Crafts in the Valley

Crafts in the Valley Crafts in the Valley offers textile and fused glass workshops near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. Enjoy some Creative Escapism with Crafts in the Valley.

Crafts in the Valley offers creative textile and glass workshops in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. Workshops are delivered by Melanie Louise, who is a fully qualified Art and Design teacher with a BA Hons degree in Fashion and Textiles. She has been delivering an exciting range of art and craft experiences to adults for the past five years. She is inspiring, friendly and a fabulous host with 5

* reviews of Facebook and the Craft Courses website. Melanie previously managed Crafts Afloat, a social enterprise project delivering Art and Craft Workshop on a narrowboat art studio. Having now moved to dry land, Melanie runs most of her workshops from the Creative Chameleon Studiostudio in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge. Full and half day workshops and evening courses in Fused Glass and Textiles are offered regularly. As well as learning a range of creative skills, a workshop with Crafts in the Valley is a really special day out. You will leave feeling relaxed, inspired and a little bit spoilt! Private workshops, craft parties and gatherings are available on request. More information is available on www.craftsinthevalley.co.uk

Here are the lovely lanterns made at www.craftsinthevalley.co.uk ❤️ in August.The makers have been very patient over the...
01/09/2026

Here are the lovely lanterns made at www.craftsinthevalley.co.uk ❤️ in August.
The makers have been very patient over the summer waiting to collect them! I'm just emailing everyone now with collection times in September.
If you want to enjoy some creative time this autumn I still have places available in classes in September and October. After that all the festive sparkle begins with my Festive Fused Glass season ✨️🌲

Woooo! Here's an opportunity not to be missed....Craft Weekends at Woodland Tipis and Yurts These weekends are usually a...
26/08/2026

Woooo! Here's an opportunity not to be missed....
Craft Weekends at Woodland Tipis and Yurts
These weekends are usually always fully booked. I highly recommend snapping up this offer 😊 Brillant crafts in a beautiful setting in Herefordshire. I'll be teaching textiles over the weekend. Contact Annebel for more details xx

A tempting taster into the magical world of fused glass!Lovely creations made last weekend at Crafts in the Valley Well...
21/08/2026

A tempting taster into the magical world of fused glass!

Lovely creations made last weekend at Crafts in the Valley Well done to the makers, a few of which were under the age of 10!

I'm on holiday now for a week. I'll be in touch when I'm back with collection times in September.

For upcoming workshop dates, including the Festive Fused Glass classes, go to my Calendar page on www.craftsinthevalley.co.uk

Here are the Fused Glass Waves made last weekend at Crafts in the Valley. Beautiful glasswork, well done to the makers!...
21/08/2026

Here are the Fused Glass Waves made last weekend at Crafts in the Valley. Beautiful glasswork, well done to the makers!

I'm on holiday now for a week. I'll be in touch when I'm back with collection times in September.

For upcoming workshop dates, including the Festive Fused Glass classes, go to my Calendar page on www.craftsinthevalley.co.uk

Here is a visual tour of my Dyer's Garden 🌼 Beautifully captured by Elsiebee Photography It's a little patch of joy, nes...
21/08/2026

Here is a visual tour of my Dyer's Garden 🌼 Beautifully captured by Elsiebee Photography
It's a little patch of joy, nestled alongside the Rochdale canal where our boat Blue Moon is moored, just outside Hebden Bridge at Redacre allotments Redacre Growing Project
Over the last three years, I've turned a small patch of overgrown land filled with nettles, bind w**d, brambles and docks into a Dyers Garden. It currently has about 10 varieties of dye plants in it; Coreopsis (lots of varieties), Dyers Chamomile, Madder, Weld, Marigolds, Safflower, Cosmos, Sunflowers, Dhalia, Holly Hock and Sabiosa.
It's filled with colour, it attracts the bees and birds, and all manner of other insects, and it is the start of an evolving chapter of my crafty business.

Thank you Lindsay ❤️ for capturing such beautiful photos of the garden, and the harvesting of the flowers 🌼❤️

www.craftsinthevalley.co.uk

It's the world's smallest glass Christmas 🎄 tree and robin! I'm busy preparing for this year's Festive Fused Glass seaso...
18/08/2026

It's the world's smallest glass Christmas 🎄 tree and robin!
I'm busy preparing for this year's Festive Fused Glass season. Look out for the NEW Magical Winter Glasscapes class. ✨
For those who like to plan ahead, my website calendar is now showing workshop dates for November and December. Full workshop descriptions and photos will be coming soon!

Follow this link for workshops dates - Workshop Calendar | Crafts in the Valley https://share.google/gXbYtvaa7itOP4Nde

Email Melanie at ️[email protected] with your booking requests 💙🎄✨️

I've been attracting our little feathered friends to my dyer's garden by putting sunflower heads on the fence posts. On...
18/08/2026

I've been attracting our little feathered friends to my dyer's garden by putting sunflower heads on the fence posts. Once the sunflowers have stopped flowering, the seeds form and the birds love them. I get to enjoy watching the T**s visit the garden, and my fence posts are greatly improved too, they have crowns now! That's my garden tip for today!

Here are a few photos taken on a sunny winter day at the start of the year when Lindsay from Elsiebee Photography visite...
17/08/2026

Here are a few photos taken on a sunny winter day at the start of the year when Lindsay from Elsiebee Photography visited my studio at Thornber business park.

Last week, lovely Lindsay visited me again, this time for a summer photo shoot at my dyer's garden and mooring at Redacre Growing Project

I got to flounce around my garden (rather self-consciously) picking flowers and sharing the joys of my little dyer’s garden. Lindsay is also a big flower fan, so we had a great time discussing how amazing nature is, whilst also reflecting on how best to promote a small business.
It can be hard putting yourself out there! I know the flowers will look stunning in the photos, let’s hope there’s a few good shots of me too.
If anyone can catch a nice photo of me, it’ll be Lindsay! I’m looking forward to sharing my summer shots with you soon.

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Unit 8G Topland Country Business Park, Cragg Vale
Hebden Bridge
HX75RW

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