Decorate til you pop

-APPLIQUE - BUTTON - RIBBONWORK- LETTERING - EMBROIDERY-

To book call 07821319131 or click contact link at top of page

or pots of art 01462420265 -info@potsofart.com

Hi there,

well its all been very xmasy here in the studio, not so much ho ho ho as sew sew sew. I know that isnt really very funny at all but Ive been busy making stockings so you have to excuse me ! So the POTS OF ART XMAS STOCKING WORKSHOP is all set for the 8th november . With three time slots : 10 AM -12 PM \ 1 PM- 3 PM \ 4 PM - 6 PM.

This should be a fun workshop with no sewing experience needed. Just a fun workshop with cute original stockings to take home. Gotta be better than shop bought wouldnt you agree. You can choose between three styles of stocking, ELF - FAIRY - TRADITIONAL and 7 lovely colors of fabric & felt. Come make one for yourself or as a pressie for someone. There will be lots of hands on help to show you how to embroider, transfer any drawn ideas you have to the fabric, create designs and letters and names in ribbon, make buttons, pompoms, flowers, leaves, xmas puddings.......Any way here are the stockings ive made with just a few decorative ideas to kick start your own decorative designs or for you to follow.........

ELF STOCKING - heavy boot like and perfect for the fellas

FAIRY STOCKING - long elegant boot for the ladieeeeeeesss

TRADITIONAL STOCKING - classic shape with max present packing space

MAKING LETTERS WITH RIBBON

MAKING LETTERS WITH EMBROIDERY

MAKING LETTERS IN APPLIQUE

STITCHING
















BUTTONS, POM POMS, FLOWERS, LEAVES, PUDDINGS

GROSSGRAINFABULOUS GIVE AWAY

there is a great give away over at www.grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com for a real of your own named ribbon to turn into labels or present wrapping or what ever takes your fancy. I cant manage to get my google account to create a proper link to the site, so if any one has any tech advice please feel free to shout out.
Any way lovely fashion and dressmaking site GROSGRAINFABULOUS, she is really creative and prolific, her passion is inspiring. If this site doesnt get you going to make or remake over something you already own then nothing will. go give it a look.Why is it the american sites are the only ones with any va va voooooooooom? ? love it anyway.