Festive Fun at the Westbury Arts Centre Winter Fayre!

A fun day had by all at Westbury Arts Centre's Winter Fayre today,
great to see some old faces and meet new ones too! 

I was lucky to have neighbouring stall holders, Jeremy Turner and BucksVision. 

Jeremy displayed his colourful array of hand carved wooden items. 

Bucks Vision had their debut stall selling their beautiful hand dyed silk scarves, ties and handmade jewellery all made by visually impaired people in MK, amazing!

I had a stall on the upstairs landing selling limited edition prints, greeting cards, handmade gifts and also demonstrated the craft of needle felting.

Jeremy Turner, Woodcarver & Fine Fiddler!

Textile artist Yvonne Elliot

Resident photographer Legge,
seated in his open studio.

Felt artist Hilly Edwards

There were all manner of festive activities going on throughout the day; carol singing, Earth Works! ceramics exhibition, children's activities and we were also lucky to have both The Mayor and Green Mother Christmas paying us a special a visit! 

The mayor, following the yellow arrows
on his tour around the arts centre.

It's Green Mother Christmas!

Artist Sally Hutson

From left to right: Michaela, Karen  & Joan.

Several of the artists opened their studios, including Sally Hutson who was selling a gorgeous array of tactile textile gifts and make-your-own craft kits.

Stall holders: Textile artists Yvonne Elliot and Jane Charles were selling their beautiful
handmade felt giftware. Textile artist Hilly Edwards displayed her beautiful handmade felt
giftware, including Nuno felt scarves - not 'Nemo felting' as I keep calling it!

Michaela Gallimore wa demonstrating knitting with the biggest knitting needles I'd ever seen!  Karen McRoberts with her handmade jewellery and Joan Gomes manning the arts raffle hampers.

Fuzzy Fun at my Needle Felting workshop - Sunday 15th November

I had a lovely group of students at today's workshop, themed around the upcoming festive season.
All students were new to the craft and in only a day, they had made some really beautiful pieces that they could all be proud of; from leaves and flowers, to gnomes and animals! ‪

Jenny loves her sunflower brooch!

Tommy the dog taking shape!

To join a future workshop visit the Vitreus Art website and select your preferred date:
  http://vitreus-art.co.uk/classes/needle-felting.html
If you're ready to book, select your preferred date and make your booking online - debit / credit cards and PayPal are all accepted. Personal bookings can also be taken in person at the Vitreus Art gallery or over the phone by calling 01327 810320.

Recycled Tweetie: Share a Bird Project

At the end of August, I posted off a bird to the ‪#‎AccessArt‬ Share A Bird Project.

All gifted birds are then posted out to schools to inspire groups of children to be creative. 

My 'Recycled Tweetie' is made from scraps of fabric and thread, embroidered using dissolving fabric, then the edges and eye were hand stitched. The aim of this bird is to encourage kids to recycle materials to give old scraps of fabric a new lease of life!

Recycled Tweetie

Today children from Grandtully Primary school in Perthshire received their bird!

Twitter post from the AccessArt project

For more details or to take part visit:

www.accessart.org.uk/the-accessart-share-a-bird-project/