The auction has now finished and we raised in excess of £1337.00. The remaining books will be sold at the Craft4Crafters show in Exeter. Thank you to everyone who bought the books and helped us to support The Teenage Cancer Trust.
I’m sure you will all have heard about our sale of hand-made books and sketch-books, hoping to raise money for The Teenage Cancer Trust – such a worthwhile cause.
I’m sure you will all have heard about our sale of hand-made books and sketch-books, hoping to raise money for The Teenage Cancer Trust – such a worthwhile cause.
Here are the ‘Buy
Now’ books. You can secure the book of your choice straightaway by paying the
suggested price, or you can make a bid and risk losing it. Bidding ends on
Tuesday 9th at 12 noon GMT. We do
hope to raise a useful amount for the Teenage Cancer Trust, so please support
us. Any questions to maggie@workshopontheweb.com
Email Maggie or
leave a comment to buy or bid. Payment options are shown at the end of this blog post.
There are further
books, including a sketch-book by Val Campbell-Harding, in the auction on the Workshop on the Web Facebook page.
Remember that
both auction and sale end at 12 noon GMT on Tuesday 9th December.
Stop Press: Two New Books
Book 22 - Elizabeth Saunders
A Lovely late entrant from this admired WoW tutor. This is a concertina book on the theme of travel, journeys and memories. Lovely little snippets of stitch, too.
3 x 3 in
Book 23 - Emma Siedle-Collins
A delicious book with a colourful stitched and embellished cover. Lots of colour inside, too, as you can see.
6 x 4 in
Stop Press: Two New Books
Book 22 - Elizabeth Saunders
A Lovely late entrant from this admired WoW tutor. This is a concertina book on the theme of travel, journeys and memories. Lovely little snippets of stitch, too.
3 x 3 in
Purchased at £20. Thank you, L.
Book 23 - Emma Siedle-Collins
A delicious book with a colourful stitched and embellished cover. Lots of colour inside, too, as you can see.
6 x 4 in
BUY NOW for £30.00 or make an offer by leaving a comment or emailing maggie@workshopontheweb.com
Current highest offer £
Book 3 - Cas
Holmes
This colourful book, by a much admired maker, takes as its theme the ecology of our world and our part in protecting it.
Dimensions: 4½ x 3½ in
Purchased at full price. Thank you, F.
Book 6 – Paula Watkins
This is a work of art from
Paula – another popular tutor and writer. This book is a tiny
piece of heaven. Small, but perfectly
formed, with some lovely pages of drawings.
Title: A Little Sketchbook
Dimensions: 3 x 3½ in
Purchased at full price. Thank you, Pat.
Book 8 – Zoe Ainsworth Grigg
This book takes shoes as its
theme and includes some interesting design ideas and some lovely stitched samples.
Title: Shoes
Dimensions: 6 x 6½ in
Purchased at full price. Thank you, J.
Book 10 – Maggie Grey
A fabric book with stitched
shapes applied to a zapped and distressed
background. The spine is formed from zapped pipe-cleaners. The interior of the book shows
lots of pages of small icons on a metal ground. Some of the pages remain blank to
make room for your own saints.
Title: For all the Saints
Dimensions: 5 x 3½ in
Purchased at full price. Thank you, J.
Book 11 – Sue Gilchrist
A true sketch book with lots of
room remaining for your own designs.
The cover is beautifully stitched and
embellished with particular attention paid to the
decorative elements.
Title: The Purple Pink Button
Book
Dimensions 6 x 4 in
Purchased at full price. Thank you, S.
Book 13 – Sam Packer
Unbound book with a Decovil and
fabric stencilled cover decorated with gold strands of
Flash. It has decorative,
textured pages. The wrapped pipe-cleaner tie keeps it all up
together. Add more of your own
pages.
Title: It’s a Wrap
Dimensions 5½ x 4 in
BUY NOW for £30.00 or make an
offer by leaving a comment or emailing maggie@workshopontheweb.com
Current highest offer £
Book 16 – Paula Watkins
Another book by Paula on a fishy
theme, this wonderfully shaped book has a folded fish
cover that encases painted and
textured paper ready for you to decorate.
Title: Folded Fish
Dimensions 5½ x 6¼ in
BUY NOW for £40.00 or make an
offer by leaving a comment or emailing maggie@workshopontheweb.com
Current highest offer £
Book 17:
Origami ‘travel’ memory book – Beverley Wood
A beautifully constructed
origami book with pockets for keep-sakes, notes or photos. What a
lovely Christmas present this
would make.
Dimensions 6 x 6 in
Purchased at full price. Thank you, PD.
Book 18:
Origami ‘butterfly’ memory book – Beverley Wood
A beautifully constructed
origami book with pockets for keep-sakes, notes or photos.
Dimensions 6 x 6 in
Purchased at full price. Thank you, PD. Sorry Aussie Jo.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Payment can be made by cheque if you are in the UK (our preferred method) or credit card over the phone. In all cases contact Maggie first, by email maggie@workshopontheweb.com.
9 comments:
15 pounds bid on origami butterfly book please Maggi
Noted. Aussie Jo
I remember the event and the flight back well! :-)
Yes, Amo - it was then that the idea for this auction was concieved.
Delighted to support this charity. Please check WOW facebook page for more lovely stuff
Thanks Cas - you have been very generous. xx
Am I too late to buy Emma Siedle-Collins' book please? At the asking price.
That is fine, Julie. Not at my desk now but will be in touch in the morning. X xx
Fantastic!!!! Thank you so much :-D I have to go out fairly early tomorrow but will send you a cheque once I have details of where to send it. Happy dancing here.
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