Jubilee Crafty Pint Saturday 2nd June
Here’s a sneak peek at some of the materials we have been gathering up for our Jubilee Crafty Pint. We have every type of red, white and blue fabric in our favourite stripes, spots and gingham…
Bundles of trims…
And of course buttons galore…
We will be making flags to wave, celebrating 60 years of British culture and sweet rosettes to wear at your street parties. Whatever you love about Britain, if it’s the Queen, her corgis, the NHS or bluebell woods, come and celebrate with a special Crafty Pint and make a flag that sums up your own jubilee. We will be playing music from the last 60 years, baking some special Jubilee cakes and will have a 60 years quiz. For us at Crafty Pint, one of the most amazing things about Britain is the NHS, so we will be donating our profits to St. George’s hospital from this special Jubilee event.
The Jubilee Crafty Pint is open on Saturday 2nd June from 2pm to 5pm at the Tooting Tram & Social and costs £15 per person. Price includes all your materials and homemade cakes, you just need to bring extra beer money! This workshop is suitable for adults and children from age 8 with help from a parent or carer. No previous experience is needed.
To book a place, please email Gillian at Crafty Pint or you can pay in advance via the Paypal button below…
Tooting Tram & Social
46-48 Mitcham Road
London SW17 9NA
Nearest Tube – Tooting Broadway on the Northern Line - Map.
The sun is shining and we are ready for crafting…
We are very excited about our summer programme, and since the sun is shining at last, thought it about time to share it with you!
Our 2nd June Crafty Pint coincides with the Diamond Jubilee weekend, so what better way to prepare than joining us for an afternoon making rosettes and brooches to adorn yourself with and flags to wave at passers by! You can even make some mini bunting to wear or decorate with.
On 7th July we have the super talented Lucy McDonald joining us from Moll & Mostin to show us the art of making paper flowers and turning them into beautiful bouquets. Perfect for summer weddings and parties.
The lovely Carol returns on 4th August with an opportunity to get our hands on some felting techniques. She will be showing us how to create fabulous felted textiles and turn them into purses and wallets.
And on 8th September, in response to your requests for a paper cutting workshop, the amazing Eileen White will be sharing her skills with us. I saw her work at the Festival of Britain last year and it is just so imaginative and beautiful.
All our workshops take place at the brilliant Tooting Tram & Social, 46-48 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9NA. Nearest Tube – Tooting Broadway on the Northern Line - Map.
The three hour workshops run from 2pm to 5pm. Workshops cost £15 including materials and homemade cakes. No previous experience is needed and children are welcome with an adult.
If you would like to reserve a place at any of our workshops, please email Gillian at Crafty Pint.
Make jubilee bling with Vicky…
We are getting excited about Vicky’s shrinky jewellery workshop coming up in a few weeks. Turn your drawings into fabulous jewellery, or even try your hand at making some Jubilee bling!
The workshop is open 2pm to 5pm at the Tooting Tram & Social and costs £15 per person. Price includes all your materials and homemade cakes, you just need to bring extra beer money! We will also have extra jewellery (chains, brooch backs, earrings and ring mounts) available if you want to make more pieces. This workshop is suitable for adults and children from age 8 with help from a parent or carer. No previous experience is needed.
Bookings
Places cost £15 per person. To book a place, email Gillian, or click on the Paypal button below. We have just a few places left, so pre-booking via email or paypal is recommended. Look forward to seeing you!
Shrinky Jewellery
Saturday 12th May
2pm – 5pm
46-48 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9NA
Nearest Tube – Tooting Broadway on the Northern Line - Map.
Treasuring Tooting
As well as our usual workshop at the May Crafty Pint, in the morning we will be hosting one of the stages of the Treasuring Tooting walk. This day long interactive walk around Tooting will celebrate the things that bring us happiness. The walk will visit favourite places from the Lido to the Library, Brickbox to the Bingo Hall, at each of which an aspect of our happiness and wellbeing will be experienced and celebrated.
Walkers stopping off at the Tram & Social will be invited to stitch a mini sampler with words or pictures of something new they discovered on the walk. They will then take these with them and leave them on the route for others to discover and enjoy.
Visit Tooting Transition Town for details of the route and start times.
Easter workshop at LaVISh HAbiT in Balham
We are fans of the lovely LaVISh HAbiT in Balham, home to fine cakes, the best coffee, vintage homewrares and a fabulous sense of style, so we were very excited when they asked us to host a workshop in their lovely cafe. We will be bringing our collection of felts and fabrics, trims and buttons to show you how to make egg cosies using different patterns, from eggs, to bunnies and hens. For inspiration we will also bring our vintage easter collection of cards and decorations. And the £15 price includes 3 hours tuition materials and a slice of LaVISh cake and a cup of their rather good coffee. All of this takes place on Friday 30th March, a lovely way to start the easter holidays and the weekend. We will also have mini kits if you can’t stay the full 3 hours.
