NEC Craft Show

 

Went on the coach with Coopers to the NEC.

Met up with Vix and Jules.

It was busy to start off with but it soon thinned out.

There weren't really that many craft stalls, more sewing, knitting and fabric.

Janet chatting up the stall holders!!  This guy was really nice, he gave us free rice papers and a free bottle of weekday glue!!

Waiting for the bus to the car park and the coach back home.

My purchases, which were very limited as there really wasn't much there.

The BIG Craft Event - Lincolnshire Showground

Today I had a day out at the Big Craft Event held at the Lincolnshire Showground.

I bought some wool felting bundles from this stall but I have no idea what it was called as there is no banner or name and nothing on or in the bag.

More stalls and it was actually quite busy.

Lots of handmade Christmas things.

And this was the other end of the hall.

There were also sewing machines demo's too.

Needle & Thread were running all the workshops. 

These were all the 1 hour taster workshops on offer, most of them had sold out, but I was booked on to the needle felting santa with Robyn Smith.

Pinched this photo from Needle and Thread FB page!!

This is where I got to yesterday as the sun was really really bright and I picked up the pale pink instead of the white and so he left the show with a pale pink beard, so I pulled it out.

A needle felting workshop in progress with Robyn.

Lots of workshops going on at the same time.

This is Sally (stood up on the left) who owns Needle and Thread and organised the workshops. I did go and say hi to her as I took a workshop at her studio earlier this year and I am booked onto one next year.

And you can't go all that way without buying anything can you, so this is what I bought.

Close up of the locks from the stall I don't know the name of!!

Silk sari ribbon waste from Robyn's stall.

And silk tops, also from Robyn's stall.

And I bought this little guy for my mum for Christmas as she is very into ducks at the moment.

His body is filled with something heavy as he is a door stop.

I think (hope) she will love him. If not, I can always keep him.

And I finished him this morning.

A Day Out & A Craft Show

Had a lovely day out today, Martin went on his monthly jaunt and dropped me off at The Pavillion Arts Centre in Buxton.

This is the marquee where the craft and jewellery show was being held and to the right is the cafe.

And this is the marquee from the front.

This is the inside of the marquee and the first stall that I saw.

More of the stalls.

This is the other end of the marquee.

And looking down one of the isles.

This is James's stall where you can see the two people chatting to him. (Red top, long hair and blue top, no hair.)

One of the sides of James's stall displaying his fabulous handmade books which you can see on his website here.

And his aprons at the front of the stall.

I had a stroll outside as there is a huge park and river / stream flowing through it.

There were loads and loads of people out walking their dogs in the sunshine.

A rocky waterfall leading into the stream.

I went a bit closer to investigate the waterfall.

And this the actual pavillion.

The lake with the ducks.

Fabric collage pieces from James's stall as I've nearly run out.

And this is some fabric that I picked up too. Stamping here I come!!!