Resources for Felt Making

We offer fun and friendly workshops in a relaxed and sociable environment. Book a workshop for yourself and a friend too so that you can have fun indulging your creativity together. You have the opportunity to gain a more in depth knowledge of sewing, felt making, weaving, dyeing, batik, silk painting and spinning and lots more.

Join us in our wonderful Chorlton garden studio and make the most of our custom built, well equipped studio full of inspirational books and examples for you to peruse.

My first ever international workshop included some six different nationalities. Ir is the first time I have been subject to live translation in a grow your own session.A new family from Iran at the World Friends group were pleased to have the help of a long serving Iranian to translate the fine details of my demonstration.
We all enjoyed the tasting of seeds and herbs and some took away the necessary bits and pieces to begin growing their own food.

The Albion Arts is Hertfordshire’s newest contemporary art venue, located at Thrales End Farm, Harpenden. A unique combination of a retail craft boutique and art workshops in a buzzing environment.

The Albion Arts runs a comprehensive programme of workshops for adults, from beginners to the more experienced artist. Come and join us on one of our many creative workshops or stop by and visit our craft boutique, stocked with handmade treasures!

March is just such a wonderful busy time for gardeners and so full of promise for the vegetable grower in particular. Decide what your favourite foods are then resolve to grow them.
I soak large seeds such as broad beans overnight before planting them in recycled yoghurt cups. Salad leaves and herbs often go in the same pot so that they can be cut to order from the kitchen windowsill pots.
But the key to successful croping is a plan of action with a few seeds planted at say fortnightly intervals rather than pouring the whole packet into your first planting.