We have a brand new look and a brand new blog to go with it :)

HI everyone just to let you know that I will shortly be retiring this blog as we now have a brand new blog with our brand new look.

You can take a look at the brand new blog and latest posts over at Tigerlily Makes

In the meantime thank you all so much for your support over the past couple of years we hope that you will join us at our new location.

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We are on holiday with our classic camper van...

Hello, lovely makers and creators and generally lovely people... just to let you know that Tigerlily Makes is on Holiday as of tomorrow and will return on the 2nd August.

We will be spending the week in Lily (pictured above) our hired classic camper van, we will be touring the Pembrokshire coast stopping off at Tenby and St Davids... I can see a photo opportunity here with all that lovely coastline.

Look forward to catching up with on our return :)

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Yay!!!! We are finally moved...

Just a quick note today just to let you all know that Tigerlily Makes is now in its brand new much larger studio full loaded and ready to go :) We are at Curborough Craft & Antique Centre, Lichfield on the first floor above Monty's Vintage Shop.  The studio is set in lovely peaceful grounds surrounded by countryside and yet within easy reach. There is a new course schedule soon to be released via our newsletter.

Thank you to all my lovely helpers, Jo, Jacqui, Julia, Jess, Adrian and my wonderfully supportive hubby Phil.  Its down to the joint efforts of all the helpers that we are in and ready to get felting.

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Update on the move...

Hi lovelies,

well early this week I set about the mammoth task of sorting the storage unit out boxed everything up ready for the move.  We then took all of this over to the new studio yesterday and move one of the large display units.

After the pictures course on Thursday I will box all the remaining stock and start to move this during the day on Friday with my lovely helpers, Friday night we will move all of the big furniture and workbench over ready to unpack stock etc early Saturday morning.

It will then be a huge undertaking to have everything in situ by Tuesday ready for the lovely work experience pupil coming in for 4 days on Tuesday 19th.  Anyone who knows me knows I have planned this with almost military precision so what might seem a tall order will actually come good with the way its all been planned lol!!

I am so excited by our new space, its much larger and a much more suitable space to get creative, watch this space for lots of new courses and not just in felt-making either! :)

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Exciting news we are on the move to bigger and better premises...

Hello & welcome from Lisa Marie Olson

Designer/Maker

Good morning lovely makers and creators I know the blog posts have been a little thin on the ground lately, but that's because exciting things are underfoot!!

We are moving (not too far) to a bigger and better premises, this is great news for all you makers and creators as we will be able to run many more courses and offer more places.

Course will range from felt-making, knitting to felt, crochet and textiles with not only myself but our fabulous team of tutors all of which I will be featuring on the blog over the coming months so you can get to know them more.

On another note the website design is complete and is in the process of being built, its is truly fantastic and will have many features for customers to interact with... stay tuned and watch this space.

My thanks to everyone who has been on a Tigerlily Makes course, there are some new course coming up very soon that have not been run before. The aim is to continue to offer a variety of courses to inspire and to help existing customers develop further within their creative journey.

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Felt Flowers course was great fun and look at the stunning makes...

Gaynor's Feltastic Felt Flowers 

Jackie's Splendiferous Felt Flowers

Hi everyone just a quick post to day as in the middle of another fabulous felt flowers course, above are the pictures taken from a recent felt flowers course by the lovely Gaynor and Jackie, I feel that the pictures speak for themselves on this one with their vibrant colours and fabulous styles.

My heartfelt (if you pardon the pun lol) thanks to Gaynor and Jackie for being such great company on the day and being star newbie felt-makers.

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More fabulous felt Jewellery by Chris and Verity....

Morning lovely makers and creators, my apologies for not blogging for a while but I have been busy with some very exiting developments all of which will be revealed over the next month.

That said more importantly today a belated feature of a recent felt Jewellery course and second time course attendees Chris and Verity.  Chris and Verity are a mum and daughter team who share a passion for creative hobbies, though Verity is a textile student and has already carved a niche for herself with some of her fabulous designs.

I will be sharing some time with Verity in the summer to help with a little work experience and support  Verity's creative journey, I am really looking forward to sharing creative time with someone who is as dedicated and passionate about textiles as I am myself.

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Tuti Fruti bag gets a new owner children discover how wonderful felt is...

