Wonderful Workshops
Workshops
Workshops are a wonderful way to explore your creativity, make new friends, learn new skills and relax away from everyday life.
Our workshop venues in and around Garstang offer space and large work areas. They are equipped with excellent lighting and seating facilities, for your comfort, they are warm and airy. Remember when booking a workshop to check which of our many venues you will be attending.
Upcoming Events
- Crochet Morning - Tutor April Haxby Block 7
25/03/2020 - 06/05/2020
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Crochet Morning - Tutor April Haxby Block 8
03/06/2020 - 08/07/2020
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Fortnightly crochet mornings 10.30am -12pm ~ a great introduction to crochet. Learn from the beginning and chain, single, double and triple crochet stitches will be demystified over four weeks. Great for beginners and those wishing to improve their technique.
- A Tiny Stitched Garden - Tutor, Janet Browne
18/04/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
In this relaxed workshop Janet will show you how to make your very own tiny stitched garden using free motion machine embroidery combined with reverse applique and finished with hand stitch.
- Technique Tuesday - Zipped Purse
21/04/2020
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
~Technique Tuesday~ This session we will be focusing on inserting a zip using your sewing machine. Spend the evening making a cute purse complete with zip fastening – perfect for storing your sewing supplies!
- Embellished Textile Books - Tutor, Annette Emms
25/04/2020 - 26/04/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Create your very own fabric ‘story book’ with pages of layered fabrics including recycled fabric, felt, scrim and lace all beautifully embellished using applique, needle felting and hand stitching. A workshop where you can really let your imagination free!
- Intro to Machine Quilting: Free Motion Quilting - Tutor Lis Binns
07/05/2020
10:30 am - 3:30 pm - Intro to Machine Quilting: Tapunto - Tutor Lis Binns
21/05/2020
10:30 am - 3:30 pm - Intro to Machine Quilting: Quilting with Rulers- Tutor Lis Binns
25/06/2020
10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Quilting can add movement and creativity to your beautifully pieced quilt tops. Under the expert guidance of Lis Binns you will learn techniques such as free motion quilting, trapunto or quilting with rulers (depending on which workshop you attend) that can help add an extra layer of creativity and interest to your quilts.
- Embroidered 3D Flowers - Tutor Corinne Young
09/05/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Using embroidery and stumpwork techniques Corinne will show you how to create your very own 3D flowers that can be used to decorate your home, clothes or textile work!
- Stitched Collage - Tutor Anne Brooke
16/05/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Stitched Collage, a lovely day of creativity with Anne Brooke, bring along an image to work from and engross yourself in collage, stitch and embellishment.
- Stitched Mini Hoop Garden ~ Tutor Anne Brooke
17/05/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Spend the day hand dyeing a range of natural threads. You will use your unique threads to create a beautiful brooch based on a flower garden that you can wear home with pride.
- Mono-Printing Day - Tutor Diane Jones
06/06/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Let Diane Jones inspire you with colour and guide you through the techniques of working on a silk screen to make mono prints using procion dyes.
The piece displayed was made on a past workshop by Gill which she went onto embellished with stitch.
- Manipulated Fabric Heart- Tutor Kate's Kloth's
20/06/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Create a beautiful fabric heart that is full of texture and depth. Kate will demonstrate traditional and modern fabric manipulation techniques that introduce volume and interest allowing you to create your very own stunning piece of art.
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