The Craft Outlet

09/09/2026

🌿 FELT, FUN & A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC! 🌿

We’ve just had another wonderfully creative felting workshop with the lovely Agnese — and once again, she’s managed to turn a handful of wool into something rather beautiful!

Agnese lives and breathes all things green, natural and eco-friendly 🌱. She learnt the art of felting from her grandmother, and somehow she never runs out of ideas for what you can do with a bit of wool, some water and a surprisingly large amount of patience!

This time, the challenge was natural felted necklaces and bracelets.

And if you’ve ever tried making a perfectly round felted ball, you’ll know that “perfectly round” is a rather ambitious description! 😂

There’s something wonderfully therapeutic about felting. Your hands are busy, your phone can be ignored, your brain gets a rest… and before you know it, you’re completely absorbed in what you’re doing.

And then comes that lovely moment when you look at your creation and think:

“I actually made that!” ❤️

We think the results are fantastic — and every piece is completely individual, just like the people who made them.

If you’ve never tried felting before, come and have a go!
If you already love felting, you’ll definitely want to join Agnese for the next one. 🧶🌿

Keep an eye out for our next Agnese workshop — spaces are limited, and we’d love to see more budding felters around the table!

Come for the wool.
Stay for the therapy.
Leave with something fabulous. 😄

09/09/2026

🚨 CHEAP FABRIC… BUT NOT CHEAP QUALITY! 🚨

We know what you’re thinking…

“£3.99 a metre? It must be horrible stuff!” 😳

Nope! 😂

We’ve just had a HUGE range of polycotton arrive, and while the price is definitely bargain territory, we’ve made sure the fabric itself still meets our standards.

It has a lovely close weave, feels great to work with and is the sort of fabric your sewing machine won’t immediately file a complaint about! 🧵😂

We simply don’t do cheap, hard-to-sew fabric. If we wouldn’t be happy using it ourselves, we won’t sell it to you.

And there’s another little bonus… ♻️

It’s made using recycled polyester and cotton, giving those fibres another life rather than heading straight for the bin.

Now for the bit your purse will like:

💥 £3.99 per metre
💥 2 metres for just £6!

And with a HUGE selection of colours and designs, the difficult bit is going to be choosing which ones to take home! 😍

Bargain price. Proper fabric. No sewing-machine tantrums.

What’s not to like? ✂️❤️

09/09/2026

🎉 YOU ASKED… WE LISTENED! 🎉

Our NEW POLYCOTTON has just landed — and there’s a HUGE range to choose from! 🌈✂️

You’ve been asking us for a more affordable fabric for your crafting projects, so we’ve been on the hunt… and we think we’ve found a belter! 😍

And before you hear the words “cheap fabric” and picture something that fights back against your sewing machine… 😂

This isn’t that!

It’s a lovely close-weave fabric, easy to work with and still up to our usual quality standards. We simply don’t sell cheap, horrible-to-sew fabric. Life’s too short — and sewing machines have feelings too! 😉

Even better, it’s made using recycled polyester and cotton, giving those recycled fibres another lease of life. ♻️

And the price?

🔥 £3.99 per metre
🔥 OR 2 metres for just £6!

That’s a LOT of crafting potential without your purse filing a formal complaint. 😂💷

Whether you’re making, quilting, crafting, lining, decorating or just building a fabric stash that’s getting slightly out of hand…

Come and have a rummage! 🧵❤️

⚠️ Huge choice, bargain price and limited availability — so don’t leave it until it’s all gone!

05/09/2026

🇮🇹 THE BOSS HAS BEEN TALKING LEATHER AGAIN…

And this time, he’s got a very good excuse. 😎

Our Italian leather comes from the Florence area of Italy, where leather isn’t just a material… it’s practically a religion!

This is top-quality leather, tanned to perfection, and our hides are over-makes from Italian high-fashion brands. In other words, this is the sort of leather that was originally destined for very glamorous handbags, shoes and fashion accessories.

Somehow, ours ended up in a craft shop.

We’re not complaining. 😂

But there’s another reason we love Italian leather…

♻️ It’s a brilliant example of making the most of what already exists.

Instead of perfectly good leather going to waste, these over-makes get a second life. And the Italians take the idea of re-use even further, with leather industry waste being processed and recovered into useful materials — including chemicals used by the cosmetics industry and proteins that can be used in things such as energy drinks.

So while you’re making a beautiful handbag, purse, belt or pair of shoes from our leather, you’re also giving a premium material another lease of life.

And if the boss starts talking about the “romance of Florence and the ancient Italian tanning tradition”…

Just nod knowingly.

He’s been watching too much Italian television. 🇮🇹😂

Beautiful leather. Italian craftsmanship. Less waste. And a rather good story behind every hide.

