Yvonne has taught crafts to a wide range of age groups from Brownies to mature adults for over 30 years. She loves to design her own crafts to reflect where she is in the world thus giving her classes unique experiences. Sessions are tailored to the skills and interests of the participants, with a strong influence on recycling and re-use.
Yvonne successfully ran her own craft shop for many years on the Isle of Wight and sold many of her own crafts training her staff in the art of the craft making. She helped run the craft section at the local Horticultural Society shows, judging the exhibits as well as teaching and developing people with their individual crafts and skills.
With an extensive range of craft projects suitable for a cruise ranging from felt animals, zentangle and jewellery that will be tailored to individual cruises for example the felt animals will include animals from countries we are visiting, and cross stich will include a pattern of the cruise ship. The craft sessions will suit all abilities with kits available from £2. Some of the crafts can be completed within a 45 minute session, whilst others can be continued during the cruise.
Yvonne had a long career as a Garden Designer, building and designing many gardens including at the Chelsea Flower Show. During this time she frequently featured on various television programs and also gave talks on aspects of gardening.