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Pewsham Belle
Apr 3, 2022
Rabbit, rabbit
The Happy Hookers made some cute rabbits aka Easter Bunnies this week, a mini amigurumi make which is designed to cover and hide Creme or...
Pewsham Belle
Mar 27, 2022
Lino printing in the afternoon
Five Crafty Crew members tackled lino printing as their latest technique with some success this weekend. It turned out several members...
Pewsham Belle
Feb 27, 2022
Bath bombs with the Crafty Crew
Whilst the news is currently full of bombs of a different nature it was good to gather with the Crafty Crew yesterday and have fun...
Pewsham Belle
Jan 22, 2022
Gnometastic!
The Crafty Crew had a fantastic afternoon at Diane I's where we helped her finish her seasonal chocolates while we made some fantastic...
Pewsham Belle
Jan 17, 2022
An unusual challenge
The Happy Hookers started the new year with a more unusual make... in the shape of a coronavirus! The Covid Chronicle exhibition is due...
Pewsham Belle
Dec 12, 2021
Christmas with the Crew
Four Belles convened at Diane I's yesterday for a convivial afternoon of paper decoration making, chat, wine (or coffee!) and lebkuchen....
Pewsham Belle
Nov 22, 2021
Some festive "bootees"
Our Happy Hookers continued with their festive makes this month courtesy of this lovely mini Christmas stocking, which are around the...
Pewsham Belle
Nov 13, 2021
The Crafty Crew are back!
Today marked the Crew's first in-person meeting since February last year and we welcomed Angela to her first meeting and Dinah to her...
Pewsham Belle
Oct 29, 2021
Poppy Pride
We have our poppy cascade at last! On Thursday members from all four Chippenham WIs (shown above) met up to see it finally take pride of...
Pewsham Belle
Oct 19, 2021
A jolly festive wreath
Seasonal makes started early for the Happy Hookers this year owing to the number of different elements comprising the jolly Santa wreath...
Pewsham Belle
Oct 9, 2021
Our Poppy Day
What a day! Today 8 Pewsham Belles met at Diane I's to attach our share of the poppies we made last year to the joint Chippenham WI...
Pewsham Belle
Jul 24, 2021
Catch the wave
The textured wave stitch was the latest technique for the Happy Hookers to add to their repertoire. It's fairly straightforward to master...
Pewsham Belle
Jun 29, 2021
Happy Hookers lead the way
It was a meeting with a difference on Saturday when the Happy Hookers were the first Pewsham Belles to try a blended meeting of both Zoom...
Pewsham Belle
May 12, 2021
Fancy some popcorn?
The Happy Hookers added another stitch to their repertoire this week in the form of the textured popcorn stitch. This is the first raised...
Pewsham Belle
Apr 27, 2021
Crafty Crew reunion
It was lovely to see the Crafty Crew gather again on Saturday via Zoom to make flowers out of scrap materials. All that's needed is 5...
Pewsham Belle
Apr 18, 2021
The Happy Hookers earn their stripes
Saturday saw the Happy Hookers get together for the latest techniques tutorial from Gill and Sarah in the shape of chevrons with optional...
Pewsham Belle
Mar 28, 2021
A garland of African Flowers
It was lovely to see Gill again after her recent illness and lead Saturday's Happy Hookers activity along with her friend Sarah. It was a...
Pewsham Belle
Mar 8, 2021
For International Women's Day
At the start of the year NFWI launched a creative challenge to all WIs for today's International Women's Day. Based around the concept of...
Wendy Warman
Feb 3, 2021
Good Crafternoon!
The last Saturday in January brought a Zoom coffee time with a difference thanks to Wendy. As well as bringing along our favourite...
Wendy Warman
Feb 1, 2021
Corner to corner and sample squares
January's edition of Happy Hookers saw us getting to grips with the corner to corner technique; a different way of making items as a...
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