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Felted Book Cover
Combine fine wool, silk and even paper to make a beautiful and reusable book cover in shades of blue from the palest forget-me-not to midnight.
The cover will be formed around a central flat resist and will be made up of layers of wool, silk fabric and prefelt, then decorated with dyed prefelt and Japanese paper before being carefully wet felted to produce the required shape.
A pre-cut former will be used to finish the shaping to fit snugly onto the hardback sketch book provided (choice of A5 or 150cm square).
This workshop is suitable for complete beginners as well as more experienced felters.
A light lunch, refreshments and all materials are included in the workshop fee.
| Date |
Tuesday 3rd March |
| Tutor |
Clare Linford |
| Time |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| Ref |
3951 |
| Fees |
£85 |
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Mixed Media Botanicals and Birds
Discover the joy of playful experimentation in this hands-on workshop. You’ll create your own Spring-inspired mixed media image using intuitive painting techniques such as inks and bleach, watercolours, and wax resist.
Once your painting begins to take shape, you’ll explore free machine embroidery — using stitch as a mark-making tool to enhance and transform your artwork.
There will be plenty of options for those who wish to take the theme further: adding birds or butterflies, experimenting with carbon paper for drawing, or incorporating stencils. Mixed media is wonderfully creative — there are no rules, just curiosity and a willingness to have a go.
No prior experience is necessary. Your tutor will guide you through the process and respond to individual ideas and needs.
A light lunch, refreshments and materials are provided, however please bring your own sewing machine. If you don’t have one, please let us know in advance so that we can arrange one for you to borrow.
| Date |
Thursday 16th April |
| Tutor |
Delny Fitrzyk |
| Time |
10.00am – 4.00pm |
| Ref |
3933 |
| Fees |
£85 |
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Introduction to Nalbinding
Loop-manipulated textiles that use just a single needle can be traced as far back as the Mesolithic period and are still popular today, particularly in Scandinavia. Join us for a fascinating hands-on journey through the history and ancient roots of nalbinding, a technique that predates knitting by thousands of years, and has been used to make everything from socks, to bags, mittens and more.
Working step-by-step, you’ll learn five distinctive stitches to give you a comprehensive grounding in this remarkably versatile craft:
- Simple looping.
- looping around a core (Tybrind Vig stitch).
- Coptic stitch (cross-knit looping).
- York (Coppergate) stitch.
- Oslo stitch.
Go home with a new understanding and appreciation of this ancient technique, and a range of sample pieces.
No prior experience is required — just enthusiasm and curiosity for ancient textiles and traditional making!
All materials, a light lunch and refreshments are included in the workshop fee.
| Date |
Wednesday 29th April |
| Tutor |
Sally Pointer |
| Time |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| Ref |
3958 |
| Fees |
£85 |
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Braid Society Try-It Day
This fun introductory workshop is a wonderful opportunity to learn from Braid Society members Anne Dyer, Julie Hedges and Kay Hawkins. You will be introduced to a variety of basic braids, cords and knots as well as special braiding techniques from all over the world, including Ply-Split and Kumihimo.
Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned braider, you will find new braids to discover, and go home with some brilliant sample braids of your own. Braids can be used for all sorts of things, including decorative belts, trimmings, straps, handles and more - once you have started, you will find the possibilities are endless!
The Braid Society has very kindly subsidised this course. All materials are included in the course fee.
Lunch is available to members and non-members for £8.50
| Date |
Thursday 30th April |
| Tutor |
Anne Dyer, Julie Hedges, Kay Hawkins |
| Time |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| Ref |
3934 |
| Fees |
£40 Non members. £35 Braid Society members. |
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A Mighty Oak
Spend a day playing with embroidery and textile techniques and effects in this repeat of a very popular workshop. This workshop is inspired by lone trees in the landscape, originally the Sycamore Gap tree. This is a lovely little project it has a nice collection of techniques....
> Needle felted background.
> Using soluble film as a stabiliser.
> Hand and machine embroidery.
> Needle felting for texture.
> Angelina!! (twinkly bonded fibres).
A light lunch, refreshments and most materials are included in the workshop fee, however please bring along your own sewing machine, threads and any bits and pieces you want to include in your piece.
This workshop is suitable for all skill levels, as long as you are familiar with your sewing machine.
| Date |
Wednesday 13th May |
| Tutor |
Angie Hughes |
| Time |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| Ref |
3977 |
| Fees |
£85 |
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