New Gilliangladrag Courses & Course Dates are Now Live!

If you need to scratch your creative itch - look no further. With all our regular classes and now a few new ones too, like "Feltbroidery" and "Crochet a Basket" and "A Line Skirts" - with even more to come soon. Dates go right up to next Summer for some.

      

      

All of our tutors are here to patiently guide you and hopefully inspire you!  Felting courses are taught by Felting author Gillian Harris; Sewing courses by our new Sewing author & DVD star Fiona Hesford; Knitting & Crochet Courses by our very own Clare Davies, - author and star of the new "Learn to Knit" book and DVD, and Embroidery Courses by author Sophie Long.

To book a course, please visit our website here, or give us a call on 01306 898144

New Creative Workshops at The Gilliangladrag Fluff-a-torium

Move aside 'Brangelina' - we've invented yet another new word at Gilliangladrag : FELTBROIDERY - since the lovely Sophie Long and I are to perform a special double act - coming very soon :-)

This is where you get BOTH of us on the SAME day and kill tow birds with one stone and learn to do felting and embroidery together! Whoohooo! Click here for booking new dates for this course. 

I will teach you wet felting in the morning and then Sophie (author of Mastering the Art of Embroidery) will teach you hand embroidery in the afternoon. Perfecto! Feltbroidery - it's a new word if you're reading this Oxford English Dictionary.... ha ha

Or if you are itching to crochet something other than a granny square then we've just the new workshop for you (see above pic) - a half day with the lovely Clare Davies learning to crochet a bowl with our special yarn. Yarn and hook both included - click HERE to book!

Plus we've another of our half day parents and kids embroidery courses on 30th November which you can book by clicking HERE

- and lots of other new creative courses and workshops dates for all sorts of different courses right through to next Spring are online HERE. Take a look and see how we can inspire you? 

School's out for summer : Let the crafting commence with 10% off - HOORAY!

There's no need for too much sitting around being bored this summer, - we've got Summer Holidays crafting ideas wrapped up and ready to go for everyone whether you're on Vacation or STAYcation.... HOORAY!

Starting with a spot of colouring in.... who doesn't like colouring in? Everyone here is going mad for it - adults and children alike!
Colour in....and breathe....and relax...

Now you can colour in your very own shopping bag! The fabric pens fix within 24 hours and can be used on other things too once you have them! We have 4 great tote bag designs to choose from, + two different ranges of pens...

Click here to find them on our website. Spend more than £20 with us during the summer hols (until 3rd Sept), and get 10% off with code SCHOOLSOUT

Or how about colouring in and making your OWN cuckoo clock for just £3.95 - can things get any cheaper than this!?* (We added a few of our buttons and some ric-rac to jazz it up even more!)

Also available as a Colour Me In Owl Clock kit too! for £3.95 also. Remember - spend over £20 to get 10% discount on our site during the holidays with code SCHOOLSOUT

Fancy a spot of sewing with our cute range of sewing kits?

    

Or a spot of Knitting with our yarns, wools and knitting kits?

We even have knitting kits for little people too of course....

 Click here for knitting kits

And who's on for trying their hand at felting. Wet felting for the kids is a really fun activity - just a bit of soap and water is all you'll need!

Make these darling hair clips (age 5+ with adult supervision) with our COMPLETE "Bow Delicious" felting kit here. It comes with everything you need including a bamboo mat & some netting that you can use afterwards with more wool :-)

If you prefer to "do your own thing" we have lots of lovely soft fluffy wool tops for you to design your own "thang"...

...at just £2.95 a pack for our 25g wool tops range,  you can afford to have a go at a rainbow! Or click here to see all our wools for felting and spinning.

Remember if you spend more than £20 you'll get 10% off with code : SCHOOLSOUT 

If stitching's more your thing:

   

we've a fab selection of tapestry and stitching kits right here

I love this little tapestry pincushion - just £11.50 and would make a cute little holiday project...

...or this felt framed little cross stitch kit - so pretty. The kit costs just £9.50 and comes with everything you need: click right here.

