Parracombe Festival of Flowers

28/05/2022

How beautiful!

And what an achievement by the knitters/sewers/crocheters/painters of Parracombe and beyond.

Come and see it all for yourself!

At St Petrocks, Christ Church, Pavilion stores and cafe and all around the village

26/05/2022

26/05/2022

The flower bombing of the village will be happening this Saturday 28th May.

Come and see what it’s all about!

01/05/2022

Really progressing with the cascade for St Petrocks tower now. There’s a possibility we might even finish it this Tuesday 530 -730pm if we get a good turnout. Then we can move on to creating garlands for the arbour, bridge, phone box……..

01/05/2022

What better way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon than sewing with friends?
2-4pm at the Village Hall

26/04/2022

Sewing is on tonight from 7pm at the Village Hall - see you there!

24/04/2022

We are sewing again today.
2 -4pm
Village Hall
Hope to see you there!

17/04/2022

Our second sewing session - cracking on with it!
Next session on Tuesday 19th from 7 -9pm at the Village Hall.
Hope you can join us!

17/04/2022

Happy Easter All!
Sewing on today from 2-4pm at the Village Hall. Please bring thread, needle and scissors. But we will have spare if you need them. Hope to see you later

13/04/2022

Sewing sessions at the Village Hall:
Tues 7 - 9pm
Sunday 2 - 4pm
Starting this Sunday 17th

10/04/2022

And we are off! The sewing parties have commenced and the tower cascade is looking fabulous already!

Many hands make light work so please come along and bring your friends to the next session.

Watch out for our next post to confirm dates and timings

10/03/2022

The count is in!
Another 372 flowers taking our total to 1272
Amazing work!

06/02/2022

The Totals are in!
Would you believe it?
900 flowers!
Thank you to all who have contributed so far and please keep making

05/02/2022

What a great turn out for the Flower Workshop today! We were able to share experience and expertise to support each other whether we were sewing, knitting or crocheting flowers.
Watch out for information on our next get together soon

02/02/2022

Wow! Another 27 flowers delivered today by Teresa Councell. Amazing! Thank You.

We will being doing a totaliser after the Workshop on Saturday. Will we have made it to 700 by then?

22/01/2022

Here is another easy pattern to follow for all our knitters.
The first photo shows flowers knitted from both patterns that have been posted - all of these were knitted on size 6mm needles with Aran, chunky and Super chunky yarns. I added centres to the ribbed poppy pattern before sewing the button as a centrepiece

18/01/2022

Here is an easy one for those of you who are wanting to get started but need a pattern

16/01/2022

1st Lyn Scout Group

Reaching out to see if you might like to get involved with this project?

16/01/2022

So the busy knitting/crocheting/Pom Pom making/sewing community of Parracombe and friends have now reached the 500+ milestone with 509 flowers made at the last count.

Absolutely awesome effort -Thank you!

Look at these beauties - how talented you all are!

If you would like to join in to get ready for our event at the end May, we would love to hear from you. Please like and follow this page and comment

12/01/2022

We are reaching out to our namesake town in South Australia

Would you be interested in collaborating with us in our Parracombe Festival of Flowers project?

We would love to hear from you

Paracombe Wines
Paracombe
Paracombe Premium Perry
Paracombe Hall and Oval Complex - Paracombe Recreation Grounds Inc.
Paracombe Primary School

12/01/2022

A fantastic contribution from the Parracombe Craft Club and friends today!

Latest Flower Count: We are up to 428!

The target is 1000+ so all contributions are more than welcome

Would any local groups like to join in with flower creation?

11/01/2022

In May 2022 we will be having a festival of flowers in Parracombe – and not just of the garden variety.

We are smothering St Petrock’s, garlanding gateways and bombarding the bridge with crafted flowers. At the end of May the place will be swamped by a tsunami of spring colour.

Our aim is to bring more people than ever before to visit St Petrock’s, a much-admired 11th century church, and to explore the village beyond.

If you can knit, crotchet or sew us some floral art, we would love to include it on our collage. There’s only one rule, and that’s the smallest diameter we need is 15 cm. Anything that size and above will help make our colourful cascades more vibrant and eye-catching!

Or you may prefer to donate wool or fabric to our current army of crafting volunteers.

Please like our page and PM to find out more. Thank you