Late nights at The William Morris Gallery...

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting a very special Craft Night for the William Morris Gallery, part of their "Lates" and to coincide with the Giles Deacon exhibition. Because of the fashion connection we came up with a few fun and fabulous projects for our guests to make!

The William Morris Gallery! ©photo by Sanna King

From clip on bow ties, cross stitch wooden brooches to pom pom head bands... they came, they made, they drank and they also danced!
For further WMG events please visit their web site...  www.wmgallery.org.uk

Making some pom pom head bands! ©Anna Kassman McKerrell

Cute!

Crafters looking serious... though I think they were just concentrating on their projects!

Cross stitch brooch and a very happy and accomplished crafter!

As part of the "lates" the gallery hosts events like these which also had a DJ... the music was awesome BTW!

I love how everyone really made amazing stuff...

Busy hands...

Ta dah... and a beautiful bow tie was made...

And a pretty cross stitch geometric design brooch too!

Plus we had our sewing expert Nicola Hughes teaching guests how to sew on zips!

And finally even the boys got in on the action. Suits you sir... suits you!

Thank you to everyone that came to make, the William Morris Gallery, Rebecca, all the gallery volunteers, the DJ, the CG helpers Hannah and Nicola as well as the very lovely Coats Crafts UK for their endless and generous sponsorship! We salute you!!!

Crafting it the vintage way!

As you know we love making,crafting,creating,wearing and salvaging vintage clothing,vintage style,snazzy hair do's and doing lots of general girlie things! OK but not sickly, pink hued, flowery infused type of girlie things...Not that there's anything wrong with that but it's just not us!
And lets not be sexist neither,all the above are not exclusively for girls we welcome blokes with a dapper sense of style and appreciation for good old fashioned crafty fun plus we love guys who can use their hands! (now,now ladies!)
And so we thought:"Hum, JUNE, lots of summer weddings coming up, festivals, pic nics, parties...What can we do to mark the beginning of the warm,sunny season and the launch of the play "girlfriend" at the rose & crown theater pub (our lovely host venue)?"
Alas the idea of doing a 1940's VINTAGE INSPIRED D.I.Y. CRAFT NIGHT was born!
We'll have a selection of very lovely guests Frill Seekers Vintage and Claire Hair to help us host this event plus you'll be able to make a lovely vintage inspired fascinator in our mini workshop. Keep those peepers pealed as we'll be announcing details very soon.

A Right Royal hoohah...with bunting!

OK ,OK so I'm being sucked in to all this Will & Kate royal wedding hoo-hah... which is a bit scary as I am not a Monarchist at all!
I guess it's the whole "Street Party", "Charles & Di',"Queen's Jubilee" vibe which is so attractive. Everybody loves a party and more so when it's associated with childhood and "better times".
And though every bone in my body says "NOOOOOOO, it's all a plan to get the masses to take their eyes off the ball so the Torries can get their evil way"!
I've decided to let go of those sentiments and just look at it in a simplistic way: MAKE BUNTING, PRETTY PRETTY, BUNTING!!!
I'm also a sucker for coloured paper flags so here you go...a mini printing workshop which you can just drop in,sit and print. It's £3 per person and we'll be making some Union Jack,Wills & Kate themed banners. Expect some safety pins as I don't want to loose all my street cred... that's why I'm calling it Punk Rock Bunting as it's a homage to the Sex Pistols and their "God Save the Queen" artwork.

Thursday 14th of April
From 8pm
Free entry
£3 per person

Ye Old Rose & Crown Pub
53-55 Hoes St.
Walthamstow E17

TUBE: Victoria Line Walthamstow Central
Rail: From Liverpool Street Station towards Chingford
Buses: 48,55,230,123,W15,69,ETC

E17 D.I.Y. craft night...UPDATE

Hey boys and girls.
We know just how much you folk love the Monthly Walthamstow D.I.Y. Craft Wednesdays so we're looking into finding an alternative venue for the 20th of May.
As our usual home has changed hands and they're refreshing,cleaning and moving in this month... we won't be able to do our "Craft Thang" at the Castle! It's cool but a shame as all you lovely people (and us) were looking forward to creating a bit of crafty fun!
Fingers crossed we'll have some info soon about the new venue so please keep checking the blog. Don't forget that we have other monthly events and a new bi monthly residency at the Make Lounge in Islington.
So yes we're still at quite a few other places.We hope you can come and check them out and get your fix there instead. So for now we're at 93 feet east, The Old Queen's head,the Make lounge and we hope to be back soon at the Castle. Don't forget that we're starting our monthly craft markets on Saturday the 30th of May in Beautiful Interiors (34 Orford Rd. Walthamstow Village E17 9NJ)
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!

THE MAKE LOUNGE...

Apple of my eye brooch project by Louise Batten (available to buy and make at the make lounge Valentines Craft Night)


Wednesday 11 February, 6:30pm—10:00pm

Please RSVP by following the link on the "make lounge" web site http://www.themakelounge.com/workshops/detail/101

Join us for a fun, friendly night where you can make gifts for your Valentine – even if that Valentine is you! We’ll have kits for creating knitted amigurumi hearts, fabric lovebird ornaments, anatomical heart pin cushions, felt ‘apple of my eye’ brooches, stealth moustaches (quirky romantic fun!), plus much more.

Teachers from the Craft Guerilla, a collective of indie designer/makers specialising in quality handmade goods, will be on hand to help you with your creations.

Please RSVP so we can plan numbers and materials. £5 cash admission at the door includes your first drink; craft kits are £5-£7 each. Cash bar and cupcakes also available.

* Level: All levels
* Teacher: Various 'Craft Guerrilla' members
* Course length: One 3.5-hour session

Wednesday night is CRAFT Night!

Hey boys and girls this coming Wednesday the 26th of November The East London Craft Guerrilla will be at the Castle in Walthamstow Village hosting "put the needle on the record" CHRISTMAS edition.
We're all for sharing our crafty knowledge and all D.I.Y. craft projects are simple and you can reproduce them at home.
We plant the seed and you take it away with you!

All crafty people welcome:
Don't forget that you can also bring your own projects and just enjoy the company of other crafty creatures. Also we'll aid you if you're stuck on anything,if we know how to help we will!
Our in house tutors are on hand to help any budding crafter.

Guest DJ's:
This edition we have a group of very lovely ladies on the decks
Laura 8-9pm
Anna 9-10pm
Handsome Twins present Guilty Pleasures* 10-11pm
* don't forget to bring along those love to hate records. We'll play them...no questions asked!

board games:
not inspired to make? well you can sit back,relax with a pint and play some board games. Come and enjoy the ambiance and listen to some crafty beats!

Free entry!
From 8PM
The Castle
Eden Rd./Grosvenor Rise East
Walthamstow E17

For more information visit www.craftguerrilla.com
please note that there is a small charge per craft pack.