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Homework 
Creative projects for around the home that will help you make your house a home HANDMADE style.
MASTERCLASS: ‘MAKE IT’ YOUR HOME
Alex Fulton
MASTERCLASS
Join interior design guru Alex Fulton as she does a hands-on presentation showing you how to make DIY items for each room in your house and, with plenty of interior design tips along the way, you will learn everything you need to make your house a home.
Alex plans to involve an ‘actual virtual room’ that you will see evolve over the two hours into a fully crafted and designed space. It’s designing right in front of your eyes! Get ready to learn clever tricks, crafty tips and styling effects.
This Masterclass will be a fun and open environment where you can ask Alex any question you’ve always wanted to ask an interior designer – two hours filled with creative ideas and practical advice that you don’t want to miss!
Saturday 1 June, 1:45pm – 3:45pm
TE PAPA: Soundings Theatre
Materials:
No materials required.
MASTERCLASS: FROM BACKYARD TO BOUQUETS: UPCYCLING YOUR GARDEN
Jane Wrigglesworth
MASTERCLASS
Learn how to grown your own cut flowers and herbs for year-round picking, then impress friends and family by creating gorgeous bouquets, wreaths, tussie mussies, tablescapes and centrepieces for special occasions.
Save the environment and your money by using recycled treasures to make practical garden features including seating, garden stakes, sun shades, lanterns, stepping stones and basket and French-themed planters. All this and more presented by garden writer, editor and DIY recycling extraordinaire Jane Wrigglesworth.
Jane has columns in several magazines and newspapers across the country. She previously edited Weekend Gardener Magazine and TVNZ’s Home & Garden web pages and was Associate Editor of NZ Gardener magazine. Jane is creator and editor of Sweet Living magazine, a free online magazine that focuses on crafts, DIY, food, green living and backyard sustainability. Jane is a hobbyist grower of cut flowers, an avid gardener, crafter and passionate about sharing her skills.
Sunday 2 June, 1:45pm – 3:45pm
TE PAPA: Soundings Theatre
Materials:
No materials required.
DECORATIVE CLAY BUNTING
Kaye Bustin
Using air-dry clay you will make a string of eight triangles to decorate with patterns or lettering that, when dry, can be painted/varnished and strung up indoors.
Saturday 1 June, 9:00am – 11:00am
AMORA HOTEL: Chambers 3
Sunday 2 June, 9:00am – 11:00am
AMORA HOTEL: Chambers 3
Materials:
Clay will be provided in the class for a cash fee of $5.00.
Please also bring with you:
Apron
A tray or flat board to take your pieces home on
Rolling pin
Wooden skewer
Butter knife
Any lace or texture you might want to press into the clay to make a pattern with.
BRAIDED RUGS
Jane Wrigglesworth
Upcycle fabrics and learn how to make braided rugs in the shape of a circle, oval, square or heart without sewing.
Saturday 1 June, 9:00am – 11:00am
TE PAPA: Rangimarie 1
Sunday 2 June, 9:00am – 11:00am
TE PAPA: Rangimarie 1
Materials:
Please bring with you:
45 Strips of medium weight fabrics (do not choose fabrics that 'stretch') – 4cm wide X 1m long
One adult, cotton T-shirt in a complementary color, cut into long 1.5cm strips (for weaving the braid into a rug)
A large safety pin
A clothes peg
Scissors
PLAN YOUR SUMMER EDIBLE GARDEN
Rachel Knight
This will be the most important time you devote to your garden all year! A step-by-step class to plan the best summer edible garden you’ve ever had with lots of expert tips along the way. Decide what to grow, how much space it will take and how long you’ll need to grow it. Make the best use of your time, space and energy and choose the right crops for your location. For beginners to experienced gardeners.
Saturday 1 June, 11:15am – 1:15pm
TE PAPA: Rangimarie 1
SOLD OUT Class
Sunday 2 June, 11:15am – 1:15pm
TE PAPA: Rangimarie 1
Materials:
You need to have a 4m2 minimum area of garden to plan for, ideally in raised beds.
Please bring with you:
A sketch of your current space, marked with measurements and any important features (buildings, trees, fences etc…)
Pens
Pencils
Eraser
Ruler
Plain or sqaured paper
PAINTIFY
Michelle Fyson
Creating new objects from old with the use of paint techniques. A variety of techniques will be taught so you will be able to create your own shabby chic style at home.
Saturday 1 June, 11:15am – 1:15pm
AMORA HOTEL: Chambers 3
Sunday 2 June, 11:15am – 1:15pm
AMORA HOTEL: Chambers 3
Materials:
Please bring with you:
Bring a wooden object of your choice to be painted
Small and large brush
Sandpaper
Pencil
All paint will be provided at no cost in the class.
MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM DOORSTOPS
Flora Waycott & Lindsey Gray
Join us in this fun class to make your own beautiful and functional doorstop. Bring your own fabrics so it matches or clashes with your interior perfectly. Not only will you learn how to make your own doorstop, you will complete it during the class and take home all the pattern pieces so you can create more doorstops at home.
Saturday 1 June, 1:45pm – 3:45pm
TE PAPA: Oceania 2
Sunday 2 June, 1:45pm – 3:45pm
TE PAPA: Oceania 2
Materials:
Please bring with you:
20cm x 40cm of heavy weight fabric (this will be the main body of the doorstop)
10cm x 10cm of patterned fabric (this will be for the flower design)
10cm x 10cm of plain fabric (this will be the centre of the flower)
A decorative button
20cm of ribbon
600g of rice
Pins
An embroidery needle
Fabric scissors
Sewing thread to match your fabrics
Embroidery floss to co-ordinate with your fabrics
FUNKY PILLOW
Sofia Moers
Crochet is superb for stitching basic concepts onto and this class will show you how to transfer a design of your choice onto a simple crochet background.
Saturday 1 June, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
WELLINGTON TOWN HALL: Civic Suite 2
Sunday 2 June, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
WELLINGTON TOWN HALL: Civic Suite 2
Materials:
Please bring with you:
A 50g ball of 8ply yarn
Embroidery floss in colours of your choice
4.5mm or 5mm crochet hook
A blunt yarn needle
SOAP MADE SIMPLY
Gina Roberts
A sell out class in 2012! Make your own homemade soap just like your Great Grandmother would have done. The process of soap making is a great way to relax while producing something tangible, healing and lovely to use while being cost effective.
Saturday 1 June, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
AMORA HOTEL: Chambers 4
SOLD OUT Class
Sunday 2 June, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
AMORA HOTEL: Chambers 4
SOLD OUT Class
Materials:
All materials will be provided in the class for a cash fee of $20.00.
Please also bring a small container to take your soap home in.
