THANK YOU to all those who came along to support and and take part in the Eco Crafternoon on 26 October!

Before I got home, Significant Seams had received this lovely feedback:

'Thank you so much for today.. it was sensational and very uplifting.. the people, the mending, the music, the food, the fabric.. I was in heaven! Can't wait for next year!!!'

From feedback across the participating groups, we know over £600 was raised for various good projects. We also have heard about some good new contacts between projects and volunteers. We hope this is the case!

Our working group welcomes you to join us for a next steps event on Sunday 10 Nov at 10:30 at the Barn at Carpenters Cottage if you are interested. We have amassed all the remaining stuff here. The plan for the morning is evolving whilst we process things a bit in the background - but the aim is to sort the stuff and make some decisions about it. We have a growing list of groups, projects and places things could be donated to - as well as the idea that we might put together sell-able kits to raise funds for local good things if we can cobble together a viable approach to that. (Significant Seams online shop doesn't get a lot of traffic, but we'd love to change that.)

Additionally, Significant Seams and Turning Tides begin a Warm Spaces project with a difference this coming week: Art-coustics is a weekly session of art-y activities in support of making new soft decorations to improve the acoustics for the Tea Rooms, and includes a free hot soup lunch. We particularly welcome the craft and textile minded. Mondays 1-3pm at the Train Station Tea Rooms plus some Tuesdays at The Bookery. You can tell us you plan to come, and see the details of the cookery sessions on our Eventbrite page. Joining could be a great time to talk further about other ideas and how we might develop other lovely things for our community.

 Again, thank you for the role you played, and others you brought with you, and please pass on the news from this to anyone I may have missed or you think may be interested.

All photos courtesy of Kay Piercy