H Art and Upcoming Events Before Christmas

 

It has been a busy time here at Hillside Cottage. We were delighted with our first h. Art event!

What a wonderful week!

We had a mini heatwave, the sun shone every day, perfect for all our lovely customers to relax in the garden, purchase our  handwoven and wood turnery work from the Cabin. Lots of them enjoyed the weaving demos in my studio and signed up for some "learn to weave workshops".

Pop over to our Woollen Tree YouTube video to view.

(13) h.Art 2023 Venue | Woollen Tree - YouTube

We will be opening again for H. Art Christmas Open Studios the weekend of  2nd to 3rd December from 10am to 4pm. There will be a different feel to this event as the Cabin will be cosy with the little stove lit. The shelves will be filled with items to buy special gifts for the festive season. The garden will be decorated with fairy lights and weather permitting the Jovi tent will be in place again to offer a hot cuppa to customers as they browse and shop.  

Home | Herefordshire Art Week (h-art.org.uk)

We are now heavily into the pre Christmas season of craft fayres and shows so ;

Before our event at Hillside Cottage, Woollen Tree will be attending two more shows.

The first is Orleton Handmade and Gift Fair

The following is Made in HR6

 If you are in the local area we do hope to see you there!

We will be stocking our online shops over the coming weeks too, so please click on our links to view our Etsy, Folksy and Ko-fi sites (right hand column on web view site of our blog)

H. ART HEREFORDSHIRE ART FESTIVAL 2023

 

We are holding our first Open Studio Event at Hillside Cottage 

as part of 

H. ART HEREFORDSHIRE ART FESTIVAL 2023

The event runs from Saturday 2nd September to Sunday 10th September.

We will be open every day from 11am to 5pm 

Sue Wright | Herefordshire Art Week (h-art.org.uk) 

We are looking forward to showcasing our work, our new "Creative Cabin"  will be full of items to purchase, the studio will be open for demos and the garden an ideal place to relax and be inspired.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

The Creative Cabin- New Studio

We have been busy at Hillside Cottage, building a new studio for Woollen Tree.

So pleased with it. Named it The Creative Cabin!

 A fantastic space and so very versatile. Great to hold my weaving workshops in, giving me more of space for teaching small groups. 

I am enjoying kitting it out with everything I need. In this photo you can see my weaving studio and the new creative cabin together. Along the wall I have laid my latest batch of organic cotton handwoven cloth which will become T towels.

The other exciting news is Woollen Tree is taking part in H Art - Herefordshire Art Festival this year! The event runs from 2nd to 10th September 

and 

we will be opening the studios and garden for folks to visit and of course our new creative cabin will be filled with lovely items for people to buy. 

I will let you know more details closer to the date, meanwhile I hope you enjoy watching our You Tube and if you are interested coming to weave in the new cabin please get in touch via my ko-fi or Etsy shop. 

Thanks for your interest.

OUR NEXT CRAFT SHOW IS AT AYMESTREY FETE 15TH JULY

 

 

Aymestrey Village Fete

We have been living at Hillside Cottage for ten months and we feel so at home here. The village has an annual Fete and this year we have loved taking part in a wonderful day.

For such a small village it was a really well attended event, with people travelling near and far to be with us all on a beautiful sunny day.

All the usual  entertainments were set up to enjoy for kids and grown ups alike!

Classic car clubs paraded their vehicles and the farmers proudly drove their Vintage tractors around the arena. 

Competition a plenty of course, from dog shows, throw a welly, tug a war and duck races.

And of course there was a big marquee for the garden produce, home cooking and craft competitions 

Yeap! my handwoven throw won First Prize!

Woollen Tree also had a stall in the small craft marquee where we were able to sell our work. So pleased we made a roaring trade. 

We actually won three prizes in total 1st 2nd and 3rd.

Thank you for visiting our blog, 

We have been so busy lately with the house, garden and our crafts so if you would like to see and hear more about what we do please visit our other online sites.

You can click on the links from the right hand column or below.

Sue Wright Handknits- SWH and WT at Woollen Tree on Folksy

Wood and Wool Naturally Hand Crafted by WoollenTree on Etsy

 

Woollen Tree - YouTube

(3) Ko-fi.com - Your Ko-fi

 

Setting Up The Barn Workshop

It's been a big job and there are still things that need doing but we are thrilled to say that The Barn is now up and running as a workshop. It was great to re purpose items we discovered in our outbuildings such as a door and solid workbench with a heavy duty vice fitted.

Our first alteration to the barn was to build a divider wall at the back so as we could have a storage room and somewhere to fit a freezer. We used the lovely old wood door to give access to this "new room". When we had this in place it made it a whole lot easier to sort out and make shelves for all the wood turning equipment and tools. We painted the walls, sealed the floor and unpacked endless boxes. There are storage units for the wood and new cupboards and work surfaces.

The task was more difficult when the space you are trying to build needs a workshop to make to it!

A brand new larger bandsaw needed setting up so as we could use it to help us for the build.

Dividing Wall

Creating a Storage Room 

Finally time to enjoy some Wood Turnery at the Lathe

Our neighbours keep bees, so a few sticks and holders to start with for these delightful real bees wax candles. 

So we now both have our place to work on our creative craft once more.

We are so excited to be bringing our work to you this year from our Hillside Cottage Studios 

Wood and Wool Naturally Hand Crafted by Woollen Tree

 

Lambs in the Fields

New Lambs in the fields at Quarr Abbey

Just spent a wonderful two weeks at Quarr Abbey holding our first exhibition and Craft show since December 2019 (due to Covid 19 restrictions).

It has been so good to be back and to meet some lovely customers, sell our work and catch up with our regular clients and friends.

The weather was cool and sunny, ideal for selling our hats, wraps and scarves for the Spring season.  It was pleasing to have new stock to offer in wood and wool along with organic cotton items.

Great to show off our new logos for Woollen Tree with each purchase and be able to share a little of what we do with the visitors. I took my spinning wheel to do some spinning demos which always interests young and old alike.

Families come to Quarr Abbey and enjoy feeding the piglets. As for me I'm always drawn to the fields with the sheep and new lambs!

Aren't they just adorable? and so full of mischief, curiosity and fun.

Doing our craft event has really given us a boost, we feel inspired to grow our Woollen Tree business. Selling our work means we can keep doing what we love and develop our designs and ideas.

Do pop over to our YouTube channel where we plan to show you more videos of our crafts in wood and wool.