We are doing the Handmade Festival BIG TIME!! August 24, 2019 23:13
If you haven't heard of the Handmade Festival (formerly the Handmade Fair) then you are missing out! It's a huge great wonderful festival celebrating all things handmade and stuffed to the gunnels with things to make and do. You can meet your favourite makers and designers face to face and of course, come to our very own tent of Glorious Crafty Magical Fun! You'll find us at S17 by the Contemporary Craft sections, and you wont be able to miss it!
We'll be running taster workshops that you absolutely wont want to miss out on, but you'll need to pop by first thing to book your spot as you can't book before the festival opens. These ones are going to sell out - so check out the schedule below and plan your day.
Friday
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9.30 |
Bookings open for the day! |
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10.30 am 11.30 |
Lazy Daisy Crazy! £12 A Botanical Embroidery class for beginners - lots of colour and lots of chat |
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12.00 – 1.00 |
Engrave a Glass Tealight £12 Dinky powertools by Dremel |
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1.30 – 3.20 |
Make Mine Macramé £12 Make a macramé necklace with Zoe from @toocutetoquit |
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3.00 – 4.00 |
Burn Baby Burn! £12 Pyrography taster session for beginners |
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4.30 – 5.30 |
Bargello Dreaminess £12 Try the coolest new craft on the scene |
Saturday
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9.30 |
Bookings open for the day! |
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10.30 am 11.30 |
Bargello Dreaminess Try the coolest new craft on the scene |
£12 |
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12.00 – 1.00 |
Make Mine Macramé Make a macramé necklace with Zoe from @toocutetoquit |
£12 |
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1.30 – 3.20 |
Burn Baby Burn! Pyrography taster session for beginners |
£12 |
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3.00 – 4.00 |
Lazy Daisy Crazy! A Botanical Embroidery class for beginners |
£12 |
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4.30 – 5.30 |
Engrave a Glass Tealight Dinky powertools by Dremel |
£12 |
Sunday
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9.30 |
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10.30 am 11.30 |
Engrave a Glass Tealight Dinky powertools by Dremel |
£12 |
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12.00 – 1.00 |
Bargello Dreaminess Try the coolest new craft on the scene |
£12 |
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1.30 – 3.20 |
Make Mine Macramé Make a macramé necklace with Zoe from @toocutetoquit |
£12 |
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3.00 – 4.00 |
Burn Baby Burn! Pyrography taster session for beginners |
£12 |
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4.30 – 5.30 |
Lazy Daisy Crazy! A Botanical Embroidery class for beginners |
£12 |
Plus here's what's going on through the Festival in our tent!
The Craft Life Project
Craft Life is our monthly social hangout, which we do because crafty is wonderful way to get together with other creative people. AT the Festival, you can add your touch our to our big Craft Life Craft! We’ll set up a gigantic loom, and you can add your own little bit to a great big weaving. Pop by an have a go. Why? Just because craft brings us together! Sponsored by Paintbox who are providing their lovely colourful yarn.
Craft Tombola
Watch the little tickets flutter about in the drum and see what you’ll win! It might be something epic like a fab bundle of crafty amazingness, or it might be a gummy bear.
The Vote!
We’ll be sharing our ideas for future craft workshops. You get to vote for what you want us to do, and we’ll even be taking random suggestions! Everything will be considered…
Flat Lay Festival Challenge
Come and try your hand at making a glorious flay lay! We’ll have a tripod all set up for you to pop your phone into, and tons of glorious props and backdrops for you play with. Make your Festival themed flat lay, snap and share it on the gram with our hashtag, and each day we’ll announce a winner.
General chat and fun
Just pop in! We’ll be there ready to welcome you, so come for a chat, book a workshop for yourself and take advantage of our special Festival-only offers. We can’t wait to meet you!
So come and find us at S17 and if you can't wait to get making, here's our craft calender to tide you over !