Needle Felt Garden Birds

Introduction to Needle Felting – Make a sweet garden bird – with Sophie Buckley @ Mother Goose, Nailsworth

Fancy trying needle felting? Made popular by Kirsty Allsop – this fun craft is easy to get started and you'll be creating miniature animals in no time. Look out for needle felt dogs and festive decorations too! Using just wool and a special needle you will sculpt and carve the wool bit by bit until – like magic – a creature appears. As well as your beautiful bird, you will get a needle and sponge to take home and carry on your new hobby.

£30 including felting needle, sponge mat and wool tops & refreshments
Places limited. Held at: Mother Goose, 10a Market Street, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, GL6 0BX
For more details or to book a place on the workshop please call into the shop, telephone 01453 298725 or email [email protected]
For a full list of craft workshops please visit the website www.mothergooseonline.co.uk/events

“Sophie's making slippers workshop is fun and inclusive of all abilities - She is a craftsperson who is also naturally gifted at showing and encouraging others to learn to make things by hand too - a rare combination. It had been many years since I last held a crochet hook and through her inspiring teaching I was able to make a pair of slippers for my new grandchild which has given me a great sense of achievement. Thank you Sophie!” Joanna, Sheepskin Slippers Workshop February 2012

Sophie Buckley is a contemporary crochet artist who gained a degree in Contemporary Crafts at Falmouth University. She attended a Workshop Facilitators course and has experience teaching a wide range of craft workshops to children and adults. She is available for work in schools and private craft evenings, and can travel to a venue of your choice to deliver any of her workshops in Crochet (including flower corsages and sheepskin slippers), Needle Felt, Doll Making and Wool Fairies. Please email [email protected] for more information.

Put on the map as a foodie destination by Hobbs House Bakery and Williams Kitchen Deli, Nailsworth is a small friendly Cotswold town packed with interesting boutique shops and eateries. The venue, Mother Goose craft shop is an Aladdin's cave of crafting delights, bursting with colour and personality, specialising in good quality natural materials, including a large selection of natural fibre yarn, felting supplies, sheepskin, and traditional festive decorations from Steffi's German background. Participants in the workshop receive a 10% discount voucher for the shop.

For more details or to book a place on the workshop please call into the shop, telephone 01453 298725 or email [email protected]