Bunting for the Green Patch Spring Fete Part 1

Sue at The Green Patch asked if we might be able to help create lots of bunting for the Green Patch Spring Fete so Carole showed us how to use glittery fabric paint, rollers, stamps and brushes to create our own lengths of fabric.

Once dry and ironed the fabric was cut into pennant shapes

ready to be sewn into lengths of bunting.

Our lovely Michelle made a beautiful crochet and appliqued line of bunting with letters spelling out The Green Patch and adorned with gardening inspired buttons. Here are Abby, Brendan and Holly proudly holding it out for us to see. Wonderful work! 

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

for our next Threads and Chatter session 

May 3rd 3.15 - 5.15

The Resource Centre, 

9 Grange Place, Kettering. 

NN16 0NT

The sessions are free.

More Mosiacs Underway

More mosaics for The Green Patch 

underway in 

and outside The Mollie

and at Grange Place

these were made by our Tuesday group

and are abstract landscapes of

the view from of the landscape as seen from The Green Patch

The View From Here - Triumph Trees

Sometimes we all need to give ourselves a high five, a pat on the back or a Hip Hip Hooray so Carole came up with a little up-cycling project to express those good thoughts! Old Christmas cards were cut into small labels

and we used a lovely stamp set

to stamp the plain side of our labels.

We each had a ceramic milk bottle

an assortment of twigs and 

an assortment of brightly coloured wools.

We made a series of finger loops around our twigs

and hung the labels from the twigs so they could

twirl and dance out words of encouragement!

You can see more of our trees here

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

for our next View From Here session 

17th April 3.15 - 5.15

The Resource Centre, 

9 Grange Place, Kettering. 

NN16 0NT

The sessions are free.

A Trip to Mini Meadows!

During the Easter holidays we joined The Green Patch outing to Mini Meadows Farm in Naseby where we had a wonderful time in spite of the grey weather! We were able to feed and pet the animals, play in the fresh air, imagine we we at the beach in the sandpit and picnic inside a yurt. We made new friends and had a wonderful time! Thank you to Sue at the Green Patch for organising such an exciting day!

Cadbury the Lama

Goats with tickly beards

Chicks

Kids

Lambs

Rabbits

Emus

The View From Here - Changes at The Green Patch

It was finally time to say goodbye to 

the old cabin at The green Patch

There were quite a few hectic days

with volunteers working tirelessly

to clear away the debris

leaving a space for the new cabin,

In spite of the disruption

planting was still taking place!

For more of March see here

The Binding Thread - Nine, Ten My Felt Hen

In honour of all the Green Patch hens and their lovely eggs we have been making little stuffed hens and little hen bags with Carole and Phiona both at The Green Patch and Grange Place. You can see more photos here

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

for our next Threads and Chatter session 

12th April 3.15 - 5.15

The Resource Centre, 

9 Grange Place, Kettering. 

NN16 0NT

The sessions are free.

The View From Here - Flower Power Prints

Today were were exploring simple print making with artist Carole Miles. We used Press Print cut into petal shapes. We each had a petal or a centre and we drew patterns into the surface of the material.

We then rolled out our colours onto trays

then onto the petals.

We created bold flower prints

and loved the way we could change the colours

in each print. Brendan made a print of the sun seen through Rainforest leaves.

You can see more from the session here

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

for our next Threads and Chatter session 

22nd of March 3.30 - 5.15

The Resource Centre, 

9 Grange Place, Kettering. 

NN16 0NT

The sessions are free.