I did one of these a few years ago when I lived in Broom. We had as local ladies group called imaginatively the Tuesday night group. There were about 15 ladies who met in the village hall and we did all sorts of demonstrations and crafts, and it really was most enjoyable. I did two demos for them, one on quilling and one on EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique.
But to answer Philippa's question this is what happened at the quilling one.
The tables in the hall are the kind that you use for craft fairs, y'know about 6' long and couple of feet wide, and 4 were pushed together into a big rectangle and then one table across each end. On the first table I put my display, this was mainly cards and pictures, oh and I seem to remember I made one of those paper cake box cakes, that I decorated with the same poinsettias as is on the gift card.
I told them about the history of quilling, how long I had been doing it, bits about it being mentioned in Jane Austin's books etc. Then I passed out the gift tag kits and doing one myself I showed them how to quill. I know its difficult thinking that they might not be able to see everything, but lets face it, with a needle tool it's hardly brain surgery!
All the ladies in the group were apart from a couple -me included - were seniors, and they all totally enjoyed it and made a great poinsettia gift card. As they were quilling I went round to see each of them and helped showing them the finer tips. For the glue I placed PVA on a bit of plastic and used cocktail sticks.
It was a great evening and 4 of the group enjoyed it so much they enrolled in my next quilling class.
Here in Sheffield, I don't know of any ladies groups in my area, perhaps I should find out.
4 comments:
Hi Rosie
Thank you so much for doing this post - it's really useful! I was especially interested to read how you pushed the tables together and pre-prepared the card pieces with double sided tape, which is a great idea. My demo isn't scheduled until May next year, but I am already being asked about the possibility of doing some smaller group tutorials before then so I am keen to gather as many tips as I can! It's really useful to read about other people's experiences, so thanks once again!
what a beautiful card!! i LOVE how you used quilling!! :)
thank you so much for visiting my blog~ oh your son is working in Almaty?? I've been to Almaty only ones, actually i live in Kazakhstan only for half a year :) because of my husband's work. I inderstand how difficult is life here and hope your son is doing well! :)
Beautiful tag.. and great info on doing a demo.. maybe someday...lol.. might be a good idea to see if there's some ladies groups there too..xo
Hi Rosie
Just wanted to thank you again for this post that you did last year. I found the info in it really useful. I have just done my demo at our local Women's Institute, and it went really well - I was thrilled! You can read about it at: http://quilliance.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-quilling-demonstration-heres-what-we.html
Thanks again!
Philippa
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