And remember there's still 20% off all our Cruciani bracelets and now you'll get another 10% off if you spend over £20 with code SCHOOLSOUT 

plus there's still 40% off our Hey Felt iPad and iPhone covers here

...have great summer hols everyone! x

Summertime Bargains of Fluffy Fun - save up to 40%!

We've decided to share lots of summer loving by offering some really great deals on some of our special stuff we sell. If you've lusted from a distance but couldn't quite justify the spend - now's your chance!

Firstly - adorn your wrists with our gorgeous lacy Italian bracelets made by Cruciani. Perfect for summer, they can be swum in, sunbathed in and then mixed to match your wardrobe for the evening...

Mix and match! They come in hearts (LOVE) , hearts and clovers (LOVE & LUCK) , butterflies (FREEDOM) and a few more designs too - and in all the colours of the rainbow. They are now 20% off right here : http://www.gilliangladrag.co.uk/c/7751/SALE

Next in line...

 
Our beautiful Hey Sign 100% thick wool felt iPhone and iPad covers are all 40% off! Sumptuous hardwearing thick felt will keep your phone safe and sound. Great colours too!

Keep your phone (or iPad) secure, protected (and warm!) with one of these colourful covers with strong elastic to keep things in place. I have a snap on protective cover on my phone all the time, and then keep my phone in one of these when I'm out and about! Right here : http://www.gilliangladrag.co.uk/c/7751/SALE

If cruciani bracelets aren't your "thing" we have some really cool 'tape measure' bangles too. Measure the circumference of your wrist with ease... ;-)

 

These super cute bangles come in narrow, medium and wide in different colours, and are all 30% off here http://www.gilliangladrag.co.uk/c/7751/SALE/2

We also have these ultra sweet storage tins from Tilda in our sale at 40% off...

Great for all your sewing bits and pieces; in a work room or just to tidy everything away...

These would even look lovely in the kitchen methinks... :-)
Find them right here in the SALE section of our website: http://www.gilliangladrag.co.uk/c/7751/SALE

Happy Shopping!x

What's going on up The Fluff this summer?

A good question. Here's the answer:

Quite apart from all the stuff for adults - which I'll tell you about in a minute, there's some special stuff for kids going on :

How about taking (Well...making) an actual #selfie made from felt? Book a place for an adult, or child over 11, or come with your child over 7! Click the pic for more details...

Or how about getting totally pompom-ed out? Spend the whole morning adorning yourself in handmade woolly pompoms. They might make good earrings? (ok - maybe not) and then leave with an impressively large tissue paper pompom as well. What's not to love? Click the pic for more info...

or how about making your very own sock monkey? - we even supply the sock! 
Click the pic for more info and to book...

Moving on to more adult matters (ahem) see if any of these lovelies wet your appetite?

Learn Counted Embroidery Cross Stitch with none other than Sophie Simpson herself - (author of Storyland Cross Stitch and owner of "What Delilah Did") on Sat 28th June (2 spaces left as I type!)

Or how about this:

Learn to Knit socks with Clarey on Tuesday 1st July. (And then turn them into sock monkeys? - ok no maybe not ;-))

Learn to make your own pair of unique Felt slippers (taught by me) is on Thursday 3rd July - still a few spaces left as I type...

Now on to more pointed matters...

How about Learn to needle felt (birds and fishes) on Sat 12th July?

or Improver's knitting is on Tuesday 15th July - learn to increase, decrease, follow a pattern, (eat cake, drink tea...) and make a bag or tea cosy to take home with you whilst learning!

Felt Jewellery & Roses in on 19th July:

and if you've always wanted to Learn to knit and have never been able to - we have a course just for you! Our half day workshop will cover casting on and starting to knit a lovely scarf using gorgeous Colinette yarn! It's on Tuesday 22nd July. Check it out:

Kids over 11 and accompanied kids over 7 are also welcome on this Learn to Knit course too! x

So - See you at The Fluff then? And don't forget there's 10% off in the shop on the day of your course too!

You can book online here (you'll be sent confirmation) or you can call us on 01306 898144. It's that easy!