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24/06/2024 · 3:41 pm

What’s on at The Green Shed…

More lovely Creative Art Classes with Caroline

Join us for another magical, Intuitive Arts session for Adults ✨ at
https://thegreenshedn10.com/ 💚
Reconnect with your inner child and creativity 💖
Walk or sit among the medicinal shrubs and trees in the expansive, beautiful garden. Experience the meditative art of shin-rin yoku (forest bathing) and reconnect to nature 🌿.

I will guide you and support you. ⭐ I will provide techniques that will help you to flow. ⭐
All Materials Provided ⭐

I look forward to meeting you 😊
lots of love and intuitive light ⭐ ✨ 🌈 Caroline xxx

Sessions:
Sunday July 7 1-4 pm Friday July 12 1-4 pm Friday July 26 1-4 pm Sunday Aug 11 1-4pm

Cost: £35 per workshop
15% discount if you book more than one.

No one session is ever the same 💕

Call Caroline to book your place 😊 07939 224 758

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Illustrating Children’s Books Course for Adults

The price for the course is £200 for 10 lessons.

You’ll need to pay £100 in advance to book your spot (there are only 8 places available), and this advance payment is refundable up to a month before the course starts.

The remaining £100 is due at the beginning of the course.

The course is open to all levels, and I will strive to provide personalised attention to everyone. If you don’t have a story, you can choose one that you love and recreate the illustrations.

You have to bring your material, but I’ll bring mine too, to try and share.

This course promises to be fun and relaxed!

For further information, please visit Judi’s Instagram page or her Website

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Children’s Craft Parties at The Green Shed

I ran 6 wonderful craft parties this weekend and the weather played a blinder so all the food was eaten outside. The children made the most beautiful bunting and lavender bags to take home and they all had great fun.

Lots of photos and reviews on my website and Instagram page.

The Green Shed N10

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Nicky Grace Vintage Selling

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Vintage Fabric Scrap Packs

I’ve been collecting vintage fabric and gorgeous things since about 1994 when I was making my mini bunting for The Country Living Fair. Since then I had my own bricks and mortar shop and made hundreds of lavender hearts for Cath Kidston. My home and work have been featured in many magazines and also ‘Pretty Pastel Style’ book by Selena Lake. I live in Muswell Hill, North London and work from home. I have a studio called The Green Shed N10 where I do craft parties for children.

Please head to my Etsy shop

Vintage and newer scraps for journaling, slow sewing, the creative possibilities are endless…

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Very tasty pin cushions

I’ve been making pin cushions out of damaged, vintage embroidered tablecloths.

The embroidery was done in the Forties and Fifties and I only recently realised the pattern was already printed onto the linen so in that sense it was easy as they had a pattern to sew on.

You can tell how good the person was at embroidery partly because sometimes they didn’t cover the lines properly so you can see bits of the printing which should have been covered.

The real art though is in the colours. I’ve been collecting vintage table cloths for 20 years and so often I’ll see one which has been expertly made yet the colours aren’t very inspiring and I always think what a shame to have worked so hard and spent so many hours making it yet the result isn’t too enchanting. That’s unfortunately the case with most of them which is why when I find ones like these it’s like finding gold dust.

I wonder about the ladies who made them. Were they young, middle aged, elderly ? How did they even have time to embroider tablecloths when they had so much else to do, cooking from scratch, hand washing, looking after their families etc without all the mod cons we have.

Saying that though, they didn’t have televisions and if I didn’t watch so much TV I could probably embroider at least a couple of large table cloths every week 🙂 I’m glad they did it though so I don’t have to.

So here they are all together. I’ve also added some vintage fabric flowers to make them even more colourful and scrumptious.

And here they are all dressed for Easter.
I think a pin cushion should be beautiful because it’ll be next to you while you sew year after year. Mine is one of the very first things I made and I still love it.

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Tagged as Crafts, embroidery, floral, Floral pin cushions, Flowers, Gorgeous Things, Handmade, Handmade pin cushions, Muswell Hill, Nicky Grace Vintage Fabric & Goregous Things, Pin cushions, Sewing, Vintage, Vintage Fabric, Vintage Gifts

12/06/2013 · 4:34 pm

Muswell Hill Saturday Market, June 2013

This lovely market is on the second Saturday of every month in “The Village” pub 258, Muswell Hill Broadway N10 3SH. It’s large, and airy and free to enter, 12-5pm.

These are some of the stalls which caught my eye last Saturday.

Above is the most amazing cross stitch by Emma Congdon http://etsy.me/194kKdp This photo doesn’t do it justice at all. Emma sells the kits for people to do themselves and this Muswell Hill one is brilliant.

Marcia Knight makes the most beautiful children’s clothes and sells wool too in scrumptious colours.

