Make It workshops at the Umbrella Fair.

The Make It crew had a most excellent day on Sat at the Umbrella Fair on Northampton's Racecourse. We took our crafty tree, which we hung with craft packs to take home. The badge maker was a big success as usual, we also stencilled small and large calico bags decorated with glitter, pom-poms and jewels.
This is our 2nd year at the Umbrella Fair. It's so enjoyable because of it's community mindedness, there's no corporate feel about it, everything sold is reasonably priced . I love the veggie food, It's a real treat to have so much choice, usually it's pork rolls and snout burgers at outrageous prices.

Make It...Green Screen Festival.

In July of this year The Make It group put on a 3-day Film and Craft festival and it was awesome (a word which I don't normally use) We procured the film Handmade nation by Faythe Levine, a film about the renegade handmade craft movement in the US. It was truly an inspiration. We also built a crafty tree and hung free craft packs from this, we put the tree on a meadow of astro-turf where people sat at night to watch the film and knit. We offered free workshops in bunting making, patchwork cushion making and a giant knitting nancy. On the Saturday we had the unique and wonderful Bicycle Basket Bazaar and the soft bench (a knitting project I'm involved in and will write about later) The Community Foundation gave us the funding which was a very wise move on their part.

"Will we ever be accepted by society?"...lets hope not.

A group of us Artist/Makers who met at the Fishmarket in Northampton set up a not for profit community group in Summer. So we went took to the road like a latter-day troupe of merry tinkers and vagabonds to spread good cheer with our badge making and bunting. Here are some pics of us at the Umbrella Fair, which was on the Racecourse in August this year.