Craft Groups London

Summer Crafternoon🧶🎨☕️🍰

Sip, Chill and Craft

Looking for a relaxed evening to unwind, get creative, and meet like-minded people? Join us on the first Wednesday of every month at Halfway House Pub, Earlsfield, from 7:00pm–9:30pm for a casual craft club. There are no classes, no expectations, and no pressure to be "good" at crafting—just a friendly space to spend a few hours making something and chatting with others. Bring your own project if you're already working on something, whether that's knitting, crochet, embroidery, sketching, journaling, model making, or any other portable craft. If you don't have a project, don't worry—we'll have supplies available for everyone to enjoy, including adult colouring books, yarn, knitting needles, crochet hooks, and simple craft materials. Come for the whole evening or just drop in when you can. Grab a drink, settle in, and enjoy a creative midweek break. Everyone is welcome, from complete beginners to experienced crafters.

Weekend Paint in the Park (Victoria Park)

Hey everyone! For our very first meetup, we’re heading to Victoria Park Saturday 27th June at 4:00 PM for a super chilled afternoon of painting and hanging out in the sunshine. Please don't worry at all if you haven't picked up a paintbrush since school—this is completely casual, zero-pressure, and mostly just an excuse to unwind and chat with some new people. We’ll bring basic paint supplies (paper, paints, brushes, and water jars). All we ask is a £5 contribution on the day just to help cover the cost of the fresh materials. Feel free to bring along whatever snacks, picnic food, or drinks you fancy. We'll probably not have easels or canvas for this event, just card or paper, but we'll see what we can do. See the pinpoint on the map for the rough location. Please join the WhatsApp group if you can't find us and I'll guide you: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/CrxJ5ihGhrP6FPlqrBfVPj?s=cl&p=i&ilr=1](https://chat.whatsapp.com/CrxJ5ihGhrP6FPlqrBfVPj?s=cl&p=i&ilr=1). Can't wait to meet you all there!

Mosaic & Stained Glass Animal Workshop

Love to create and try new crafts? Keen to support small women's business and surround yourself with other inspiring women? Want to spend your Saturday more intentionally and creatively? Join us for a **crafty and creative** evening of making our own **Mosaic & Stained Glass Animal** at Vitrum Veritas, a woman-run business. Using cermaic tiles and stained glass, we can choose an existing animal template or design our own, to create a square piece of art to take home. As a Unicorn, we will get **15% off**! *RSVP today. Limited spots available!* Once you've RSVP'd to secure your spot, contact me for payment options. Afterwards, if anyone fancies, we will go for dinner or drinks nearby. Check out & connect: [Vitrum Veritas Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/vitrumveritas?igsh=MXdwNjN4OTNnaWc1cQ==)

Tanabata Festival: Make a Wish Wind Chime

This is a fun way to experience Tanabata , a traditional Japanese festival that blends mythology, making wishes under the stars. This celebration is a fun way to experience Tanabata (七夕), a traditional Japanese summer festival that blends mythology, customs, and making wishes under the stars. Join us to celebrate the Tanabata Star Festival, a centuries-old tradition inspired by the romantic legend of Orihime and Hikoboshi - two celestial lovers separated by the Milky Way, who are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh night of the seventh month. On this night, it is believed that wishes written on Earth are carried up to the stars and may come true. Across Japan, Tanabata is marked by vibrant bamboo decorations, colourful paper wishes, and gentle summer breezes that carry hopes into the night sky. It is a festival that celebrates longing, connection, and the beauty of dreaming beneath the stars. What You’ll Experience: 🎋 Stories & Traditions: Discover the legend of the star-crossed lovers and how Tanabata has been celebrated for centuries through poetry, festivals, and bamboo wish trees 📝 Wish Writing Ritual: Write your own wishes on colourful paper strips, following a cherished Japanese custom where hopes and dreams are hung on branches and offered to the stars 🎐 Summer Crafting: Create and decorate your own traditional Japanese wind chime, a symbol of summer that produces soft, calming sounds in the breeze, paired with your personal wish to carry your intentions into the wind 🍡 Seasonal Flavours: Enjoy a selection of Japanese-inspired snacks while immersing yourself in the festive summer atmosphere

