Meet the stallholders Spring 2011...

Cristy Poole
What will you be selling at the Spring fayre?
I make a wide range of different items from beaded rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces and these are my own designs that are different from the normal jewellery that is sold.  I sell my items at very competitive prices, this gives everyone a chance to buy something and I hope remind them of my work.

Spring Fayre update

Stalls for the Spring fayre are being booked up - places for jewellery and cards are now filled but there are still spaces available for other crafts - so please do get in touch if you are interested in booking a stall.

Updates on who will be attending the fayre will be appearing very soon...!

Creations Spring Craft Fayre

Planning is now underway for the Creations Spring Craft Fayre! The event in West Bergholt will be on Saturday 16th April 2011, open to the public from 10:30am to 4pm. Free entry and refreshments will once again be available (teas/ coffees/ squash and homemade cakes).

This time I am planning to use the Orpen Hall again as well as the newer second hall, which will allow more crafters to attend. If you are interested in booking a stall please contact me for more details.

The Creations Christmas Craft Fayre 2010

The first Creations Craft Fayre on Saturday was a great success! Thank you to all the stallholders who filled the hall with their wonderful work - I hope that sellers and customers alike enjoyed the day!

Posters!

Look out for these posters going up very soon!

Meet the stallholders...

Sheila Wilkins

Have you always been a 'crafty' person - how did you start making things to sell?

I have always loved 'making things' but while my family was still young, space and time limited me to making practical pieces that we needed for the house, like curtains and cushion covers. As the children got older and started to leave home I began to paint and now love working with acrylics on large canvases, mostly land and seascapes. Then more recently a very close friend started a charity in memory of the baby she lost, to raise funds for a new baby heart monitor at our local hospital. I wanted to help but my paintings were too large for my friend to sell so I returned to the sewing machine and started making door hangers and then cushions covers with fabric remnants that I had. I found it to be so enjoyable that I carried on making them for family and friends.

Tell us a bit about what you make...

I'm a bit of a magpie when it comes to collecting fabrics, which became worse when I discovered the Silk Mill at Sudbury and the beautiful remnants that they sell. Some pieces are quite sizeable and lend themselves to being made into cushion covers - 'envelope-style' ones are simple to make but the quality of the fabrics make them look quite luxurious. And being made from remnants, most of my cushions are one-offs.

The chicken door-hangers have 'evolved' - I started ambitiously with templates including elephants and rabbits but chickens soon became my favourite as they can be embellished with fancy wings, tail feathers etc. Making heart door-hangers was a simple step-on, and again I love to use beads , buttons and other trimmings to make them extra special.

Meet the stallholders...

Yvonne Hadley

Have you always been a 'crafty' person - how did you start making things to sell?

I have always been a 'crafty' person it all started at school many years ago. When I retired I made cakes, flower arrangements and preserves as that is what I enjoy doing, usually only selling them from home.

Tell us a bit about what you make...

I make cakes - anything from biscuits to wedding cakes, flowers for all occasions and a selection of jams, chutneys and pickles.