Welcome to the new blog about the church and crafting in Sherfield English, Hampshire. Loosely so, anyway!
A brief bit of history to start us off. In 2004, when St Leonard's Church in Sherfield had its centenary, a craft exhibition was held in the church. This featured lots of wonderful things made by people within the village, including paintings, woodwork, knitting, quilting, tapestry, wedding dresses and all sorts. In 2009 we wanted new ways of bringing people into the church building so I resurrected the craft exhibition at Christmas and we had a couple of stalls selling odd items that we'd made. It went well but, to put it politely, it was flipping cold! So in 2010 we moved the fair to the Village Hall, all but cut out the exhibition side and ran more stalls for the church. All well and good, but it looked a bit empty so in 2011 we rented out more stalls, sold hot soup for lunch and organised a grand prize draw with tickets sold in advance. In 2009 we made around £450 (which was about £200 more than we expected!). Last Christmas we made around £1,150. This Christmas (2012) we'll be back in the Village Hall on Saturday 24th November and I would love it if we could make £1,500. So this blog is about that process. How the craft fair comes together, what we're making, who's involved and whether I've finally overstretched myself! Let's see how it all pans out.
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