And……relax!
Wow, what an afternoon, or should I say “Crafternoon”?
A houseful of lovely people busily crafting away to the tune of “Café Olé” on the stereo, fuelled by home-grown egg sandwiches, scones with jam and cream and Red Nose fairy cakes.
Oh, and gallons of Bucks Fizz:)
The dining table was laden with masses of fabric and supplies, together with printouts of the projects on offer.
The coffee table in the lounge housed yet more felt and yarn for what turned out to be a good variety of crafts for everyone to choose from.
Mr. H-L played Butler in his lunch break as he was working from home.
The felt chicks were very popular makes.
Two ladies made good headway with their Cloud mobiles and took them home to finish off.
A classic Red Nose at the start of its crochet journey…..
More cakes….
My daughter’s very first attempt at sewing….
….a cushion for her boyfriend to take on his fishing trips.
Didn’t she do well?!
Mollie Makes’ own rag doll, Mollie, was lovingly crafted as a joint effort between a mother-daughter combo.
Just the eyelashes and mouth to add at close of play.
A Hen doorstop (as seen in an earlier blog post) reached the stuffing stage before the school run ended play.
I am assured photos of all finished off items will be winging their way to me in due course.
All in all, a very jolly and productive three hours was had by everyone…..
….and £265 raised so far with further pledges yet to be collected!
I would like to express HUGE thanks to Ali of Thimberlina, Kerri of Bristol Crochet and Sarah Holmes for their very generous donation of supplies for this event, without which such a great choice of materials would not have been available.
T H A N K Y O U !
March 12, 2015 at 8:42 pm
Looks like so very much fun . . . sharing so many different projects yet enjoying the craft of creating something handmade together!
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March 12, 2015 at 8:52 pm
Thanks Darlene, we had such a lovely afternoon that it was a shame it had to end!
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March 12, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Fabulous afternoon.. Well done Ms Sewchet! Thank you for having us and for your hospitality and teaching patience x
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March 12, 2015 at 9:16 pm
You’re most welcome you old Cow! (The Velvet Cow, that is:) http://thevelvetcow.typepad.com
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March 12, 2015 at 9:18 pm
Thank you so much for a really fun social afternoon. We were really well looked after, and our every need was catered for!! I cant wait to finish the mobile I made for a friend’s tiny baby and post a picture online for you x
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March 12, 2015 at 9:21 pm
Thanks Lys, it was great wasn’t it? Fantastic bunch of ladies and a good few laughs too. Look forward to seeing the finished mobile:)
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March 12, 2015 at 9:21 pm
Beautiful! Fun,craft, cakes, smiles and beautiful ladies! I wish I lived nearby..
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March 12, 2015 at 9:24 pm
It was such a great afternoon and so much was achieved by all the lovely ladies – and a very respectable amount raised for Comic Relief too. It would have been wonderful if some blogging buddies could have been here but, unfortunately, no one lives close enough:)
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March 12, 2015 at 9:27 pm
Well,if not now but in the future I can contribute from here, maybe crafting useful for the purpose…
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March 12, 2015 at 9:29 pm
So sweet of you, lovely girl you!
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March 12, 2015 at 9:32 pm
It’s the less i can do. I have to craft a bunny for a friend of mine in a few days, making another one for you will be a peiece of cake … I only need time, my to do list is quite full…
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March 12, 2015 at 9:28 pm
errata corrige: : “… maybe crafting SOMETHING useful…. “
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March 12, 2015 at 10:13 pm
If an afternoon is that much fun – imagine an entire day – or weekend ……. 🙂
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March 16, 2015 at 9:03 am
I know – we should do it more often but life has a habit of getting in the way, doesn’t it?
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March 12, 2015 at 10:22 pm
What an amazing time you all had! And I’m even more impressed that you’ve got the energy left to blog about it on the same day! I’m going to rename you super-chet!
Well done!!!!! ✂️😀✂️
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March 16, 2015 at 9:06 am
It really was good fun but I’m glad I was super organized or it could have been chaotic. I had to blog the same day as it was a busy weekend – birthday on Friday, decorated boys’ room on Saturday and went out for Mothers’ Day yesterday!
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March 16, 2015 at 10:14 am
A belated happy birthday! Looks like you’ve had one really hectic week……now relax! but bet you don’t, which is good for me cos I love seeing what you’ve made!
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March 16, 2015 at 10:23 am
Thanks – it was crazy busy! I’ve got to spend some time blogging now because I’ve got a back log of creations to catch up with. I’m still in bed catching up with blog reading/commenting though, which had taken since 9am!!
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March 16, 2015 at 10:24 am
I only got up for the school run otherwise I’d be still in bed too!
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March 16, 2015 at 10:29 am
Ha! Hubby working from home so he did the school run and I get a lie in:)
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March 12, 2015 at 10:29 pm
Looks like you had a fab time! Great effort all round, very jealous couldn’t join you 🙂
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March 16, 2015 at 9:07 am
Thanks, we really did have fun and the money is still coming in – £310 to date!
