Work at Craft Land

Are you a knitter/crocheter/sewist/embro​iderer/quilter?
Are you looking for a fun & social way to get out of the house, share your knowledge and earn some extra Dirhams?

Craft Land is looking for part-time help! We need people with crafting skills and knowledge for part-time teaching and customer care. At least 24 hours per week, including one evening per week and two weekend days per month. Must be familiar with the types of crafting supplies that we sell, and know how to do one or more of our crafts. We'd like someone who teaches or can learn to teach. Must speak English well, and Arabic or another language would be an advantage.

Also looking for full-time cashiers. Bring CV's to Craft Land or email to riana@mycraftland.com

Mid-Summer update

We're having a full summer here in Craft Land, with classes going strong, and quite a few days left on our Summer Offers promotion!

Check our full schedule on our website for class detail, www.mycraftland.com

This week, we have a fully booked beginner's quilting class, a third week of learning to sew for our younger crafters, and a fun afternoon quilted pillow class. Next week's our last week of sewing classes for the summer, so sign up now before it's all over! We have one more session of learning to sew, another fun project (quilted tote bag) for intermediate sewists, and in the mornings, some hand work with a full week of Silk Ribbon Fairies, what could be better?

Noa (with her mom) modeling the dress she made

Once August starts, we're all about the hand crafting, with beginners classes in Knitting and Crochet (some are full or filling fast, so sign up soon!), and Crafting camps for kids 8+ and even craft mornings for tots 4-7.

We've added a few general clinics for those of you who are missing our clinic sessions...For July, they're Sunday and Wednesday 4-6:30pm, and in August they'll be Monday and Tuesday 9:30-12noon. Join us for help with whatever you're working on! You can call first to confirm who the teacher will be (and to make sure your fave craft will be covered), but no need to pre-register. Check out today's fun clinic in the photo at the top!

Our Summer Saturdays all-day quilting classes are also popular, check the schedule to see what's being taught each Saturday. The first two sessions were very fun, with lots of happy sewing going on!

Some of the kits on offer this month

SUMMER OFFERS
Don't forget, the Summer Offers continue through July, with 20% discounts on a whole bunch of things:

• Jelly Rolls & Layer Cakes
• Pre-Cut Quilt kits
• Craft Land packaged Knitting kits
• Craft Land packaged crafting kits for kids
• Addi Click interchangeable knitting needle sets
• Permin cross-stitch kits
• Craft Land packaged Ribbon Embroidery Fairy kits
• Latch Hook kits

Addi click interchangeable needles...20% 0ff!

Summer Program

Our summer classes are nearly here! Our regular class schedule is suspended for July & August, to make way for our special summer programming. See the schedule for children's classes, adult classes, and introducing classes for 4-8 year olds...we will have mini classes dedicated to the littlest crafters: the Wee Ones!

Children & teens (eight years old and above) will have July classes in learning how to sew on a machine, and intermediate sewing classes too with classes on sewing a super cute jumpsuit, quilted pillows and a fab tote bag. For August, there are knitting and crochet classes, and week-long Crafting Camps for handwork like cross stitch, applique and weaving.

Adults will be able to take sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet and hand embroidery, with full day classes in quilting every Saturday.

Wee Ones classes are two mornings a week in August. The little guys have many craft kits to choose from and will be able to learn some fun new craft skills.

Class sign up is available now, just come on in to Craft Land to get registered!

Felting for Peace Around the World

Peace Felt is an initiative by Living Felt to create works of felted art and share that work with another felter somewhere else in the world.

Chrissie at Craft Land is forming a group to contribute to this worthwhile event, and she invites you to join the Craft Land group to create a felt bouquet. This completed bouquet will be given to another participating group (assigned by Peace Felt), and in theory, Craft Land's group will receive a felt project from another group somewhere out there in the felting world. Our project is designed so that the group who receives it will be able to share the bouquet among themselves, but the felted project that we may receive will be a surprise!

For this project Chrissie will be holding two free workshops and will be showing you how to make your own felt and to create and embellish felt flowers for the bouquet of love and friendship.

The first flowers for our bouquet

If you would like to learn about this ancient art and take part in this global project, come along to our two free workshops on Sunday 19^th and 26^th June 12.30-2.30pm at Craft Land. (Prior booking essential) Felting wool can be purchased from Craft Land before the workshops. If you have a stash of threads, buttons, beads or scraps of pretty fabric that you would like to use and/or share with your fellow crafters please do bring them along. Chrissie will also bring a selection of embellishment goodies to share.

Don't forget to book your space!

Excerpted from the Peace Felt website:

The purpose of Peace Felt is to create a borderless community of Love in Action: appreciating each other's differences while celebrating our oneness. It is about crossing over barriers, expanding our consciousness and connecting people through their passions for art and the heart felt expressions of Love, Unity, Brotherhood and Oneness that we all share.

Peace Felt Around The World celebrates the International Day of Peace as recognized by the United Nations. In 2001 the resolution 55/282 was strengthened to fix the date annually on 21 September and for it to be a day of nonviolence and cease-fire. The resolution was adopted unanimously by the Member States of the General Assembly.

For more Peace Felt information, visit their website at http://www.peacefelt.org/index.html. Just remember that if you are joining Craft Land's group, you DON'T need to register on their site. By registering at the Peace Felt site, you are committing to contribute a felted piece separately from Craft Land.