Fantastic Machine Embroidery with Joelle Harris
Saturday was all about machine embroidery valentine’s hearts and the start of our love of textiles.
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This was a great opportunity to try out machine embroidery techniques; Joelle created a fantastic drop in which incorporated using recycled plastics and textiles whilst making something special for that loved one. (In my case that’s me!) I loved trying out the technique as it’s quick and versatile.
If you missed it there’s still chance to sign up for Joelle’s machine embroidery course next Saturday, (18th Feb) where you’ll be able to explore the technique further and create some recycled cuffs.
Rhea Clements Scarves just arrived
We’re delighted to now be stocking Rhea Clements gorgeous scarves. It’s a bit like Christmas at The Making House every time a parcel arrives from a new maker, I’m so excited to see what’s there and to show it off in my shop.
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Rhea Clements specialises in creating design led innovative knitwear. Made from 100% cotton and inspired by nature, traditional techniques are used to create a contemporary look. Function drives the design of each item, creating an easy to use and functional product. Each piece is handmade in her studio in Nottingham, using a hand powered knitting machine, and then finished by hand creating a high quality product.
Katie Stainer Contemporary Paper jewellery at The Making House
We’ve a lovely selection of Katie Stainer’s fantastic paper jewellery now at The Making House and with phrases like ‘we kissed’ it’s got to be perfect for Valentines day.
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Katie is a Nottingham based papercraft artist specialising in unique origami jewellery and home accessories, all made using recycled and reclaimed books. Paper will always be an integral and often treasured part of our lives. Through experimentation with paper techniques and effects Katie creates a range of bespoke recycled accessories, reinventing the role of paper in the modern age.
Happy Birthday to Amber!! Our First Birthday Party
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Despite teaching for years, the idea of a birthday party had left me pretty nervous, so after a week of planning and re-planning we finally delivered our first birthday party on Saturday at The MAking House. 11 girls joined Amber to celebrate her 8th birthday. They made button and bead jewellery, their own party bags and finished off with food, cake and games. As per usual I tried to fit too much in, so we over ran a little but all went well; the girls had fun, they made some great pieces and we just managed to fit in a game of musical bumps! And i certainly had a good nights sleep after the days activities!!
Spring Exhibitions
The Making House exhibition space opens from 11th February with a monthly changing programme of exhibitions designed to inspire.
‘Meikie Designs’
Meikie uses her own technique of silk screen painting to create colourful pictures inspired by nature she uses her designs to make everything from tableware, lights, laptop covers to gadget cases.
Preview, Saturday 11th February between 6 & 8.30
Meikie’s exhibition is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11th Feb to 10th March
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Textiles @ The Making House by Joelle and Pauline
Unique wall hangings, embroidery, bags, and accessories, showcase their creative skills and approaches often inspired by the Derbyshire countryside. The exhibition includes peg-loom weaving, various crochet techniques as well altered clothing with interesting detail and machine embroidery.
Preview Friday 16th March between 6.30 & 8.30
Textiles @ The Making House runs from 16th March to 7th April
Junky Interiors
The exhibition will be a culmination of ideas developed through courses run at The Making House and a project for rEvive in Long Eaton. We will be transforming unwanted furniture, objects, lighting, textiles and anything else that comes to hand in to new and exciting interior pieces
Preview Saturday 14th April 6-8.30
Junky interiors from 13th April to 13th May
It’s our plan that exhibitions at The Making House will act as inspiration to get you creating, so alongside selling their work, all the artists will be sharing their skills by delivering courses, so why not check out our courses page for more information.
Our January window created to inspire
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Our January window highlights all the courses and events that we’ll be doing throughout spring and there’s quite a bit to choose from; swishing, sewing, recycled plastics, button box jewellery, crochet, silversmithing, printing, junky interioirs, silk painting, candlemaking.
Spring at The Making House
January is time to clear out the old
So why not come along and recycle it at The Making House. Our first ‘plastic fantastic’ course of the year is on Sunday 22nd January, so come along and recycle all those Christmas shopping bags in to vases, cuffs or flowers. Our button box jewellery course is designed for you to create fantastic new jewellery from buttons, broken bits of jewellery and bits and bobs found lurking in pots and drawers. You can also start bringing items for our swishing event in March, we’ll give you tokens to swish at the event, so maybe that unwanted gift could find a new home!
February is of course the month of love and our love of textiles begins here
Throughout the Spring we’ve lots of creative ways of recycling textiles; Joelle Harris will be giving you the skills to get sewing and making your own clothes and interior designs. We’ve a valentine’s drop in on Saturday 4th; make bags and cushions on Saturday 11th or try out machine embroidery on Saturday 18th February. You could even learn how to print your own designs with our print expert Vicky Price. We also love Sarah Turner’s lighting created from recycled pop bottles, which will be on display in the shop this month and Meikie designs who will be exhibiting her beautiful silk painted pictures alongside her tableware, lights, laptop covers created using her images.
March is all about upcycling , swapping and sharing
Taking the old and creating something unique and new, be it clothes, textiles, old lampshade, mirrors frames, even chairs. Our swishing event starts the month on Friday 2nd March, we hope this will inspire you to get upcycling and perhaps join up to our sewing and Junky Interiors courses to give you ideas and the skills to MIY. Our March exhibition is Textiles@The MAking House by Joelle and PAuline, which will bring together various sewing, crochet and peg loom weaving techniques.
We will be running regular silversmithing courses too for those who’d like to develop their jewellery making skills. We have a one day basic silversmithing course on Sunday Feb 5th, ideal for you to make a pair of cufflinks or pendant for your loved one or just for yourself and then our 5 week basic silversmithing course begins Wednesday 22nd Feb.
For more details on our courses and to book go to our courses page
And so that was Christmas
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and what have we done? Loads; Christmas disappeared in a blur!
Festive Evening at The Making House
Busy Christmas at Nottingham Market and beyond
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Seriously busy build up to Christmas with Bags2riches and The Making House. I’ve been doing events all around the Burton and Nottingham area promoting The Making House as well as selling Bags2riches jewellery. Bags2riches jewellery is on sale at The Nottingham Christmas Market until Christmas Eve. We’re doing the market as a collective which is working really well, so alongside my work there’s loads of lovely things to buy… paper jewellery by Katie Stainer, contemporary neck scarves by Rhea Clements, vintage goodies and textiles by Hannah Stevens, dichroic glass by Daisy and some really tasty cake pops and cupcakes by Delish. The market’s open all week 9-6 with late night shopping until 8pm on Wednesdays and Fridays and Sunday opening 10-5. You can check out all our work on The Nottingham Collective site
Meanwhile at The Making House there’s been our Green Xmas Crafts course, papermaking cards, silversmithing and a lively Christmas drop in this week, along with planning lots of exciting things for next year. So much to do and never enough time!!
