Well the two days of art & craft fair at Samlesbury Hall is over- it was a partial success as we did manage to sell some items. The footfall was not particularly great as although Samlesbury Hall had asked Henry VIII to attend, a witch and a Maid servant, they did not draw in the crowds as they would have done if the Skirmish had not been cancelled.
We were slightly tucked away in a room upstairs, but despite quite a lot of signage and prompting from the staff, a lot of people just walked by. In all fairness most were families and the children were hell bent on finding clues from their treasure hunt game. Unfortunately no clues in our room!!! Just a couple of wallies.
However we did dress up on both days, and sat there knitting pulse warmers (which are very popular)
also on the 2nd day we bought large hangings in to decorate the bare walls.
Below are some photos of the day, and you can see the variety and richness of our work.
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| ignore the boiler |
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| Caroline as a Jacobite |
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| Me as a english supporter |
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| 2nd day with hangings on the wall |
On the 2nd day we had a visit from two of our textile group, Barbara and Anne, along with our tutor from Preston College, Christine, who we had not seen for going on 7 years- what a surprise!!!
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