This month marks the 1st anniversary of the opening of Cartwheels Patchwork and Quilting Shop. We have had a fantastic first year and to celebrate we are offering 10% discount off everything in the shop (excluding workshops) on Saturday 12th March. Our opening hours for this day will be 9.30am – 4pm. Come along and have a browse around the shop and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of delicious homemade cake in our tea room. We hope to see you soon!
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We are very pleased to be welcoming some new tutors to Cartwheels in 2016 with some exciting new subjects. As a special offer we are currently offering 10% discount off any workshop if booked before the end of 2015. Spaces are filling up fast so if you are interested in making a booking don’t delay.
Anne has worked with crafts for as long as she can remember, learning to knit and sew from a very early age. From making clothes for dolls, Anne moved on to making clothes for herself and knitting and sewing items for around the home, adding embroidery into her skills set and trying felting, machine embroidery, patchwork and many other associated crafts.
Always looking for new things to occupy her hands, Anne took up basket making about 10 years ago – working with willow until a few years ago when she attended a rush workshop and made a rush hat. The subtle beauty and colour of rush inspired Anne and she now increasingly works with rush, making lovely hats, baskets, boxes and bags. Such is the appeal, Anne now takes part in the annual rush cut in Somerset – hard work in all kinds of weather – which ensures a good supply of beautiful rush to work with over the coming year.
Cartwheels Craft Centre is holding a charity art exhibition to promote the work of local artists as well as raising money for CLIC Sargent, a very worthy cause. Come to this tranquil and inspirational setting to view a range of artistic styles created in a variety of media. Open Friday – Sunday 10am – 4pm.
The exhibition will feature work by:-
As well as original artwork, there will be prints, cards, stationary and homeware available to purchase.
There will also be:-
£2 admission – all of which goes straight to CLIC Sargent
Ample free off road parking, disabled access and facilities
If you have any questions about the event please contact either Julia on 01579 343675 or 340026
As Cartwheels has recently merged with Dragonfly Crafts, we are now in the position to offer additional sewing groups:-
Monday mornings – 10am – 1pm £6 per session including tea/coffee and biscuits
Alternate Monday evenings – 7pm – 10pm £6 per session including tea/coffee and biscuits
2nd and 4th Thursday mornings – 10am – 1pm £6 per session including tea/coffee and biscuits
Bring along your sewing projects to work on or discuss ideas for new projects. Sue will be on hand during these sessions for help and guidance if needed. Block patterns can be provided if you wish, maybe make your first block into a cushion before progressing onto a sample quilt or wall hanging.
Don’t forget you will have access to Cartwheels Shop during these sessions to stock up on your fabric, threads, wadding, cushion pads and more.
If you are interested in joining one of these sessions contact either Julia or Sue on 01579 343675 / 340026.
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If you have been watching the recent programme ‘The Big Painting Challenge’ you may be feeling inspired to have a go yourself and we have just the thing for you. Our summer term of art classes will be starting on Wednesday 15th April with local art tutor Yvette Wiltshire:-
Wednesday mornings – ‘An artistic journey in a range of mediums’ gives the opportunity to use your preferred medium or to experiment with new ones. Suitable for learners with little or no experience. 9.30am – 12.00 noon, £11 per session payable at the start of the term
Wednesday evenings – ‘Watercolour for beginners and improvers’ following a schedule with frequent demonstrations by the tutor and unlimited help and guidance. 7pm – 9.30pm, £11 per session payable at the start of the term.
Please contact Julia if you are interested
It has been lovely weather for ducks this weekend with the continuous drizzle and rain. And look what was hatched here yesterday in the second of our ‘Duck’ workshops with Sue Rowe.
Just in time for Easter we had 9 ducks hatch yesterday, a selection of which are above. Which one is your favourite?
If you missed the workshop, or would like to but one as a present for someone they can be purchased from Cartwheels Shop open Wednesday to Saturday from 9.30am.
The latest expansion of Cartwheels Craft Centre is the addition of Cartwheels Shop and Tea Room. We stock a range of patchwork and quilting supplies including threads, fabric, ribbon, buttons, warm and natural wadding, polyester wadding, vilene, bondaweb, freezer paper, rotary cutters, acrylic rulers, cutting boards, needles, feather cushions pads and much more. Also handmade gifts such as cushions, bags, ducks, chickens, note books, fabric boxes, aprons and wall hangings.
Come along and have a browse and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of home made cake in the rural and inspirational setting of Cartwheels.
We are open 9.30am – 3pm Wednesday to Friday and 9.30am – 4pm on Saturday. We are now able to accept payment by debit / credit card for the shop or craft centre.
If you have any questions please give the shop a call on 01579 340026.
