Last Thursday I started to look at some of the items we had collated over the last few years to try to put them to use. I currently have some small milk bottles with lids and for a while I had been thinking about making a small hot chocolate caddy. So I started drafting ideas…
Alpaca Fleece – Dave the Alpaca Fleece Meet Dave the Alpaca Fleece. Given to me by a friend who teaches textiles. I have been waiting for some nice weather so I could wash and dry him ready to comb, then spin him. First I prepared some gorilla tubs with warm water all about the same…
DTF (Direct to Film) – Customised T-Shirts DTF T-Shirts Solihull. In 2022 we took delivery of our heat press. We also use it to bond DTF (Direct to Film) transfers. We produce all the necessary artwork using Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator and get the artwork printed onto large gang-sheets. The images are then cut…
Heat Press – December 2022 Christmas arrived a couple of days early this year at Cranford Farm. With the delivery of our new 610x530mm heat press.. An Epsom SureColor dye sublimation printer arrived with it. I ordered it on 21st December and it arrived on 22nd at 11am. Initially I was going to use it…
From bulbs to flowers these are now coming into their own and look beautiful in the April sunshine . Download QR
After a Covid19 cancellation we finally got to go and learn (play with and cuddle) about some beautiful Angora goats. After a long trip down to the New Forest and avoiding the wild ponies, deer and donkeys mostly on the side of the road but some wandering into the road without a care in the…
Mason Bees arrival – April 2021 We have some new arrivals in the form of 40 Mason bee cocoons just waiting to hatch . We have decided to take part in the mason bee guardian program run by www.masonbees.co.uk . You purchase a lodge and a set of cocoons and then if/once they have nested…
Hollytrees Animal Rescue Fundraising – April 2021 Hollytrees Animal Rescue Fundraising – A random chat with Looby Loo the founder and administrator from one of our local facebook groups, ‘The only way is Wythall, Hollywood & Earlswood’. We suddenly concocted a plan to make and distribute MDF bunnies for an Easter Trail around the local…
The bulbs have finally appeared through the grass and are beautiful colours of purple, yellow, white and mixed purple and white. Download QR
Maker Centre – Textiles Room – March 2021 update: We continue to make progress collecting items for sewing, spinning, weaving, knitting and processing wool for use in our maker centre when we get it properly up and running. We currently have a textiles room set up and have been working on how we might best…