Christmas Crafts and a special Mini Retreat Day!
…and EPP Hexy Garland Ornaments with me!
We’ll also be organising a Handmade Secret Santa, a Fabric Swap and we’ll finish the day off with wine and cake! For more details and to book head over to the Stitch Gathering website.
And I am going to be teaching you how to make this lovely Christmas Angel. I made her back in early August (when I was trying to be prepared for the future!). Students have been asking me for this class for a while, so I hope everyone likes the angel I have designed and wants to make her.
We only have a day so I needed to make a very simplified doll pattern. Hence her legs being sewn together. And she is an angel, so it stands to reason 😉
I made her dress out of some vintage linen from my collection. I’ve had this table runner for years, folded up in a press, so it’s nice to make use of it as a pretty dress, with some satin ribbon as a trim. Her wings are also made from some very old gold silk that I was given about 20 years ago when someone was clearing out a departed relatives sewing box (it’s a good job I keep EVERYTHING).
Her hair band is a piece of White Stuff lace (from their labels) with beads sewn into it (so she is actually very upcycled!).
You can check out all our winter classes here.
I do hope there is something for everyone with our Christmas workshops and Mini Retreat Day, maybe some of my local readers might like to join us?!
These all sound like fun :o) I'll have to see what I'm doing nearer the time, as that's around my gran's birthday and my parents usually come up
Oh crap, I wish I was local! What a great idea! I love your angel 🙂
The retreat looks amazing but for some reason my husband thinks it is unreasonable to travel a good few hours to Scotland for a day!!
Ha! Mine thinks it's unresonable to fly across the Atlantic twice in a few months!;)
The angel is great…I lOVE the legs sewn together like that…makes her less floppy too!
I have my ticket! Didnt want to be last this time, made sure I was first. Sooper excited as usual.
Where does your energy come from Jo – maybe you should bottle some. Not sure if I can make it but sure it will fill up super fast. That angel is adorable and would make rather a nice Princess (without wings) for a certain bed…………..
Oh wow this sounds amazing! I would love to be there, will have to see what I can do…