Flowers, Leaves and Seedpods in Batik.

An exciting workshop to discover the exquisite art of batik. The beautiful shapes and colours provided by nature will be your inspiration to create batiks on paper, tissue paper and canvas using inks and bleach to add and remove colour, with hot wax as a resist. Create a selection of batik images suitable for immediate framing or for further embellishment with stitch, if you wish.

An opportunity to experiment with mixed media techniques, fabric collage and free machine embroidery. Each session will allow you to build confidence in applying these techniques which you may wish to use as inspiration to start a personal project. Your work could be developed further into a panel for framing or a personal journal. Some experience of free machine embroidery is required for these workshops.

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Join Anne Dyer for a beginners workshop in one of the ways of playing with straw. This is an incredibly versatile material and can be used to make designs that are both modern and historical. Try this easy and intriguing craft taken from Swiss straw work and use dyes and nail varnish to add colour.

Seamless Bags

Make a simple seamless bag with a flap using basic felting techniques. Decorate your bag with a variety of fibres, then make and add a felted handle.

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Create a beautiful concertina book. Explore how to layer up painted bondaweb and fabric collage and then how to draw into this using free machine embroidery. Particular detail will be given to the book cover. Once you are happy with your work, a backing can be added and folds for pages stitched into place. Some experience of free machine embroidery is required.

Flowers, Leaves and Seedpods in Batik.

An exciting workshop to discover the exquisite art of batik. The beautiful shapes and colours provided by nature will be your inspiration to create batiks on paper, tissue paper and canvas using inks and bleach to add and remove colour, with hot wax as a resist. Create a selection of batik images suitable for immediate framing or for further embellishment with stitch, if you wish.

Discover how to recycle your old clothes and fabrics into vintage looking rugs and cushions. Learn two traditional rag rug techniques: Progging, which gives a shaggy texture, and Hooking, a series of loops used for pictorial details. Make a sampler using both, or just focus on one technique if you wish. Jenni will guide you through each process enabling you to start a project to finish at home.

An opportunity to experiment with mixed media techniques, fabric collage and free machine embroidery. Each session will allow you to build confi dence in applying these techniques which you may wish to use as inspiration to start a personal project. Your work could be developed further into a panel for framing or a personal journal. Some experience of free machine embroidery is required. Materials not included.

Reversible canvas work is based on double running. Produce a variety of stitches ranging from Florentine to multiple cross stitches. It can be used to make a wide range of items from key rings to handbags. The beauty of reversible stitch is that you do not need to line your work. You will make a small sampler that could be used to create a small purse or used as inspiration to plan a larger, more considered piece of work.

Standing wool is a traditional, but rarely seen, method of rag rug making. This workshop will introduce you to the simple techniques of coiling, shirring and wrapping strips of recycled woollen fabric. Start with making a coaster (or two!) and then move on to making a trivet or something more abstract. A simple, traditional craft that can easily be continued at home.

By using the simple technique of needle felting, and creating wings from silk paper, you can make a beautiful little angel to watch over your Christmas festivities.

Make a charming little robin to hang in your Christmas tree, by using the simple technique of needle felting. No prior skill required – just work with natural fl eece and a special needle and off you go.

Come to learn or improve your braids, cords, tassels, knots etc. Braid Society members, Julie Hedges and Kay Hawkins, will be introducing various braiding techniques including tablet weaving, ply-split braiding and Kumihimo. Lunch is available to members and non-members for £5.00. The Braid Society has very kindly subsidised this course.

An opportunity to experiment with mixed media techniques, fabric collage and free machine embroidery. Each session will allow you to build confi dence in applying these techniques which you may wish to use as inspiration to start a personal project. Your work could be developed further into a panel for framing or a personal journal. Some experience of free machine embroidery is required. Materials not included.

This workshop is for those students who wish to take their basic embroidery skills further. Work a colourful mandala in a variety of different traditional embroidery techniques. Experiment with lustrous gold and coloured embroidery threads, ribbons and beads. Learn how to combine some more advanced techniques to enrich your work.

By using the simple technique of needle felting, and creating wings from silk paper, you can make a beautiful little angel to watch over your Christmas festivities.

Make a charming little robin to hang in your Christmas tree, by using the simple technique of needle felting. No prior skill required – just work with natural fl eece and a special needle and off you go.

An opportunity to experiment with mixed media techniques, fabric collage and free machine embroidery. Each session will allow you to build confi dence in applying these techniques which you may wish to use as inspiration to start a personal project. Your work could be developed further into a panel for framing or a personal journal. Some experience of free machine embroidery is required. Materials not included.

Make a simple seamless bag with a flap using basic felting techniques. Decorate your bag with a variety of fibres, then make and add a felted handle.

Take inspiration from birds and animals to create a textile picture. Experimenting on a vintage fabric base (this could be a napkin or a tray cloth), learn how to combine fabric collage with free machine embroidery. You may wish to embellish your work further with hand embroidery. Materials not included. Some experience of free machine embroidery is required.

Learn the basics of weaving using a very simple but fun method using weaving sticks. Experiment by weaving with a variety of yarns to achieve varying effects. After making a narrow length of weaving, this is glued and made into a small mat either by coiling or by using strips. Lengths can be stitched together to make a bag, tied to make a wall hanging or manipulated into decorations.

Standing wool is a traditional, but rarely seen, method of rag rug making. This workshop will introduce you to the simple techniques of coiling, shirring and wrapping strips of recycled woollen fabric. Start with making a coaster (or two!) and then move on to making a trivet or something more abstract. A simple, traditional craft that can easily be continued at home.

Do you have a peg loom and want to learn how to get started? Whether you are an absolute beginner or want to take your basic skills further, this workshop can help. From Swedish two-shaft patterns to half circle rugs, enjoy the range of effects possible on this versatile tool..

Be inspired by your best bone china to create a bowl, or cup and saucer with free machine embroidery onto water soluble fabric. Add a few snippets of lightweight fabric as you stitch. Once you are happy with your work, the water soluble fabric is dissolved and your chosen piece of crockery is used to mould your piece into shape. An exciting and eff ective way to create 3D samples of stitch work. Materials not included. Some experience of free machine embroidery is required.

This workshop is for those students who wish to take their basic embroidery skills further. Work a colourful mandala in a variety of different traditional embroidery techniques. Experiment with lustrous gold and coloured embroidery threads, ribbons and beads. Learn how to combine some more advanced techniques to enrich your work.