Rachel New
Creative Lives On-air Producer for BBC CWR
Creative Lives On-air is a collaboration between BBC CWR and Creative Lives
We were asked to put on a demo of simple weaving to this local community. Rachel interviewed us for the BBC CWR programme. We also demonstrated different types of looms and weaving techniques
A very happy morning for weavers and participants
We are lucky to still be a workshop after the last two years. Thank you to everyone for their support.
It is however become necessary to increase weekly sessions to £3. Hopefully we will see you very soon.
The Workshop will be closed for the Bank Holiday.
On Saturday 26 March 2022 Heritage Crafts hosted its annual event Making Places as part of The Making of Coventry, a partnership project with Creative Lives, funded by Coventry City Council as part of Coventry City of Culture.
We have been up to a few things this year, you may see a couple of folks you know
This was shown on Sky Arts Monday23rd May
We are open, Monday and Thursday 10-12.30
Looking forward to seeing old and new faces
A warm welcome awaits you
Cost £3 (tea/coffee and biscuits included)
Margaret has demonstrated the making of these useful and colourful baskets and here are the results, well done Weavers
Pass The Smile For Ben
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Go Gold window competition, we think that everyone was a winner, Earlsdon (and beyond) looked amazing.
Thank you to our judges – Coventry’s Lord Mayor Linda Bigham, Jayne Innes, Councillor Kindy Sandhu and Stephen Humphries from Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group – CCLG – they had a really tough job deciding on the awards.
And the winner of the GOLDEN SHOP WINDOW is…
Drum roll please…
🌟 Albany Cycles 🌟
Tied in runners-up place were Myrtles Coffee, The Weaver’s House and Cards, Balloons n’ Things.
The HIGHEST FUNDRAISER OF THE MONTH goes to…
🌟 Hearsall Community Academy 🌟
The school raised £556.95 for Ben’s fund through gold ribbon badge sales and a uniform with a gold twist day.
Special mentions to Cards, Balloons n’ Things, Russells Garden Centre for their fundraising throughout the month, and to the Coventry Blaze Ice Hockey Team for their Go Gold match.
The BEST HOME WINDOW DISPLAY goes to…
🌟 Harry and James Crowther 🌟
The Lord Mayor visited Albany Cycles this afternoon to award the trophies. She said that she was really impressed by the community going gold and all the windows and displays looked amazing. She also said it was wonderful that the community had come together to do such a positive thing at such a sad time.
Thank you to everyone who took part, including…
Misty Flip, E11evanses Brunch Bar, Perkins and Sons, Street, Emily’s cafe, Millsy’s Cafe Bar, The Royal Oak, Kate Hattersley Opticians, Friends of Spencer Park, Earlsdon Primary School, Lean Body Vision, The Earlsdon Running Club, Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library, Beer Gonzo, Coventry Building Society, The Royal Bengal, Kensington Studio, The Hair Room Coventry, Payne Associates, Friswell’s Picture Gallery Ltd, Mooch, Sage Coffee Shop, Grants Hairdressing Earlsdon, Refined Skin Care & Beauty, Pilgrims Physiotherapy and Sports Clinic, Vapesales Earlsdon, Penny Ann Interiors, Noiseworks, Taylors Butchers, The Enchanted Florist, Albany Club Earlsdon, Drama Tots Coventry, Coffee Tots. Massive apologies if we’ve missed anyone!
Thank you to everyone who took badge boxes too. You are all amazing.
Thanks to Hannah Talbot for organising and CCLG for supporting.
What shall we do next year?
Visitors and passers-by during September will have noticed our beautiful gold-themed window.
The woven gold decorations are for Be Bold Go Gold in memory of Ben Crowther. Ben loved visiting us, and had some happy times here. In honour of him, The Weavers’ Workshop created the display to support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.