BASIC DRILL SKILLS - EVENING

**Bookable via our website ➡️** [https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/basic-drill-skills-166/](https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/basic-drill-skills-166/) **⋆⋆⋆** Would you like to put shelves and curtains up … that stay up? You are not alone! In this fast-paced evening workshop, we share the ‘know-how’ of a corded and cordless drill. We’ll show you why the power tool is your friend and give you the confidence to master it in just one evening. Identify what any wall is made of and learn how to select the correct combination of drill bit, wall fixing and screw to ensure that your shelves can hold your heavy items and flat-screen TVs, curtains and blinds stay up. Learn to drill into tile and brick without creating a shallow, wide hole and a cloud of dust! Leave with the skills, confidence and know-how to go home and hang those pictures and shelves that have sat on your floor for months, waiting to reach their full potential. All tools and materials supplied. Beginners welcome.

BASIC DRILL SKILLS - MORNING

**Bookable via our website ➡️** [https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/basic-drill-skills-163/](https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/basic-drill-skills-163/) **⋆⋆⋆** Would you like to put shelves and curtains up … that stay up? You are not alone! In this fast-paced weekday morning workshop we share the ‘know-how’ of a corded and cordless drill. We’ll show you why the power tool is your friend and give you the confidence to master it in just one session. Identify what any wall is made of and learn how to select the correct combination of drill bit, wall fixing and screw to ensure that your shelves can hold your heavy items, curtains and blinds stay up. Learn to drill into tile and brick without creating a shallow, wide hole and a cloud of dust! Leave with the skills, confidence and know-how to go home and hang those pictures and shelves that have sat on your floor for months, waiting to reach their full potential. All personal protection, tools and materials are included. Suitable for absolute beginners. Enjoyable for everyone.

WHITTLE A SPOON

**Bookable via our website ➡️** [https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/whittle-a-spoon-9/](https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/whittle-a-spoon-9/) **⋆⋆⋆** Like spoons? You’ll love this. If the idea of carving a spoon appeals to you, but setting out into a muddy wood and starting your learning by wielding an axe seems somewhat daunting, join us for a one-day course that will bypass all that and yet give you the immense satisfaction of watching a fully-fledged spoon emerge from your handiwork. Each spoon will be carved using seasoned wood and we will use Lime – a light, silky smooth and close-grained wood- used by great master carvers in St Paul Cathedral and stately homes. In one day, you will learn how to create a spoon from Lime wood- a traditional seasoned hardwood that holds detail and is a pleasure to carve with a cutout decoration detail in the handle. This can be a straight handle or a heart, but if you have an idea for a simple design, we can try and make this possible too. Your spoon will be a gift to keep for yourself or give to your loved one. This course is taught by Jon Hall, a talented professional City and Guild trained carver who teaches our one-day ‘Intro to Woodcarving’. We supply all the tools and materials and can advise you on which simple tools to buy to carry on this fascinating hobby. Love Spoons. In folk museums and heritage craft collections throughout Europe and the UK, you can sometimes see versions of these charming ‘Lovespoons’- some with one or two hearts carved out of their handles. The traditional lovespoon was made by a man who gave it to his beloved in order to show his skills and commitment. Her father would also have been able to see the man’s craftsmanship. Some of them are full of complex symbolism. A lock denoting security, a cross for faith, horseshoes for luck, bells for marriage and some including interlinked chains. As a ‘pastime’, many hours were spent on them and sailors passed their free time embellishing them with mermaids and anchors. One-day course 10.00 – 5.00pm.

INTRO TO WOODBLOCK PRINTING

**Bookable via our website ➡️** [https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/intro-to-woodblock-printing-3/](https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/intro-to-woodblock-printing-3/) **⋆⋆⋆** **Course:** Intro Wood Block Printing **Suitable for:** Suitable for beginners. No prior experience is required. **About:** Spend a day learning to cut a wood block to create layered relief prints. Printing onto paper. This one day course is a great introduction to the craft of reduction woodcut printing onto ‘Awagami’ paper. Even if you have never cut into a piece of wood or have any artistic experience, You will be able to explore your creativity and learn wood cutting methods to create prints. You will be guided through the techniques to carve your own woodblock, creating a layered image as the surface of the block is cut away at each stage, printing each new colour as you go. A single block will be carved and printed in layers, lightest to darkest, until a final unique piece reveals itself. You will learn to use different woodcarving tools to make various cuts into your woodblock taking inspiration from iconic Japanese woodcut prints (like The Great Wave of Kanagawa), well known artists, nature, and patterns to create your own design with guidance from tutor Ollie Norris, or perhaps you may already have your own designs in mind? The woodcuts are shallow and do not require great strength to make, so the workshop is open to all abilities. All use of tools and materials supplied Bring an apron or wear old clothes in case some of the paint jumps onto you.

