Posts for August, 2021

This is the seventh year Gerard has exhibited at Corgarff Hall nestled in the beautiful and peaceful Upper Donside valley.
A brand new exhibition awaits the visitor with pictures from near and far featuring images from new forays into large format analogue photography.

The 26th annual festival of art and craft by members of the Society of Badenoch & Strathspey Artists, featuring a huge range of original work

arts and crafts, painting, photography, jewellery, textile craft, unique textile and wool paintings and much more from fifteen makers at the Old Kirk in Nethy Bridge – returning after last year’s forced absence.

A wide selection of original art by local artists, plus jewellery and craft items from several local makers

Don’t miss this hilarious, fun-filled, family panto Sleeping Beauty by The Panto Company. Running every Tuesday and Saturday from 2pm and every Thursday evening from 8:15pm until 14th August. Running time 2 hours.

Join us for a great performance at Spey Valley Cinema. Sleeping Beauty features hilarious jokes, singing and fun for the whole family!

Don’t miss this hilarious, fun-filled, family performance of Sleeping Beauty by The Panto Company. Running every Tuesday and Saturday afternoons and Thursday evenings until 14th August. Join us for the live panto at Spey Valley Cinema. Sleeping Beauty features hilarious jokes, singing and fun for the whole family!

Book your tickets on our cinema site > https://www.macdonaldspeyvalleycinema.co.uk/

Using a sewing machine can be a little daunting at first but you only need to learn a few simple basics to make this fab bag! Learn how to cut & prepare your materials then create your bag

What you’ll Learn
Cutting & Preparing Fabric
Sewing Seams
Using Wadding
Making Straps
Topstitching

Materials You Will Need
Sewing Machine & Manual
Cotton Fabric (see table below)
Fabric Scissors
Tape Measure
Pen, Pencil or tailors chalk
Threads (1 matching & 1 contrasting colour to your fabric)

We love making things which replace single use products & these knitted scrubbies are a great replacement for face wipes. Made from just one piece they are easy to make – so you may be able to create a whole set!

What you’ll Learn
Knit Stitches
Increasing & Decreasing
Sewing Seams

All Materials Provided!

Please Bring
Knitting Needles (Size to be Confirmed)
Small Sewing Scissors
Darning Needle

Embroidery is the perfect way to personalise clothing, bags or handmade items. This workshop will introduce some of the basic stitches & you’ll leave with a needle case so you can work on future projects!

What you’ll Learn
Basic Hand Sewing
Using Embroidery Floss
Basic Embroidery Stitches
Using Embroidery Stabiliser

All Materials Provided!

Please Bring
Small Sewing Scissors
Pencil
Simple images for embroidery inspiration (line drawings or clipart work best)
Embroidery Threads (Optional)

We all know that single use plastic isn’t eco-friendly – this workshop is all about making something new with used plastic! We’ll be turning a skittles packet into a zip pouch, learning some sewing machine skills & saving the planet!
Our summer workshops are all introductions to our upcoming Young Creatives craft courses so come along to find out more!

What you need to bring
Sewing Machine plus threads
Zipper Foot (if you have one)
Scissors
Snacks & Water Bottle


We will provide materials & instruction – this course is all about learning to use the features of your sewing machine. If you do not have a machine we do have some you can borrow, but not enough for everyone.