Look at these beautiful dresses !!! https://twitter.com/Yarnsulike

There was a stall run by a mother and daughter from Margate who sell postcards and little mirrors etc of photos they’ve taken. I bought some of the ice cream and flake cards which are absolutely adorable. http://www.curlabouttown.com/

Frances Cronin makes these sweet and lovely little rabbits !! There were lots of them but I like the ones in dresses best. I love taking pictures of people’s things for my blog because I like chatting to the lovely people who make things. It’s something they do because they (and me) love making things. It’s for love, not money. https://twitter.com/franwen

Annemarie Fearley had a stall outside and makes bright colourful owls and other animals with vintage fabric. Lovely for a child’s room or anywhere in the house. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shes-Got-it-Made/158449937537923

On the way out I bought a box of mixed cakes to take home. I’ve bought from this stall before so I knew they’d be good.

They were all made freshly that morning and the little cheese cakes were out of this world.

There were lots more stalls and it’s a lovely atmosphere but it’s never as busy as it should/could be. It’s quite a new market so hopefully word will soon spread http://muswellhillmarket.com/

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Tagged as 1930s fabric, Annemarie Fearnley, Cross stitch, Curl About Town, FrancesCronin, Gifts, Gorgeous Things, hand knitted, Handmade, home made cakes, ice cream cards, London, Marcia Knight, Muswell Hill, My Little Cake Tin, She's got it made, Stitchrovia, Stuffed owles, toy rabbits, UK, Vintage

07/04/2013 · 7:48 pm

OMG I’m in the book !! “Pretty Pastel Style” by Selina Lake

I received my copy of Selina’s brand new book a couple of weeks ago and was completely overwhelmed to find so many pics of my house in it. I’ve taken photos of the pages and I’m not going to write anything with them because that would make me feel silly, like when an estate agent shows you round a house saying “this is the kitchen, this is the lounge” and you just want to ask him to please go away so you can look round in peace. The photographer is Catherine Gratwicke and the words are by Joanna Simmons.

The lovely embroidered hoop is by Vicky Trainor

Selina’s bike

Thank you SO much Selina Lake, Catherine Gratwicke, Joanna Simmons and publishers http://www.rylandpeters.com

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31/03/2013 · 3:06 pm

Happy Kitsch and colourful Easter

Poor mummy chick forgot to change the clocks forward and she overslept so she’s an hour behind and no time to do her hair.

My kids think I’ve totally lost the plot ! Do I care ? No I don’t 🙂

In fact one of my boys is sitting in the front room with his football shirt on watching a game shouting at the top of his lungs every time the ball goes near the net. God knows what the neighbours think.

The other son has just this second phoned me to say he’s on the train and can I fetch him in ten minutes…. errr no I can’t. He seems to think that I sit here with my car keys in my hand all day and night happily waiting for his call. I don’t. He’s 21 !!!!!!!!!!!!

I was having a happy little Easter blog,

and now I feel like this Ahhhhhhhh. Happy Easter everyone. Off I go to the station.

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Tagged as 1930s fabric, blue chick, bunnies, chocolate rabbits, daisies, Easter, Easter chicks, Easter eggs, embroidery, floral, Flowers, garden, Gifts, Gorgeous Things, hand knitted, knitted rabbits, Lady bird, lambs, lavender, London, Lots of Love, Muswell Hill, Muswell Hill Pop Up Shop, Nicky Grace, pink box, pink chicks, Pretty Pastel Style, purple rabbits, Selina Lake, sweat peas, teddy, UK, Vintage, vintage fabric dolls house, vintage fabric flowers, Vintage Gifts, Vintage tin

02/02/2013 · 2:10 pm

A lovely Selina Lake feature with a few of my things included.

Prima Magazine (March) came out a couple of days ago and I thumbed manically through the pages as the stylist Selina Lake had borrowed a vintage fabric patchwork throw and three cushions from me.

Page 81-83 they’re on !! I was quite exited standing in the magazine section of Tesco at 9pm, my new shopping time which is quite relaxing as it’s not busy and the crying babies and fed up toddlers are all at home. I think that after about 9pm they should put out a few comfy chairs so that those so inclined could read the mags in comfort instead of leaning heavily on our trolley.

I could quite happily spend a whole day in Tescos. I usually spend about half an hour in the magazine section anyway and sometimes meet a friend upstairs at Costa for a nice uninterrupted hour or two of quality catch up time.

Then back downstairs to meander round shopping leisurely, reading labels, peering at calorie contents, noticing how it’s all so expensive these days and wondering if my kids will notice that I’ve bought Tescos own brand of Special K. (They did and declared it inedible so I gave it to the birds)

Then I’d go and buy a couple of news papers, go back up in the lift to Costa and have a nice cake or two which I didn’t have with my friend as we’re fiendishly slimming (not)….