Bakes from TV / film / cartoons!

Please join us for our June bring & share. The theme for this month is anything featured in films / TV shows / cartoons. You could make an apple pie (When Harry Met Sally), Cannoli (The Godfather), pink glazed donuts (The Simpsons) or chocolate chip cookies (Cookie Monster, Sesame Street)… etc. Sweet or savoury bakes. Please see the group description for more details of how it works.

Chinese Valentine’s Day: Qixi Festival & Perfume Pouch Making

Come join us to celebrate Qixi with love stories and traditional fragrant perfume pouch making (香包, xiāng bāo). Qixi (七夕节), often known as the Chinese Valentine’s Festival, is a celebration of love, longing, and timeless devotion inspired by one of China’s most beautiful legends. It tells the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, two lovers separated by the Milky Way who are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. In the spirit of Qixi, a romantic festival celebrating love and connection, fragrant perfume pouches (香包, xiāng bāo) make a meaningful handmade gift for loved ones. Filled with aromatic herbs , these small sachets are believed to symbolise affection, protection, and good fortune. In this experience, you’ll create your own perfume pouch, blending fragrance and design into a personal charm to share with someone special, carrying your heartfelt wishes and blessings. What You’ll Experience: 🌙 Learn the Festival Story: Discover the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl and how their once-a-year reunion became one of China’s most enduring love festivals 🧵 Perfume Pouches Making: Make your own perfume pouch (香包, xiāng bāo), symbolising love, protection, and good fortune 🥠Asian Treats : Enjoy a selection of Asian snacks and drinks

Creative Upcycling & Mindful Making Workshop

Give new life to a loved item with simple upcycling and mindful creativity. Beginner‑friendly workshop in North Acton. Give new life to something you already own. In this hands‑on upcycling workshop in London, you’ll bring a jacket, bag, or clothing item that needs a refresh, a stain to hide, a hole to fix, or simply a personality boost, and transform it into something uniquely yours. This session blends creative mindfulness, slow fashion, and accessible upcycling techniques to help you reconnect with your creativity while reducing waste. ♻️ What You’ll Do You’ll start with a short, guided meditation to help you drop into a calm, creative flow state. Then, you’ll customise your chosen piece using pre-made iron‑on patches or make your own patch with fabric scraps. You’ll learn how to hand‑sew, create your own patch using iron‑on backing, and repair stains or holes with simple techniques you can easily repeat at home to refresh your favourite garments. No sewing experience needed. No artistic talent required. Just bring something you’d love to reinvent, repair. 👚What to bring? Suggested items to bring are: Sweatshirts, cotton items like tote bags, jackets, t-shirt, trousers, dresses, denim and linen work well. Think natural fabrics DO NOT BRING items that are completely synthetic, swimwear, leather or heavily embellished items or shoes. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirement. I f you would like to have one-on-one workshop, please email Lise at atelier_zorro@hotmail.com 🌱 Why Join? Learn simple upcycling and clothing repair techniques Refresh or personalise an item you already own Reduce waste and embrace sustainable fashion Enjoy a mindful, creative break from everyday life Connect with others in a relaxed, supportive environment 📍 Workshop Details Location: North Acton Square, The Village Hut (2 min from North Acton tube) Time: 11:00 AM Duration: 90 minutes Group size: Maximum 8 people (intimate, supportive setting) Age: Adults 16+ 🎟️ Who Is This For? Perfect for anyone interested in: Upcycling clothes Sustainable fashion Creative mindfulness Slow living Repairing or personalising clothing Beginner‑friendly craft workshops in London Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned maker, you’ll leave with a refreshed piece you love, and a deeper connection to your creativity. Tickets are fully refundable up to 48 hours before the workshop. Get your ticket in Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-upcycling-mindful-making-workshop-london-north-acton-tickets-1990586686364?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*1by3lty*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTMzMTE4NjQ0MS4xNzgxMzc1NzMx*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODEzNzU3MzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODEzNzU3MzAkajYwJGwwJGgw If you can’t make it after that, you’re welcome to transfer your ticket to a friend. Because this is a small session with limited spots, refunds are not available within 48 hours of the event.