Embellished shoes workshop - special flats for your special day

Would you like to jazz up a pair of old flats or perhaps have an excuse to buy a new plain pair.  This workshop will teach you how to embellish shoes that have more personality.  Basic hand sewing  and embellishing will be presented in this one night workshop.  Each participant will need to bring their own flats, this is based on making sure you have the right size shoe(s).  All other materials will be provided.  Let's make your new favorite pair of shoes together.  The picture above is from the great new book Applique Your Way by Kayte Terry.  Please check Textures website for price and dates.

Books, Books, Books workshop

In this exciting workshop we will create five different mini books.  We will gain inspiration from the book, How To Make Books by Esther Smith.  In this one night book blast we will do several stab bindings, japanese bindings and pamphlet stitch.  This is for the beginner artist who wants to gain more understanding of book construction.  I will provide fun papers for each participant.  All materials will be included in the cost of the workshop.  Please see Textures Handmade Market website for times and prices.

New offering - Cloth book workshop

We are excited to announce another new workshop by Platypusfile.  This will be a two week workshop dedicated to cloth books.  This is for the beginner and intermediate sewer.  We will use machine and hand stitching (machines will be provided), we will cover embellishments, embroidery and photo transfers to cloth.  Each participant can approach their books in their own unique way, a memory book with cloth remnants and photos, an abstract book dedicated to fabric scraps or perhaps more like a sampler where one tries out new techniques.  Materials will be provided, however if a student wants to bring special fabrics or embellishments to adorn their book they are most welcome.  Please see Textures Handmade Market for price and dates.  Hope to see you soon!

Free craft night --- tonight--- Sept 10, 2009

To all you lovely crafters - I hope you can come out and make stuff with Maggie and I.  We will have a fun array of supplies to share or you can bring that something special you are working on. 

A little picture of something inspirational.  Hope to see friends there!

Open craft night

We will be having an open craft night the second Thursday of each month. We had our first one a couple of weeks ago, and it was a huge success. We all had so much fun. On these nights, we will have craft supplies out for everybody to use and share. Start a new project with us, or you can bring along a project that you are already working on. This night is meant to build community, make new friends and just have a relaxing night of crafting. Here are a few pictures of the very first Open craft night...

Fabric Accessories with Janae Easton -- sign up for the first class July 15th

Hooray for Textures

Hello Friends -- TEXTURES  is officially opened at it's new location.   Come by the shop from 10-6pm t-sa right next to Waterworks on Thomasville Rd.  You will see the breezy peach bldg and come right through the french doors.  You can check out the workshop schedule on the Textures official website.  We are excited to see you soon!