Today I woke to frosty grass, glorious blue sky and a car windscreen that took 20 minutes to clear – winter is coming! This side of Christmas, winter is a time for open fires, mulled wine and crafts galore. Our November rag rug of the month “Fawkes” is a celebration of all these elements. The bright colours …
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How to Make a Rag Rug Wreath
Rag rug wreaths are one of the easiest and arguably most satisfying rag rug projects to make. They only take a few hours to complete and the colour options and designs are never ending. Don’t believe me? Check out some of our former students’ rag rug wreaths here and one of our traditional Rag Rug …
Buy a Rag Rug Christmas Wreath today!
Over the past couple of months we’ve been getting into the festive spirit and crafting an army of gorgeous rag rug Christmas wreaths. Until now you’ll have only have been able to buy these lovely pieces if you stumbled across us at a craft fair but finally (yes, finally!) we’ve got round to spreading the …
Rag Rug Blogger Workshop
Yesterday I had the pleasure of teaching some of London’s best and brightest craft and lifestyle bloggers how to get their rag rug on and boy did they pick it up quickly! Zoe from Craft Candy, H & Sammy from Live It. Love It. Make It., Becky from The Spirited Puddle Jumper, Emily from Incurably …
Rag Rug Of the Month – Autumn Fall
Our October Rag Rug of the Month “Autumn Fall” is a more traditional style of rag rug than we’re used to doing. It is almost entirely random in pattern and materials used. Our only aim was to choose colours and fabric that cued autumn (as summer is now sadly behind us). The reds, oranges and greens reminded …
Rag Rug Introductory Class
Last night we had the pleasure of running a rag rug introductory class in the gorgeous workshop and studio of Tea & Crafting in London. Camden was bustling for a tuesday night (all these crazy kids these days) and the Indian Summer meant it was toasty warm when we got there to set up. The ladies arrived …
A Catch up with Penny Seume
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of catching up with fabric designer extraordinaire Penny Seume over a cup of tea at her pop-up shop in Clerkenwell. I’ve admired Penny’s work from afar for a while so couldn’t wait to find out more about her and her work. Here’s how our chat went: So Penny, …
Chelsea Flower Show 2014
So those of you who know your stuff will catch me out on this one and quite rightly point out that Chelsea Flower Show was a whopping three months ago but I was browsing through my photos earlier and thought what wonderful inspiration these photos could be. As the weather is so lovely today (yay, please …