Make your own tote bag at The Life Craft

Fancy sewing yourself something new, useful and 100% totally you? Glasgow Craft Mafia member, Blotted Copybook, is hosting a workshop at her brand new bricks and mortar craft salon extraordinaire, The Life Craft. For £25 you’ll get everything you need, including expert tuition and scrummy materials. There’s lots on hand to browse while you’re there, including cake! If you can’t make it in person, more workshops are lined up in future, and you can shop via the website here:www.thelifecraft.co.uk

Click here for full details on how to book your place, or phone the shop on 0141 334 2722 – you’ll find them on Great Western Road in the heart of Glasgow’s West End.

Edinburgh Festival

Maybe you’re keeping it Eastside this weekend? There’s lots going on in Edinburgh, with the Fringe and Festival in full swing. You can find Glasgow’s own Dazed Dorothy, Breagha, Suzy Loves and Gillian Kyle at the West End Fair at St John’s Churchyard, just next to Princes Street Gardens, every day until 29 August from 11-6.

Ravelry Meetups

Ravelry members in both Edinburgh and Glasgow can get social with meetups in both cities – weather permitting – on Saturday and Sunday of this weekend. On Saturday the venue is the Meadows, right next to Middle Meadow Walk, with the meet starting at 2pm. On Sunday, the meet takes place in or near Kibble Palace, in Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens. If you belong to Ravelry, bring your yarn, needles and perhaps some treats to share with your fellow members. Get more info by logging on at www.ravelry.com – we heard all about it from Scottish fibre artist blogger The Sun Room.

Here’s hoping the weather holds!

Made in the Shade returns to Edinburgh this weekend with GCM members Much Too Fun and Asking For Trouble amongst the 42 designer makers, vintage sellers and creative businesses including fellow Glaswegians Laura Donald, Angharad Jefferson, Magic Alice, Neil OSM, Clare Nicolson Morag Macpherson Textiles and Gillian Kyle. Plus there’s cakes galore from Auntie M’s Cake Lounge, hurray.

Saturday 24th July from 10:30 – 5pm at the Roxy Art House, Edinburgh

Up North you’ll find our friends in the newly formed North East Craft Mafia at Tea Cosy Carousel, a weekend-long art, craft and design fair.

24/25 July from 10am – 4pm at The Academy, Aberdeen.

Glasgow has a good showing at the latest Bust Craftacular in London this Saturday. Elaine Eckford will be flying the GCM flag plus amongst the 60+ stalls you’ll find Miso Funky’s emo-broidery and a range of GCM folks work at All Things Original. Not to mention DJ action from Made in the Shade.

Saturday July 10th from 12pm – 7pm at York Hall, London E2 9PJ

You can find mafia members at two different events this weekend:

Granny Would Be Proud in Hillhead Library from 10am to 4pm on Saturday the 3rd of July

Say No To Plastic in Oran Mor from 12pm to 5pm on Sunday the 4th of July

This Saturday, Asking For Trouble, Frayed At The Edges, Julia Smith Ceramics, Lucy Jackson Designs, Pumpkinsputnik and The Rainbow Effect join Rosie of Rosie’s Retro Styling for a mini mafia market in her back garden from 1pm as part of Bungo in the Back Lanes. Use the map here to plan your visit.