This is the third time I’ve brought paper flowers into the residential craft classes, the first time we used crepe paper and the second we made tropical flowers.
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Autumn Wreaths
My original plan for this month’s project was to make wreaths using fallen leaves. It appears I was premature in my programming as there are hardly any fallen leaves about. Looking back I see we did the leaf printing in October last year.
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Decoupage – Easter Eggs
I wanted to do something seasonal for this month’s residential craft class so decorating eggs seemed an obvious choice. Rather than painting them I thought decoupage would make a change. It proved quite popular the last time I did it in the residential homes
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Decorative Plant Pots
Painting plants pots has a mixed response on craft internet. The finished project can look great but it may not be the most long lasting of results. The nature of the clay is that it retains moisture which is good for plants but not for paint.
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Crochet Hearts
Here’s a selection of heart patterns I use. Sweetie hearts The folowing patterns use US terms, so you need to remember to convert them to UK terminology Little hearts
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Felt drawer sachets
This month’s residential home classes was originally titled Sewing Felt Animals. As usual I had a pre-class preparation session, during which I sewed a simple teddy bear and my friend made a cow. (I look at her designs and think she’s the one who should be running these classes)
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Easter cosies
I have to confess when I was setting out the program for this year’s residential craft classes in January I did a quick fudge for March and put down Easter Crafts. So it comes to February and I have to start planning what that entails….
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Classes 2018
Following my to do list in the previous post, it was nice to have my Residential Home classes confirmed this morning for the rest of the year. I enjoy doing them and it is good to hear positive feedback from both the residents and staff.
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Simple Crochet Christmas Bauble
This bauble pattern can be adapted in a number of ways, plain, sparkly, striped and with a variety of adornments. I’ve worked this in a DK acrylic (as that’s what I had to hand) but it could be made with most yarns, each giving a different effect.
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Christmas Holly
A useful bit of decoration but can be a little fiddly. Will add picture soon.