Well my lovely makers and creators and generally lovely people... I simply could not wait another day to share this latest post with you.

Pictured above is the adorable little lady that visited the boutique with her parents today, the little lady fell in love with the Tuti Fruit children's felt bag.  Whilst they were in the shop lots of other felt items were being tried and tested and went away with not only the bag but a brooch now attached to the bag pictured above and a hair slide.

Thank yo to the lovely parents who allowed me to captured this new relationship with felt.

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Holly's fabulous first time jewellery collection...

Morning lovlies, today's featured maker is the lovely Holly with her fabulous first time jewellery collection.  I particularly like the hair slide as I think the colours Holly chose go perfectly with her hair.

Thank you Holly for being such fabulous company and great makes :) 

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Hannah's fabulous first time felt jewellery collection

Hello lovely makers and creators, today we are featuring the fabulous first time makes of Hannah as pictured above.  Hannah was great company on yesterdays courses and chose absolutely stunning colours and projects.  You can see Hannah with just some of her makes fro  the day.

Thank you Hannah for being such great company and a star first time felter.

More lovely makes from the first timers on their jewellery course over the next couple of days.

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Felt by Gina the road to felt!!

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Hello lovely makers creators and generally lovely people... today I want to share with you the exciting journey of one of my fantastic felt-making ladies.

Pictured above is the stunning work of Gina otherwise known as Felt by Gina, Gina and I met when she booked onto a beginners bag course and I have to say we had such a great day.  Gina was new to felt-making and was also a new mum for the second time but still managed to find time to do something for herself... something I feel that is important for us all to do especially with our busy lives.

Gina fell in love with felt and as a result booked on a further 2 courses to gain a further insight to felt.  From there in a very short time, Gina has been able to develop her felting and her fabulous style to create stunning one of pieces which see sells in her Etsy store, go take a look its a feast for the eyes.

Why not pop over to Gina's blog and read first hand Gina's experience not only of her felt-making days but of her felt-making journey.

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Tigerlily Makes gets its Business Portrait Professionally Shot!!

Morning everyone, well I am very excited to share with you a recent extremely positive experience I was fortunate to have when Sara Moseley from Sara Moseley Photography took time out of her busy schedule to provide me with some photo's for Tigerlily Makes Business Portrait.  

If you are even the slightest little bit like me?  You might not find it easy to put in front of the camera, I have to say that I am typically one of these people that as soon as the camera is on I freeze!!  Therefore I rarely take a good photo, no I really don't. There are those that no matter what they are doing they just seem to take a great photo... I sadly am not one of those people, so you can imagine my delight when i received these wonderfully shot pictures by Sara.

I have to say that immediately Sara puts you at easy and by the time the shoot was over I completely forgot that the camera was on as Sara made me feel so relaxed and natural. From start to finish Sara was the consummate professional explaining to me how the shoot would work, whilst at the same time remain so very personable and making me feel at ease.

I am so thrilled with the way they have turned out I might actually be brave and have one up at home... well it would be rude not too!! Lol.

That said I can't praise Sara highly enough and her talents don't stop there, Sara specializes in all sorts of photography.

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Lily's Allsorts Children's Felt Necklace Kit

Morning everyone, just a quick one this morning as we are busy, busy preparing our new designs... that said I thought I would give you a sneak peek at one of  our upcoming designs.  Introducing Lily's Allsorts Children's Felt Necklace Kit.  The kit will be available in June and will contain everything you need to make the above project.  This is a really easy project and is aimed at children aged 8 and over.

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5 brand new merino blends just landed in the boutique... get yours before it goes!!

Morning lovely makers and creators and generally lovely people, just a quick not to let you know that we have taken delivery this morning of 5 brand new merino blends.

Blends are extremely popular and great for making scarves so get yours before they go!!

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Fabulous first time Hottie Covers!!!

Chris & Verity on a recent Tigerlily Makes course

Morning lovely makers and creators, well today I am featuring the lovely Chris and Verity a mum and daughter team who attended a recent felt course together.  They both decided to make hot water bottle covers and what fantastic results, Verity is a textile student in Bath and is loving every aspect of her degree. Verity has been practicing all sorts of textile techniques and mediums and loves embroidery and now felt... so I am sure we will see the two mediums being brought to life very soon.

Thank you both for being such great company and for making such fab hottie covers!!

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