Then I’d go back down and maybe browse through the ‘colds and flue’ isle wondering if it’s actually worth buying vitamins and then maybe saunter (wearilly, after those two cakes) around the electronic isle looking at phones and ipads.

By this time I would hope that at least one of my children would have bothered to phone me to enquire as to my whereabouts….but probably not.

If my local Tesco had a bed and breakfast area for tired shoppers, like a little rest stop with own brand sheets, cheap slippers and mini tubes of toothpaste for those of us who couldn’t face the inevitable job ahead of unpacking the shopping and putting it away then I’d book ahead. As long as I got tipple club card points.

My throw featured here was £140 but to celebrate it being in Prima it’s now the amazingly good value of £95. The cushion was £45 and is now £38.

Stylist Selina Lake is launching her lovely new book ‘Pretty Pastel Style’ with a wonderful fair with fantastic designer maker stall holders. I went to her last one nearly a year ago and it was so beautiful and quite exiting. It’s in Kingston West London on Friday the 22nd March 2013 and everyone is welcome. There will I’m sure be lots of cake.

The photo here are by Sussie Bell

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02/01/2013 · 9:51 pm

Christmas at home 2012

A wonderful Day in Brixton

So yesterday I met my lovely friend outside Brixton tube to go to the

Crafty Fox Market in the Dog Star pub which is an amazing place in itself. Just emerging from the station I was struck by the beautiful Victorian buildings and how a lot of them are only one or two stories high so that there’s lots of sky and light and even with a lot of police around and sirens it still felt magical, to me anyway. It was lovely to be away from suburbia for a day and Brixton is so vibrant and different and exiting. The market was very good with lots of stalls selling high end crafts and a lovely tea & cake area.

cakes with flakes !!

It got very busy and we headed to Brixton Village two minutes away which I’d very recently heard about.

It’s the most amazing place. Huge and all under cover with beautiful vintage shops alongside butchers shops…………

beautiful cafes and restaurants which are all quite small but with lots of seating outside and piles of blankets for people to put on their laps if you’re chilly.

It has the most amazing atmosphere, like a huge commune or family. Very friendly and somehow tolerant and co operative. It’s hard to explain……..

Un fancy fabric shops, eye opening fish mongers, a stunning enamel kitchenware shop. There seemed to be no hierarchy in any way and the friendliness was palpable, probably because it’s just such a wonderful place to eat, shop, work……

It was a mixture of Mediterranean, Amsterdam, Europe and of course Jamaica. Calm, relaxed laid back and lovely. No pretensions, no rush…

We spent some time in a lovely vintage shop called ‘2&6’ owned by Mark who’s a sort of Rolling Stone character of the vintage scene, very friendly, helpful & good company……..

We bought vintage fabric and Christmas cards from him…..

My friend and I both agreed that it was like being abroad, somewhere lovely. different sights, wonderful smells, lovely people, very relaxing……..and look what I found in the Jamaican grocers…

and what with my name being Nicky Grace..well of course I had to buy it 🙂

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Tagged as 2&6, Brick Box Cafe, Brixton, Brixton Cornecopia, Brixton Village, cock soup, Crafty Fox Market, Dog Star Pub, Electric Avenue, flake cakes, Jamaican grocers, Vintage

12/11/2012 · 9:25 am

My very first sale in my new Etsy shop ! So exiting

vintage fabric pin cushion

What a lovely surprise to wake up to. My little vintage fabric pin cushion with pink bobbles is going to America. I wish I could take it there myself.

Nicky Grace Etsy Shop

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16/10/2012 · 8:21 pm

A few nice pics

Honeysuckle

I’m missing my flowers in the garden as it gets colder so I thought I’d post a few on here. Just the orange ones as they’re my very fave.

three strands of mini vintage bunting

I’ve been making bunting for my Open House Sale in 10 days. I mainly make it in 2 meter strands which is £12. Not bad eh.

Nasturtiums

The joy of orange nasturtiums from seed

and bright pink sweet peas from seed

Autumn mini bunting

The blue and white florals were made by hand in France in the thirties. The pinky purple rose fabric was also made by hand in the thirties but in America. It’s all so precious.

The blue and white polka dot is from a damaged fifties dress.

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Tagged as Bunting, floral fabric, honeysuckle, mini bunting, nasturtiums, Nicky Grace, Nicky Grace Vintage Fabric & Goregous Things, sweet peas, Vintage, Vintage Fabric

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What’s on at The Green Shed…

Very tasty pin cushions

Muswell Hill Saturday Market, June 2013

OMG I’m in the book !! “Pretty Pastel Style” by Selina Lake

Happy Kitsch and colourful Easter

A lovely Selina Lake feature with a few of my things included.

Christmas at home 2012

A wonderful Day in Brixton

My very first sale in my new Etsy shop ! So exiting

A few nice pics

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