Sara's splendifferous contemporary take on a theme...

Good morning lovely makers and creators, well today we are featuring the splendifferous contemporary picture that Sara based her picture on... taking inspiration from nature and other contemporary pieces Sara sketched an outline of her layout on paper first and used that has her guideline for layout the detail.  

A wonderfully uplifting piece, my thanks to Sara for being such great company and a wonderful picture.

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Sally's truly tropical felt-tastic picture...

Hello lovely makers and creators today we are featuring Sally's truly tropical wet felted needle embellished pictures.

Sally has a regular spot abroad which she likes to visit and has taken many pictures of her favorite vista and it is this view that she based her picture on.  I think you will all agree that Sally has captured the essence of the scene.

Thank you Sally for choosing to come on another Tigerlily Makes course and for being such great company, you picture is stunning.

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Dawns plum plumptious first time felted bag is plumerific...

Hi lovely makers and creators and generally lovely people, today we feature Dawns beautiful plum bag with a fab contemporary grey spot detail on the front.

Thank you dawn for being such great company and your first time felt bag is felt-tastic!!

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First time felt-makers heartfelt lilac dream of a bag...

Morning lovely makers and creators, just thought I would share another fabulous first time make from one of our recent courses, introducing Rebecca's heartfelt lilac dream bag.

My thanks to Rebecca for being such great company and for doing such a great job on your felt-tastic bag!!

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Another blog giveaway...

Hello lovely makers and creators, in the run up to the first birthday celebrations on Saturday 9th April I will be giving one lucky winner per week some fabulous blog candy in celebration.  This weeks give away is the above and includes a Little Experience Build it Kit, Felt Christmas Kit, quilled flower stickers and a fabulous array of Bo Bunny Ribbons and Petals Corsage. Prize value approximately £30.00

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is the following, winners will be selected at random using random org:

• leave a comment
• join our facebook page
• join our twitter page
• become a follower of the Tigerlily Makes blog
• join our blog network on facebook

Entries must be made by 12.00 noon Monday 21st March and the winner will be announced later that day. 

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And the winner is.......

Well as promise the winner of the lovely bundle above is The Knitted Cupcake, please contact me to arrange prize delivery.

Stay tuned for this weeks give away.

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BLOG GIVE AWAY WEEK 1 OF 1st BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Hello lovely makers and creators, in the run up to the first birthday celebrations on Saturday 9th April I will be giving one lucky winner per week some fabulous blog candy in celebration.  This weeks give away is the above and includes a Little Experience Build a Boat Kit, Felt Mittens Kit, quilled flower stickers and a fabulous array of Bo Bunny Ribbons and Lace Petals Corsage.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is the following, winners will be selected at random using random org:

• leave a comment
• join our facebook page
• join our twitter page
• become a follower of the Tigerlily Makes blog
• join our blog network on facebook

Entries must be made by 12.00 noon Monday 14th March and the winner will be announced later that day. 

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More Raffle Prizes coming in....

Hello lovely creators and makers and generally lovely people, well as promised I said that I would keep you up to date with raffle prizes as and when they came in and today is just that.

My thanks to Mary Halbert of Crazy Mary Crafts for donating this fantastic creative stitched textiles prize.

We feel very blessed to have Mary join our team of talented designers and tutors, Mary will be hosting creative stitched textile classes on the 3rd Friday of every month 10.30am-1pm.  Mary will cover a whole range of techniques with hand dyed threads, felt and fabric. Please see Tigerlily Makes for course details.

Charity Fundraiser celebrating 1 year of felt-making success Saturday 9th April

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Tigerlily Makes Celebrating 1 year of Felt-making Success

Well hello lovely makers and creators its official, I have been in the boutique exactly 1 year today and what a year its been... over 50 felt-making days and over 200 fabulous hand felted projects from over 200 wonderful customers. Whoop Whoop its been absolutely marvelous!!  I am in the process of putting together a little slide show of all the wonderful projects that have been made over the year so watch out for that :)

We will be celebrating on the 9th April with a fantastic  Charity fundraising day with free demonstrations from specialists in felt-making, creative stitched textiles and knitting.

Fabulous raffle prizes are flooding in from very generous supporters including St Giles themselves who have supplied a fab hamper full of goodies plus lots of other lovely goodies.

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School girl Beth felts her way to a comfy cushion...

Designed by Beth image and design subject to copyright

Hello lovely makers and creators, well today I am extremely excited to share with you this wonderful creation school girl Beth has made with lovely felt sheets and embellishments that she bought on a recent visit to the felt boutique. The cushion is completely hand stitched and the letters have been hand cut, it was simply a pleasure having Beth visit the boutique who is incredibly passionate about making and no wonder when you can see the end result.

Thank you so much Beth for bringing in your creation to share with us all, great job.

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Brand New Spring Summer Course List now released...

Well hello lovely makers and creators, the much anticipated and awaited spring summer course list is now here.  Following the success of the New Year courses I would recommend that you book early, especially on Saturday courses to avoid disappointment.

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am

Saturday 26th February

Saturday 12th March

Sunday 13th March Private Course fully Booked

Thursday 17th March

Saturday 19h March

Saturday 2nd April

Wednesday  13th April

Saturday 30th April

Saturday 21st may

THURSDAY 16TH JUNE

SATURDAY 18TH JUNE

SATURDAY 2ND JULY

SATURDAY 9TH jULY

SATURDAY 16TH jULY

  

Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Thursday 10th March

Saturday 23rd April

THURSDAY 26TH MAY

TRhursday 30th June

Summer Bunting

Thursday 12th May

SATURDAY  28TH MAY

Thursday 9th June

THURSDAY 21ST JULY

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Saturday 19th February

Thursday 14th April

SATURDAY 14TH MAY

Thursday 19th May

THURSDAY 14TH JULY

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15

Saturday 26th March

SLIPPER COURSE

SATURDAY 7TH MAY

SATURDAY 11TH JUNE

Felt Flowers

Saturday 25th June

New courses this year including felt flowers and summer bunting, advanced picture and bag course coming autumn winter.