May 12th – Shrinky Jewellery Workshop
We are very excited to have Vicky from Stars n’ Scars for our May workshop. Vicky will show you how to make personalised jewellery from your own designs using Shrinkies. Draw onto the Shrinky sheets, colour in and cut out. Vicky will work her magic and show you how to turn these into necklaces, rings, earrings or brooches. Add some adornments, and hey presto, you have your very own handmade jewellery. Personalise with names, charms or children’s drawings, the possibilities are endless! We will bring some images and design books for added inspiration as well.
Here are some photos from Vicky’s popular Shrinky workshop at our Xmas Pint last year. And take a peek here at Vicky’s work for more inspiration.
The workshop is open 2pm to 5pm at the Tooting Tram & Social and costs £15 per person. Price includes all your materials and homemade cakes, you just need to bring extra beer money! We will also have extra jewellery (chains, brooch backs, earrings and ring mounts) available if you want to make more pieces. This workshop is suitable for adults and children from age 8 with help from a parent or carer. No previous experience is needed.
Bookings
Places cost £15 per person. To book a place, email Gillian, or click on the Paypal button below. Our workshops do get booked up quickly, so pre-booking via email or paypal is recommended. Look forward to seeing you!
Shrinky Jewellery
Saturday 12th May
2pm – 5pm
46-48 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9NA
Nearest Tube – Tooting Broadway on the Northern Line - Map.
Tooting snowglobe embroidery competition…
If you couldn’t hold of a copy of the Tooting Zine to enter our embroidery competition, we have uploaded a copy of our Tooting Snowglobe embroidery pattern here for you to print off…
Competition – win a Crafty Pint Workshop!
Use the template to stitch up your own snow globe. We’ve posted up some photos of an example to help you get started. You can pick your own colours and stitches or even add fabric to make a collage. You will notice we have customised our example with a Diwali light in the middle, so feel free to add our own Tooting landmarks. Take a picture of your finished snow globe and email it to Gillian at Crafty Pint. Please send your entry by 14th April to enter the snow globe parade and a winner will be selected the following week.
Places are going fast on our tea towel workshop…
We still have a few places left on our print a tea towel workshop, but place are going fast, so don’t dilly dally! Gillian from Fabric Nation will also be joined by Xtina from Printed Wonders, so you will have lots of expert help on hand to assist you in designing your lino blocks and printing fabulous tea towels. Gillian will also bring a selection of her vintage tea towels and design books for extra inspiration. Take a peek at our Facebook album to see all the fab things we made at our printing workshop at Crafty Pint North last year.
Crafty Fox Market 24th March
We will be joining the Seaside Sisters with a special Crafty Fox Market easter workshop on Saturday 24th March. Drop in during the day for handmade and vintage treasures and fab workshops on all floors including Boom Nails nail art booth, screen print a shopping bag with Mr Wingate, write letters with Letter Lounge, or settle in a cosy corner for a knit and a natter. We are running an Easter Fox workshop, little bunnies and chicks beware.
Handmade in Tooting regulars will also be there on Saturday, including Helen Lang and Stars & Scars. The fun also continues on Sunday with designer-makers transforming the Dogstar into an exciting showcase of local creativity all weekend - check out the full Crafty Fox listings here.
It’s free entry and children are welcome – there’s even a dedicated parking area for buggies. The first 50 through the doors on each day will receive a Crafty Fox CD or an illustrated tea towel courtesy of Etsy.com. Visitors can also vote for their favourite stall and be in with the chance to win goodies from moo.com.
And watch out for the Easter Fox…
Crafty Pint Competition…
We were very chuffed to be asked to contribute to the first edition of The Tooting Book Club Zine. The zine includes work from artists in and around Tooting and our contribution, inspired by our last workshop, celebrates our love of Tooting and all things souvenir related. We have made a template for a Tooting snow globe embroidery pattern, including instructions for some fancy embroidery stitches. And as it’s the first one, we’ve included a competition to win a place at a Crafty Pint workshop.
Competition
Use the template in the Tooting Zine to stitch up your own snow globe. We’ve posted up some photos of an example to help you get started. You can pick your own colours and stitches or even add fabric to make a collage. You will notice we have customised our example with a Diwali light in the middle, so feel free to add our own Tooting favourites. Take a picture of your finished snow globe and email it as a jpeg to Gillian at Crafty Pint. Please send your entry by 6th April to enter the snow globe parade and a winner will be selected the following week.
The zine is being produced as part of Tooting’s first Zine Fair, and is available from the Construction Gallery and the Brick Box from Saturday 25th February. There is packed programme of events all weekend as well – take a peek here for more details of a weekend of Tooting Tales.
