Workshops are the act of practicing a skill or hobby, learning a new skill or skillset. Workshops often involve the coming together of a few people to share the joys of learning a new skill together
Workshops for January and February 2018 are all fixed at £12 each. A good time to have a go at all those crafts you have been desperate to learn over the years and never got round to! Check out the What’s on calendar or pop your desired craft in the search bar to find out what’s on next .
Looking forward to seeing you soon,
Sue
Among the many workshops here at Mrs McGregor’s is cardmaking. Not so much in favour these days, as fabric and sewing have really taken off lately, but with the eye popping cost of most birthday cards it is well worth buying the stash to make your own. You can buy a kit to make one, or an A4 design sheet for £1 that you can squeeze at least 2 cards from, or go mad and buy a whole paper/card stack along with double sided tape and a 50 pack of card blanks.
I run a papercraft class nearly every week, so if you fancy coming along to a workshop they are only a tenner each, or pop in and choose your own bits and bobs to get cracking and save yourself a fortune. (Plasters for papercuts can be provided)!
Remembrance Day has taken many forms in our house over the years. When the boys were part of Boys Brigade and Scouts, many times we were part of the parade underdressed in lots of layers to protect against the cold. The one year we didn’t take large teenager (too grown up to come) we had a panicked phone call mid service as he had decided to come into town and find us at the cenetaph as he felt all weird at home by himself. Most of my married life has been military living and we have endured our share of losses over the years. Hubby has latterly changed his uniform to biker leathers as part of the British Legion and had a seat right at the front of church while the rest of us squash at the back with standing room only!
As a consequence of now being a biker’s spouse, I have found myself persuaded into sewing on patches to his jacket, which has expanded into a small stream of bikers passing through the shop door leaving their precious leather cuts for me to lovingly sew on patches after biker night!
Sewing these patches on is a year round reminder, not just a November thing, so a big thank you to all service personell and their families wherever you are.
We will remember you as well as the fallen.