Make your own Statement Bracelet

Big Bracelet energy! At the That's a Big Bracelet Workshop - in the Great Chamber, at Sutton House, Hackney.

The That's a Big Bracelet Workshop is designed and facilitated by Crafts Expert Elizabeth Joseph

Date: Friday 26th April

Time: 11am- 3pm
'Drop In' between 11am and 3pm.

The event will finish at 4pm

Venue: Sutton House
2 and 4 Homerton High Street
London E9 6JQ

Price per person:

£37

All materials are provided:

Sequinned fabric, orange African patterned fabric, lace, decorative trimmings, metallic punchinella, upcycled costume jewellery, upcycled denim, badges. Feel free to bring small pieces of fabric and broken jewellery of your own to use on your bracelet.

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Enter the Great Chamber at National Trust House Sutton House and gaze upon the painting of Mrs. Sadleir pointing at her Orange Tree.

The Orange Tree resembles happiness and prosperity.

Mary Fillis was a Black Moroccan woman who travelled to London in 1583 and worked as a Seamstress during the Tudor Age. We will discover more about her life and will use decoupage and (easy level) hand sewing to create our bracelets.

Using orange coloured African print fabric, upcycled denim, sequins, decorative fabrics, vintage costume jewellery and badges, make your own That's a Big Bracelet bracelet. Elizabeth will guide you as you go.

Book tickets in advance to secure your place. There might be places available on the day. (Places are limited.)

The bracelet slides over your hand onto your wrist. You can choose between medium or large size 'holes'.

On display in the Great Chamber will be Elizabeth's miniature (1:12 scale) Tudor Haberdashery en homage to Mary Fillis and her career as a Seamstress during the 16th Century. Elizabeth has been making miniatures and running creative crafts Workshops for over 6 years and has appeared on the BBC and ITV, and in magazines such as Vogue Korea and World of Interiors. She specialises in using African print fabric offcuts and upcycling broken costume jewellery.

It will take around 1.5 - 2 hours to make your bracelet. Between 11am and 3pm you can 'Drop In' to start the Workshop. The event will finish at 4pm. Please stay for tea/coffee and chat about Elizabeth’s creative practice.

Age limit: Ages 16+.

All materials are provided. Take your That's a Big Bracelet bracelet home tissue wrapped in a gift bag. You can also take a tour of Sutton House. An atmospheric Tudor house with twists and surprises as you discover later period additions, that reveal the house’s other unexpected stories.

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