Threads and Chatter - Weaving

This week Phiona Richards 

set the group a weaving project

yes, that's right, weaving!

We used an ingenious basket frame

paper twine and beads. 

It was tricky but great fun, 

everybody completed their basket

although we did think about 

wearing them as hats instead!

See more here

And Phiona made this Flipagram reel

which you can see here

If you live in the Avondale / Grange ward do join us again 

Tuesday 2nd of February

The Resource Centre, 

9 Grange Place, Kettering. 

NN16 0NT

Phiona will be running her inventive, creative 

session between 3.30 and 5.00pm

Sessions and refreshments are family friendly, fun and free!

Stealing a March Out on the Grange

Out exploring the Grange we met Mark Dainty

who has just opened a new independent bike shop, Cycle Mad.

Mark believes is in the same unit as a bike shop in the '50s - Garleys and showed us a photograph of another branch of Garleys which used to be in Kettering town centre. Cycle Mad has charted its opening via its Facebook page. The shop is located on Hampden Crescent, Kettering.

Mark is a mine of information and well worth a visit!

We also spotted a tree being felled

Racing cars

and a bear which we shared with Grayson Perry's 

Twitter feed @AlanMeasles!

All the images from March walks can be found here

A Gift and a Garden

On a grey, rainy morning at The green Patch, 

Carole received a message from a friend 

who works in a local Garden Centre

"We have some plants that are past their best,

 do you think that The Green Patch 

might be able to use them?"

Carole and Nigel went to investigate 

and returned with a wonderful collection of 

past their best (for this season) plants, herbs, 

strawberry plants and bird feeders.

Such kindness totally banished the grey 

clouds and Carole and Nigel completely 

forgot that they were damp from head to toe! 

As a thank you for the contact 

lovely Green Patch volunteers planted some 

tubs and containers to make a little garden 

by The Mollie. Many of the plants have been 

planted in the Bee Garden, whilst others are in 

new borders around the site.

Sharing, creating and growing together helps build communities, supports wellbeing, makes opportunities to create new friendships and a brighter future for us all. The Green Patch and the Avondale Grange Ward are special places and we feel so lucky to be working and connecting with the community during our View From Here project.

A Tile Patch For the Green Patch

So the mosaic making has begun

and to get a bit of practice we have been

making very simple, geometric squares.

If you would like to make a tile patch

for the Green Patch then Carole will

be in or near The Mollie on Tues 18th or 

Thurs 20th between 1.00pm and 3.00pm

Let us know if you'll be joining us!

Here is lovely local resident Sue modelling our

View From Here information card.

If you would like to see the patches so far follow the link

https://www.flickr.com/photos/backtobooks/sets/72157646869598023/

Meeting and Making Part 1

It was a gorgeous sunny afternoon and the Green Patch were having a picnic with a bit of a Halloween theme!

Our artists, Carole Miles and Phiona Richards took the opportunity to do some meeting and making for our View From Here project.

There were paper linch bags and insect stamps

for people to make their own Halloween Goody Bag

Nigel proudly displays his bag

Matthew made a bag for each of his brothers before setting off home for some spine tingling fun!

Each bag also contained one of our lovely Make, Do, Mend cards inviting the community from

Margaret Rd, Cora Rd, Doris Rd, Edith Rd, Judith Rd, Dorothy Rd, Jean Rd, Stamford Rd, Gorse Rd

Lime Rd, Ivy Rd, Centre Parade, Heather Rd, Aster Rd, Almond Rd, Dahlia Rd, Weekly Glebe Rd to join in the project. There will be further opportunities for making, doing and mending, along with talking and exploring so if you'd like to join in, watch this Blog or contact us to arrange a cuppa and a chat!

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