Each month “Stitching with Liz and Helen” offers a day class in embroidery.
Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is necessary.
Classes are on either Saturdays or Sundays. In September there will be the chance to stitch a sunflower brooch.
October will be a goldwork spider to celebrate Hallowe’en. In November we will take time out from stitching to look at how to plan an embroidery project.
We will end the year with an “Embroidery Potpourri”: stitch a simple brooch, or a badge, or a bauble for the tree.
The tutors and students from the British Academy of Floral Art, based in Dunchideock, Exeter, who have been Chelsea Flower Show Gold winners on several occasions, will be putting together an amazing array of floral arrangements and displays in the Church taking visitors on a journey of discovery through floral interactive designs, using the five human senses of sight, hearing, small, taste and touch.
The Church flower arranging team, the village hobby group members, the school pupils and the nursing home residents will all be...
The Creative Craft Show returns to Exeter this September
From families and friends to Olympian Tom Daley, the world of craft has attracted many new enthusiasts over the last 18 months and ICHF Events’ Creative Craft Show, returning to Exeter’s Westpoint Arena from Thursday 23rd– Sunday 26th September, has something for everyone.
From sewing, felting and papercraft to knitting and jewellery making, the Creative Craft Show brings the hottest new supplies and latest trends to die hard crafters and newcomers alike in the South West.
Hand-crocheted SMILES with a message are being posted in and around Exeter to improve the mental wellbeing of the city’s residents during these last weeks of the nation’s lockdown.
During a time when support networks are cut short and coping strategies might not be possible, The Makers Group from the Exeter’s art charity organicARTS recognise that people’s mental health is suffering and are striving to spread smiles across the city as an antidote to their anxiety.
The Makers group is a creative social project run by organicARTS, usually set at West Town Farm, just...
Want to try your hand at floristry, then book onto one of our floristry taster workshops and have a go.
No experience necessary.
Each session lasts for one and a half hours.
All materials included in the cost, plus you will be able to meet with one of our friendly Academy tutors who can tell you about all the other courses we offer,from beginner level through to the Academy Masters Level 4 & 5.
£35.00 per person. Booking essential.
Telephone; 01392 834893.
Gift Vouchers available. Corporate and Group Workshops Arranged.
Want to become a florist or just fancy some time-out with friends, then book onto one of our floristry taster workshops.
No experience necessary.
Each session last for one and a half hours.
All materials included in the cost, plus you will be able to meet and chat with one of our friendly Academy tutors who can answer any questions you may have about all the other courses we offer, from beginner courses through to Academy Masters Level 4 & 5.
Want to become a florist but not sure if it will be for you, or would you just like some time-out with friends -
then book onto one of our floristry taster workshops and have a go at making a design.
No experience necessary.
Each session is one and a half hours long.
All materials included in the cost, plus you will be able to chat with one of our friendly Academy tutors who can answer any quesions you may have about all the other courses we offer, from beginner courses through to Academy Masters Level 4 & 5.
Etsy Made Local is back! And this time we are going BIG! Still working with Exeter Phoenix, but this time in their new venture on Gandy Street.
We’re doing a take over!
There will be familiar makers and some fabulous newcomers to the market.
All in all a wonderful contemporary festive extravaganza starting Thursday 28th November (5-9pm) during late night shopping in Exeter - we’ll have music, drinks and nibbles to get you in full swing.
We’ll then be there all day Saturday 30th November (10-6pm) and Sunday 1st Dec (10-4pm).
The Devon Guild craft centre in Bovey Tracey is offering free drop-in craft activities every Wednesday morning (24 July - 28 August) during the summer holidays. All sessions are 10am – 12.30 pm and there is no need to book; just pop in and join in the making fun! See below for details of our weekly making mornings:
24 July 10am – 12.30pm PomStitchTassel textiles workshop Pom-pom pencil toppers. Learn how to make a pom-pom and then create it into a weird and wonderful pencil topper.
31 July 10am – 12.30pm Michelle Greenwood Brown - mosaic workshop. Decorate a ceramic tile...
The Summer Show is the longest running Devon Guild exhibition, launched in 1955 to celebrate the skills and original work of long-standing Guild Members through to the newest faces. The exhibition is selected by the Guild’s Members’ Selection Committee, a representative from the exhibitions team and an independent craft professional, just a week prior to opening to the public. More than 250 Guild Members have the opportunity to submit their work, which ranges from traditional to cutting edge crafts. A key event in the Guild’s exhibition calendar, Members use the opportunity either to...