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Little Nerissa Marisa Felt Bag Kit

Hello lovely makers and creators, introducing Little Nerissa Marissa Felt Bag Making Kit.  Shes an absolute stunner and she could be yours if your purchase the kit.

For more info please visit: http://www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk/shop_kits.html

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100% Fairly Traded Hand Felted Die Cut Flowers

Well good morning lovely makers and creators, pictured above is a selection of the 100% Fairly Traded Felt Flowers currently available to buy in the Felt Boutique!!  They really are 100% fairly traded and the supplier I have sourced them from has actually been out to the site where the women make them and has spoken to the women first hand to confirm that they have decent and fair working conditions.  Not forgetting to check the validity of the company owners.

All the felt for the flowers has been hand felted and is of exceptional quality, once in the UK the sheets are cut down and flowers are die cut.

I am just thrilled to be able to support these impoverished women and help them earn a living.

I will be selling these ready to make flowers on the website in approximately 4-6 weeks.

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Even more fabulous first time felts....

Even more lovely first time felt creations, today we are showcasing the gorgeous grey and lilac tones chosen by Eleanor with the Little Nerissa bag shape.  I think you will agree that its a lovely combination.

My thanks to Eleanor for being such great company your bag is  felt fabulous :)

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Its a bag.. No its a cutie hottie cover!!!

Good morning lovely makers and creators, over the next few days I will be sharing with you some of the lovely makes our newbie felt-makers made on Saturdays bag making course.  Yes I know the above is not a bag but a fabulously co-ordinated hot water bottle cover,  this fabulous make is an example of things you could be making on one of our lovely courses.  You can choose to make either a bag, tea cosy, hot water bottle cover or even a pair of baby booties, you do not need to choose before hand you can simply choose on the day and bring your hot water bottle just in case.

Gemma's hottie cover is just so cute, I love the fresh colours to brighten up cold winter nights, it was a great day and my thanks go out to Gemma for sharing her creation and for being such great company.

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Tigerlily Makes Winter Sale... starts 27th December 2010

Morning lovely makers and creators, well I thought I would give you a heads up about the Tigerlily Makes in-store winter sale.  Tigerlily Makes is offering a very generous 20% off all felt-making, supplies, tools, equipment, quilt hangers, trims, Christmas decorations and felted accessories, whilst stocks last. Sale starts Monday 27th December 2010 and will run until 31st January 2011 only whilst stocks last.  In addition to this glorious sale any felt-making course booked and paid for by 31st December will be held at the 2010 price of £49.00 except the Slipper course which is currently £59.00.

So don't miss out on some really fabulous felty bargains.

wishing you a very merry Christmas and a very happy New Year :)

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Clothes Show Diaries Celebrity Interviews Marvyn Williams

Designs courtesy of Sew Much Fun and subject to copyright

Hello lovelies, well as promised today is the 2nd of our celebrity interviews. Featured today is Roz from Sew Much Fun in Primrose Hill being interviewed by the adorable Marvyn Williams, alongside one stunning model modelling Sew Much Fun designs.

Marvyn is pictured showing the audience on of the much coveted cushions that Roz from Sew Much Fun has designed.

Roz has a great eye for colour and design with a difference making a smart distinction between the high street and individual bespoke style.  Sew Much Fun designs are so fabulously easy to make as Roz is the queen of making things simply and easy to follow.

Our thanks go out to Marvyn whom was a wonderful interviewer and made the whole process so much fun.

Marvyn Williams (10th April 1981) is an English born presenter / Dj and Columnist for News of the Worlds Fabulous Magazine, who is best known for decorating our screens on channel 4's hit TV show Shipwrecked. He has most recently presented at the Clothes Show Live 2009 and co-presented the News of the Worlds, Fabulous Magazine Road Show 2009.  You can keep up to date with Marvyn on his facebook page.

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Clothes Show Diaries Continued....

Hello lovely makers and creators well Saturday and Sunday had a different vibe all together and brought a heavy footfall to the show.  I was privileged to have close friends and family helping me out over the weekend.

I was able to take some much needed time out to go and see the Fashion Show in the fashion theatre with VIP seats courtesy of the organizers. The show was fantastic and boasted a host of stars and celebrities, I had the Pleasure of seeing Sunday Girl, Lucy Jones from the X Factor (a personal favorite), Injustice and the star stoppingingly fantastic Gok Wan!! Gok was every bit the fashionista and was full of life, it was a real treat.

The whole show was amazing, the themed dance scenes set the stage for the following fashion collections and really set the atmosphere alight.

All in all one of the many highlights of the show.

Tomorrow one of my first interviews on the Company Catwalk with a stunning model to model the latest Tigerlily Makes designs.

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Clothes Show Diaries coming soon...

Well its been a full on week here so far at The Clothes Show Live, stay tuned for some interesting peeps and news hot off the press from the show.

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Rosa Rosa Felt Bag Kit

Hi everyone, just a quick one this morning as I have loads to do, just thought I would share one of the new felt-making kits I will be launching at The Clothes Show Live next week.

Hope you like!!

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