Quilling

 Our most recent meeting was spent quilling. Some members had quilled previously, but most hadn't. The room was very quiet as we curled our paper strips! Tricia ran the session and made some samples in advance.

Dominique made a card

Mary decorated a box

Nadi made a card with hand-drawn additions

Tricia made some pendants,

Decorated a picture frame,

and a greetings card.

Sashiko Embroidery and Boro Clutch Bags

Adrienne ran our most recent project, and over two meetings we made patchwork clutch bags using Sashiko embroidery. The results were amazing!

Adrienne

Nadi

Shilpa

Sue H

Tricia

Pop Up Cards

 Tricia led the most recent meeting - making pop-up cards. These look effective but will still fit in an envelope. We used punches for the various shapes used to fill the 'boxes'.

Adrienne

Dominique

Madhu

Nadi

Sue H

Tricia

Fabric Flowers

 Dominique led this project and it was something a bit different!

Beryl

Dominique

Mary

Nadi

Nadi

Sue H

Tricia

They're all quite different even though they were all made in the same way!

Yarn Mandalas

 For our first project of the new year, we tried something completely different: yarn mandalas. Tricia led the session, and had made a few samples in advance.

Beryl

Dominique

Mary

Nadi

Sue H

Tricia's First Attempt

Tricia's Eight-Sided Mandala

Tricia's smaller format Christmas Tree Decoration

At the meeting we used our own left-over yarn and some inexpensive long lolly sticks to have a go. The smaller format option used cut down barbeque skewers! The recommended frame to use is wooden dowel rods, ideally fitted together by cutting into each rod, but for a first attempt, we kept the costs low.

Corded Coasters

 For the last meeting of the year, we were led by Adrienne and we had a go at making coasters using wrapped cord. We first had to sort out a programme for next term, so we didn't have as long as usual to work on our projects, so we had to finish up as 'homework'!

Adrienne

Nadi

Sue H

Tricia

(She decided to make a shallow bowl so she's got somewhere to put rings while in the kitchen.)

Welcome to Crafty Harrow People

This blog shows projects made by members of Harrow u3a Art and Crafts group. If you are interested in joining, bear in mind that we're part of Harrow u3a, and that you would first need to join that. This group often has a waiting list, but there are lots of other groups which might interest you, so why not visit the main website and see.