Button Making Supplies - Haberdashery for Hand Sewers and Needleworkers - Textile Crafts Workshops - Building a Community -
Button Making Supplies - Haberdashery for Hand Sewers and Needleworkers - Textile Crafts Workshops - Building a Community -
Button Making Supplies - Haberdashery for Hand Sewers and Needleworkers - Textile Crafts Workshops - Building a Community -
Button Making Supplies - Haberdashery for Hand Sewers and Needleworkers - Textile Crafts Workshops - Building a Community -
Button Making Supplies - Haberdashery for Hand Sewers and Needleworkers - Textile Crafts Workshops - Building a Community -

About

Who is The Frog in the Craft?

The Frog in the Craft is a small business “one-woman band” created and run by me, Sandrine.
I am a French expat who’s lived in the UK for nearly 30 years. I am a wife, a mum and step-mum and I look after a small menagerie, composed of Suzie, the mad Border Collie, a canary, a nearly “ancient” (by quail vs human age comparison standards) Chinese Painted Quail, six hens and two cockerels.

Based in Nottinghamshire, I am a button maker, Textile handcrafter and recycler, and a general craft have-a-goer. My grandad is at the source of my great interest for the handmade (or the “made with your hands” as I prefer to call it), the heritage crafts and the (sadly disappearing) old skilled jobs. I made my first wooden sewing box with him when I was about 10 – and I still use it! My motto (one of them anyway) is “Live a little, Craft a lot”, especially as crafting or making things by hand has always been in my blood, but I also discovered a few years back that it helps a lot with chronic pain management and is a great tool as far as mental health is concerned.

The Frog in the Craft offers both crafting supplies and in person crafts workshops. The crafting supplies I offer revolve around the button making and hand sewing crafts, and include button moulds and other related accessories as well as high-quality hand sewing haberdashery from threads to needles, fabric, buttons, mending wool and accessories, needlework crafting and sewing kits – a lot of which make for a thoughtful gift for needleworkers or textile crafters.

Some of the products I sell are from well-known and trusted brand, and others are designed and handmade by me or other talented independent handmade businesses with whom I collaborate.
The materials I use for my makes are often recycled or upcycled items, like ties or fabric from old clothes, leftovers from projects or scraps.  

What do I mean by needleworkers? Well if you are a hand sewer, embroiderer, slow stitcher, cross-stitcher, quilter, hardanger or blackwork enthusiast, dressmaker, enjoy tatting or even knitting and crochet then you are (in my book) a needleworker! The Frog in the Craft webshop is definitely for you!

There are three ways for you to purchase from me, depending on your location:

  • in Nottinghamshire or local area? You can either order direct from this website or by emailing or WhatsApp’ing me. You can arrange for shipping, a collection or for a local delivery (Free within Hucknall).
  • Anywhere else in Great Britain? Simply order directly from this website and select either the standard or the Express shipping option.
  • In the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand? You will need to go to my Etsy shop as at present I cannot ship overseas via this website. If you have seen something on this website which is not available in my Etsy shop, I will be happy to create a private listing over on Etsy especially for you, simply message me on Etsy or via email.
  • Located anywhere else not mentioned above? I am sorry but I am unable to sell and ship to your location due to the high costs involved in doing so. This includes Europe and Northern Ireland, especially due to the latest regulations (GPSR) put in place as a result of Brexit.

Mission Statement

What can you expect from The Frog in the Craft?

My mission is to empower creativity through exceptional customer service and a curated selection of high-quality, tested and trusted button making and hand-sewing supplies at competitive prices. 

I deliver exceptional customer service, building and fostering a positive and supportive community. Every message is answered with a smile, (hopefully contagious!) and I am always happy to help you on your creative journey.

I champion the therapeutic benefits of button making and hand-sewing for chronic pain and mental health.

I prioritize eco-friendly packaging, minimizing waste and I promote conscious crafting to nurture the environment.

Lastly, I’m passionate about giving back to my community. I support my local wildlife group, participate in crafting socials, and actively volunteer at community events.

Crafts
Workshops

Does The Frog in the Craft offer craft workshops?

Yes, absolutely! The workshops I offer are primarily based around the button making heritage crafts, because my mission is to ensure that this important, rewarding and mindful craft doesn’t disappear altogether. I specialise more into the 400 years old crafts of the Dorset button, Yorkshire button and other thread buttons.

I also offer other crafting workshops to help fundraise for causes that are important for me and for my community – The Hucknall Wildlife Group and The Hucknall Food Bank. These workshops have so far been needlefelting, but they can be something totally different too, such as recycling crafts, papercrafts, etc…

I teach at various venues in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in small groups of a max of 12 people, for a duration of 2 to 3 hours. They are all aimed at beginner level but can be adapted on the day if you are ready to be challenged a little more. They are all delivered in a convivial, informal manner, to allow for a mindful crafting session, for you to just express yourself through crafting and leave the everyday stress at the door for 2 or 3 hours, in the company of like-minded people with whom you may like to connect beyond the craft session. We usually end up having a good laugh, and feeling very positive by the end of the workshop. 

I offer a WhatsApp group to all my workshop participants, it opens 2 weeks before and closes 2 weeks after the event. It’s hidden / private and set up within my Community Group. It helps me pass on all the important information necessary but it also helps participants to break the ice, get further assistance after the workshop has ended.

I am also available for private, corporate, and charity events as well as for community or social groups such as your local knit & natter or WI crafty meeting.

Get in touch with me today for more information or to book your place on upcoming workshops in your area.

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