Shoreside Craft Studio

02/10/2026

At least they're not bored 😀 🍂 xx

01/10/2026

28/09/2026

This Sat 3rd Oct we are bringing in the autumnal season with a reflective, all-about-you, abstract painting session at Roberta

12-2pm

£30 - all materials & artistic tools provided (lots!) including hot drinks and biccies.

We chat, paint, listen to music, and generally indulge in the benefits that painting can bring to us.

No special skills required! All welcome 🙏 Come and have a lovely time and a bit of fun playing with ideas and creating your own original painting to take home 🖼️

*the advert picture is NOT what we’ll be painting; you will create a picture that represents you and only you 😊 prompts and guidance given 😉

To book: http://bookwhen.com/paintpals

19/09/2026

It's candle season 🕯!!

I love a TKMaxx candle haul as much as the next person but it can get expensive very quickly ....

I'm a big autumn fan, I love the glow of candlelight and I reuse old containers and make my own ❤️.

Today I used a kit from one of our lovely tutors but honestly you can pick up the bits you need quite reasonably wherever you shop for your crafty bits. You don't even have to use wicks if you have a candle warmer, even easier and cheaper!

It's not messy (unless you start bopping round the kitchen holding a jug of molten wax, ask me how I know 🤣) and is a lovely way to spend an hour on a rainy Saturday.

So start picking up those cute little jars in the charity shop and keeping your used candle containers.

I have a little rosebowl that I'm going to use next time - I'll keep you posted ❤️. xx

19/09/2026

14/09/2026

Crochet love is international ♥️

Spotted these creations on a recent trip to Budapest. Tucked away in Szimpla Kert, they brightened up a dark corner, unnoticed by most but hard to miss if you're a yarn fan.

Hungarian Guerilla Crochet - fab!

11/09/2026

Autumn is by far my favourite season. 🍂

There's something about the evenings getting darker, the first chill in the air and wanting to be tucked away somewhere cosy with a project on the go.

Yarn comes out.

The fabric gets rummaged through.

So tell me, what are you making now as the evenings get shorter?

Or perhaps the better question is…

What have you bought the supplies for but still haven't started? 😂

09/09/2026

"I can't crochet."

I hear this one a LOT.

But here's what I think:

Most people who say they "can't crochet" actually mean "I've never been shown how."

You don't need to start with a giant blanket or a complicated cardigan.

Learn one stitch.

Make a little something.

Get it wrong.

Undo it.

Try again.

And soon those funny little loops start to make sense.

Crochet is, at it's most basic, a lot of fancy knots.

You CAN crochet.

You just have to pick up a hook and have a go. ❤️

06/09/2026

Have you got a sewing machine hiding in a cupboard?

You know the one…

The machine you bought because you were definitely going to learn to sew.

The machine that's now been sitting quietly in the cupboard for approximately… forever. 😂

Here's the thing.

You don't need to know everything before you start.

You don't need to make a dress.

You don't need to understand every setting on your machine.

You don't even need to be particularly "creative".

Start with something simple. A cushion. A tote bag. Some bunting. Just sew a straight line and see what happens.

Once you've made that first thing, you'll probably be surprised how quickly you want to have another go.

So… if you have a sewing machine gathering dust, what would you LOVE to make if you knew how?

04/09/2026

5 things I wish someone had told me when I started sewing:

After years of making things, teaching people to make things, making things badly, making things brilliantly and occasionally wondering 'Why did i even start this?!', here are five things I wish I'd known at the beginning.

🧵 You don't need the fanciest sewing machine. In fact, you don't even need a machine at all depending what you're making.

🧵 Good fabric really does make life easier.

🧵 Unpicking isn't failure. It's sewing. We all do it. Your seam ripper is your best friend, you should buy one in every size 😉.

🧵 Pressing your seams properly can make an average project look much much better. I always say, a good press takes your project from homemade to handmade.

🧵 You don't have to be 'good' at sewing to enjoy it.

So if you've got a sewing machine gathering dust, some fabric you've been saving 'for the right project', or a craft you've always fancied, just have a go.

What's something you wish someone had told you when you first started making? 👇