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March 16, 2015 at 11:02 pm
That’s great, well done!
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March 12, 2015 at 10:30 pm
I so wish I lived closer. I definately would have come and joined in all the fun. Looks like everyone enjoyed themselves. I love the little molly dolly and the chicks. They are both so cute. Congrats on the nice sum to send off to the cause. 🙂
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March 16, 2015 at 9:08 am
There were some cute things being made that’s for sure and the chicks were a definite favourite. Donations are up to £310 so far!
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March 12, 2015 at 11:13 pm
Wow well done you! I still love those little chicks! And your daughter’s first attempt at sewing, she did well! Is she hooked yet?!
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March 13, 2015 at 7:22 am
Think she might be…..it’s only taken twenty-four years!!!
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March 13, 2015 at 5:48 am
Loved looking at all the pictures! What an awesome fun time!! Makes me wish I wasn’t so far away!! 😀
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March 16, 2015 at 9:11 am
We do have regular craft evenings but somehow it’s more fun when it’s for charity. It was especially nice to have a few new faces join in. Money raised is £310 so far!
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March 13, 2015 at 9:05 am
What a fabulous pics !!! – they definitely show the story of a fun afternoon and many congratulations on your fund raising too!! My, you have raised the stakes on entertaining guests, having your ‘butler’ LOL! 😀
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March 16, 2015 at 9:14 am
I can’t think of a better way to raise money for charity and everyone got to take something home too. Apologies for the way my Butler was dressed – his official uniform was at the dry cleaners! You just can’t get the staff…..
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March 16, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Nor can I – I’m surprised you’ve not had them back knocking at your door to arrange another fun craft day already 😉
LOL..I’m sure a relaxed butler dress code was perfect for the day!! 🙂
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March 13, 2015 at 12:23 pm
Looks like great fun! Congratulations on your success. Glad to see you roped the OH in too. 😉
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March 16, 2015 at 9:16 am
Husband was dying to get involved as he loves entertaining of any sort and was in his element charming all the ladies! £310 raised so far:)
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March 16, 2015 at 1:17 pm
Yes, he looks like a charmer!!!
Well done on your fund raising. That’s brilliant!
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March 13, 2015 at 1:04 pm
It looked like great fun! I love your daughters cushion. X
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March 16, 2015 at 9:19 am
It was a great afternoon thanks! My daughter is rightly proud of her cushion and her boyfriend was very surprised! Don’t think she’ll be making dresses any time soon though – oil painting is more her thing:)
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March 16, 2015 at 7:15 pm
Well she must have your creative gene!
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March 13, 2015 at 1:30 pm
My favourite sandwiches! 🙂 What fun was had by all. It looks like a super time. I especially love the little birds!!
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March 16, 2015 at 9:24 am
The eggs were fresh from the coop that morning but I hadn’t accounted for the smell that pervaded the entire house – I had to tell everyone on welcoming them in that it wasn’t a bad case of wind!! The birds turned out to be the most popular thing to make:)
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March 16, 2015 at 1:53 pm
The birds are the cutest ever. Would you have a template that we can get from you. I am sooooo tempted to make some as well.. They would look super cool on my desk, at work. 🙂
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March 14, 2015 at 1:32 pm
What a gorgeous afternoon! And what a wonderful use for your beautifully long kitchen table.
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March 16, 2015 at 9:27 am
Thanks, it was great fun! We entertain a lot so a dining table that seats twelve is a must but turned out to be extremely useful for this too!
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March 15, 2015 at 7:34 pm
It looks and sounds like your Crafternoon went amazingly well! The cakes looks delicious too!
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March 16, 2015 at 9:30 am
It was a great success, thanks! I was worried I hadn’t made enough to eat but actually, because people were engrossed in what they were doing, there were cakes and scones left over for the weekend!
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March 16, 2015 at 10:03 am
What a marvellous crafternoon you must have had – I love seeing all these wonderful photos of so much fab creativity! And how wonderful of YOU to have organized this! Marianne xx
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March 16, 2015 at 10:20 am
I have to admit, it took some organizing to make sure that each project on offer had exactly the right supplies and I still had to flit around giving help and advice, but it was well worth it!
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March 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm
It’s great to see that your Crafternoon was a success! It looks like you were very organised and everyone looks so involved with what they are doing 🙂 Well done you!
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March 16, 2015 at 5:02 pm
It was a bit like a military operation to organize, but it was worth it to enable everyone to get stuck on straight away:)
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March 17, 2015 at 8:21 am
You’re more than welcome. It looks like you had a fantastic time. I so love those little chicks
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March 20, 2015 at 1:40 am
Looks like a lot of fun and the food looks so yummy, and to have your very own butler…what fun! Your daughter’s pillow turned out wonderful as did all the crafts pictured.
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March 20, 2015 at 5:12 pm
Well the food all had to be homemade too really, didn’t it? There were some lovely things made by the end of the day and the Butler even washed up afterwards!!
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