Tag: craft

Next Meeting Tuesday 7th May

make, do & mend man 7th May 2013

Our next meeting will be all about make doing and mending!

We’re going to upcycle a cardigan

Have a dig about in your wardrobe & I’m sure you’ll find one you haven’t worn for months….. in 3 hours you could have a beautiful new cardigan!

Just a few ideas…..

Make - cardigan 2

Make - cardigan 3

Make - cardigan

Please bring the following:

A mug!

A cardigan

A basic sewing kit

Trims, fabric, crochet hook & yarn, felt, buttons….. & anything else that takes your fancy!

Normal charge of £3.50 will apply

7-10pm

Exeter Phoenix

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See you there!

April 2013

make, do & mend man April 2013

Thanks to everyone who came to crochet with us

I hope you all enjoyed trying out crochet…….. it’s not for everyone but it might be your new craft!

Basic stitches

Basic crochet Collage

Squares

Granny squares Collage

And flowers

Flowers Collage

Well done ladies!

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See you all on Tuesday 7th May for our next meeting!

make, do & mend man 7th May 2013

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd April – Changes

I asked for your thoughts about Make, Do and Mend & you gave them to me!

Thanks so much to those who took the time to give me feedback

So you find the venue good, you think the price is good, you like the time …..basically you all enjoy coming!

However you would like to see more tutorials ….. so from April I plan to organise monthly tutorials again

Of course we will still have our old favourites for charity….. The Big Knit…. Poppy Appeal

I’m also hoping to come up with some Make, Do and Mend ideas……  after all this why the group started!

As always you can bring your own projects if you don’t fancy joining in.

The biggest changes will be the price & booking

Our membership is now cancelled.

This is due to some of the shops closing that gave us discount & also others forgetting we get discount!

There is now just one price £3.50

If your membership card is still valid I will honour the discounted price until it expiries 

You don’t have to book online…… just turn up on the night

So without further ado….

make, do & mend man April 2013

Learn to crochet!

Exeter Phoenix

Black Box

7pm -10pm

You will need to bring:

4mm crochet hook
Double knitting yarn

(a light colour is good while learning. You can bring more than one colour if you want to make granny squares)

A mug
Instruction sheets will be provided

Please be aware this is not a one-to-one tutorial…… there will be a few ladies helping you with the instruction sheet

You can choose to start with the basic stitches or if you know the stitches we can help you make granny squares

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February 2013

Happy Birthday to us!!!

make, do & mend man- February 2013jpg

We even had a birthday cake made by the lovely Clare

So what did we make?

5th Feb Collage 1 5th Feb Collage 2

And our fab bunting this year was made by Helen

After hours of sewing the squares together it became clear we did not have enough to cover the target……. so we’re going to do it all again in March!!

So come along with knitted, crocheted or even fabric squares & help us

make, do & mend man March 2013

If you can’t make the meeting but would like to help please email me

makedo@me.com

to arrange a drop off point.

Come on ladies get your needles out!

Normal charges will apply

£3.50

7pm – 10pm

Tea & coffee is provide but please bring your own mug

Thanks to everyone who completed the survey……. I will be making some changes to the meetings in April….. watch this space!

You still have time to have your say

SURVEY