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05/09/2026

🧶 YARN LOVERS… THIS ONE MIGHT GET YOUR HOOKS and NEEDLES MOVING! 🧶

We’ve got a rather lovely little yarn offer for you this week! 👀

It’s Flutterby by Brett’s — soft, squishy and very good at convincing you that you definitely need another project. 😂

🌈 Bags of 10 balls for just £19.95!

Buy them individually and they’re £4.25 a ball, so that’s £42.50 worth of yarn for just £19.95. 😍

That’s a £22.55 saving!

We’ve picked three popular colours for the offer, so whether you’re planning a blanket, a jumper, something snuggly… or simply adding to the stash because “you never know” — now’s the time!

⚠️ Limited stock — when it’s gone, it’s gone!

And let’s be honest… yarn this good at this price has a habit of disappearing rather quickly. 🧶💨

📍 Pop in and grab yours while we’ve got them!

04/09/2026

🧵 STOP SCROLLING… THIS ONE’S FOR THE SEWING STASH! 🧵

We’ve got a little something to make your fabric shopping even more tempting… 😏

🎁 BUY ANY 4 METRES OF FABRIC & GET 10 REELS OF SUPER STITCH POLYESTER THREAD — ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Yes… 10 reels. FREE.
Not one. Not two. TEN! 😂

And here’s the fun bit…

📦 The boxes are sealed, so we don’t know which colours are inside.

Which means you get 10 different colours to add to your thread stash. 🌈🧵

Will you get the perfect colour you’ve been searching for?

Will you get a colour you never knew you needed?

Will you simply discover that you apparently need another box to keep your ever-growing thread collection company?

We’re not judging. 😉

🔥 ANY 4 METRES OF FABRIC = 10 REELS OF THREAD FREE

No complicated rules. No secret handshake. Just choose your fabric, grab your free thread and start planning what you’re going to make!

⚠️ Limited stock — when they’re gone, they’re gone!

Tag your sewing buddy who would consider 10 FREE reels of thread a perfectly reasonable excuse to buy more fabric. 👇😂

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30/08/2026

🎨 And that’s a wrap on our Summer Workshops! 🌸

Our summer workshop programme has come to an end, and our young artists have now swapped their paintbrushes for A-level books and the rather less exciting business of studying! 📚😄

Before they disappeared back into the world of revision, they held one final workshop — Acrylic Painting on Stretched Fabric — and we thought we'd share a couple of the wonderful results.

We think you'll agree… they're pretty fabulous! 🎨✨

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came along to our summer workshops. It has been brilliant watching you experiment, create, get paint on things you probably didn't intend to get paint on 😂 and, most importantly, have fun.

And of course, a massive thank you to our brilliant student artists for giving up part of their summer to share their skills and enthusiasm with the next generation of crafters and artists. ❤️

👻 Now… who's ready for Halloween? 🎃

We're already planning our Halloween workshops, and this time we're going to shout about them nice and early!

Places will be limited, so if your little artist enjoyed our summer sessions — or you missed out and wished you'd booked — keep your eyes peeled for the Halloween dates.

🎃 Creative
👻 Fun
🖌️ Something they can take home
✨ And absolutely no artistic experience required!

Halloween is coming… and we're going to make it crafty! 👻🎨

Watch this space for dates and booking information.

28/08/2026

🧵 FREE THREAD WORTH £19.90! 🎉

We do love a bargain… but this one is rather good! 😍

Buy any 4 metres of fabric - assorted or all the same - and we’ll give you 10 reels of Superstitch polyester thread FREE!

That’s 10 × 500 yards — a whopping 5,000 yards of thread — worth £19.90… and if you bought the equivalent on Amazon, you’d be looking at £32.90! 😲

And there’s NO RESTRICTIONS.
Any fabric. Any design. Just buy 4 metres and the thread is yours!

🧵 4 metres of fabric = 10 FREE reels of thread.

But there’s a catch… we only have a limited number of these freebies.

So, if you fancy turning 4 metres of lovely fabric into a rather impressive sewing haul, you’d better be quick! 😉

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23/08/2026

The Long Table ❤️

Our long table has been particularly busy today… and we think it might just be the happiest table in the building! 😂

At one end, Veronika, one of our fabulous product testers, was giving Colin a one-to-one painting lesson. Colin is 84 and has decided it’s time to get painting again — and we think that’s absolutely wonderful. 🎨

In the middle, Nikita was quietly getting creative, making display signs for our museum pieces. She may have been quiet… but her creativity certainly wasn’t! ✏️

And down at the farm end, our lovely felting group were happily stabbing away at their creations. We’re never quite sure what will emerge from a felting session, but there are always plenty of smiles along the way! 🐑😂

And tomorrow, the week starts with another lively bunch of crafters who have a remarkable ability to brighten even the dullest of days with their wit, wisdom, creativity and laughter.

We love our long table. We love the people around it. And we love that it’s become a place where creativity, friendship and a little bit of harmless chaos all come together. ❤️

Come and join us sometime — there’s usually something going on! 🎨🧵✂️

22/08/2026