ELLIE FIDDES THE ARTIST

Tag: crochet buttons

  • Funaday Dundee 2018

    Funaday Dundee 2018

    I took part in Funaday Dundee in January. The exhibition is this coming weekend – come along and see what I did – and see lots of everybody else’s fun too. https://www.facebook.com/events/714965872039530/?ti=cl

  • NEOS AT HALLGREEN CASTLE OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER

    WE did have fun dressed up in mediaeval garb for the opening night of NEOS at Hallgreen Castle. You can always spot the artists in the Great Hall when you come up to view our work – we will be here until Sunday 17th!

  • GLENESK FOLK MUSEUM – 3 SEPTEMBER 2017

    Come along – meet the handicraft experts – bring your handiwork and textile treasures to show and share 🙂   

  • Harris Academy

    Harris Academy evening classes 26 April to 28 June. Demystifying and learning specialist forms of crochet. Learn the basics of Tunisian, broomstick and hairpin crochet over 10 weeks. What are Broomstick, Hairpin, Tricot/ Afghan/ Tunisian crochet? Three workshops giving a short introductions to these forms which are easy to learn, whether you are a complete beginner…

  • FORFAR CLASSES END OF COURSE

    Big well done to the learners at the F.A.C.E Woolcraft Class in Forfar for all their work!  So good to see people learning according to their own interests.  Thank you for permission to share your work. Big thanks to F.A.C.E. (Forfar Assocation of Continuing Education) committee for their tireless work setting up their classes.  …

  • FUN A DAY DUNDEE

    Thanks for all the fun Dundee Fun A Day! (It all started off on Hogmanay when somebody handed me a strange object and asked – “What can you do with this? Take it away and have a go!” So my Funaday project was finding out what I could do with a six foot shed skin…

  • KIRRIEMUIR FEEL GOOD FESTIVAL

    Big thanks to the organisers of this festival.  What a superb event. Thanks also to everyone who expressed interest in future crochet workshops.  I will be running workshops in Kirriemuir and Forfar in the near future, and in Alyth on 26-28 May.  More details to follow!   https://www.facebook.com/events/1803625543226259/

  • THE THERAPEUTIC ART OF CROCHET – HARRIS ACADEMY, DUNDEE

    Starting on Wednesday 25th January, I will be tutoring a 10 week course at the Harris Academy in Dundee .  The enrolment evening is at Harris Academy on Wednesday 11 January from 6.00 – 7.30pm.   To see more detail, including the other excellent courses on offer, please click on the links below.  Please feel…

  • ADULT EVENING CLASSES START IN FORFAR THIS WEEK!

    ADULT EVENING CLASSES START IN FORFAR THIS WEEK! There are still a couple of places left in my crochet class on Tuesday night.  If you want to join it isn’t too late to register! Just download a registration form (link below) and bring it with you to Forfar Academy Foyer at 6.50 on the night.…

  • Freeform work in progress

    As Angus Open Studios start today – here is a wee look at the current work in progress.  Come  along and see the whole thing for yourself 🙂      

  • Work in progress

    Bringing the elements of a wall hanging together and incorporating them on to the withy framework.    

  • Current work in progress

    I used a framework of withies, hessian strips and reclaimed copper wires.  The elements will be alligned with these as the work develops.