News — Makery Staff Makes

Late this past August a flurry of holiday crafting descended on the Makery and we've been keeping our crafts under our hats since then.  We're happy now to announce that we are contributing crafters to Eco Parent magazine and are selling it in store.   The newest edition is The Winter Wonderland Issue, so we put together three fun and easy holiday craft how-tos: cute embroidered Pocket Mitten Ornaments, Button Holiday Trees and oh-so-easy String Felt Wreaths. This coming Saturday we'll be putting these crafts to work as we launch our Handmade Holiday workshop series with a drop-in Holiday Craft Party.  We'll...

Every year we try to do something special in honour of Remembrance Day for our window.  For the past few years we've played with felt poppies and wreaths so this year we decided to try something completely different, a quilt panel.  It has been a little while (three years?) since I tackled a quilting project.  It requires me to access the part of my brain that can figure out math equations and pay attention to grainlines.  Needless to say, it doesn't happen often. I sketched out a few ideas, taking some inspiration from the British Poppy pin, but in the end...