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
- Online Embroidered Wreath Video course - Tutor - Linda Robinson
31/07/2020 - 31/10/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Event Phone: 07837002758
Learn from the comfort of your own home, with this online video tutorial on hand embroidery, Stitch by stitch you will be guided through all the embroidery stitches needed to make your own Embroidered Flower Wreath. Suitable for beginners and those with experience.
- A Whimsical World Online Embroidery Course
01/11/2020 - 20/12/2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
An Autumn of Embroidery, join us on A Whimsical World online embroidery course, learn and enjoy many embroidery stitches and techniques including, Stumpwork, beading, needle weaving, ribbon work and applique with lots of whimsical imagination….
- Manipulated Fabric Heart- Tutor Kate's Kloth's
20/03/2021
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.
- Embellished Textile Books - Tutor, Annette Emms
17/04/2021 - 18/04/2021
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!
- Stitched Collage - Tutor Anne Brooke
24/04/2021
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
25/04/2021
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.
- Tote Bag with Pockets - Tutor Jenny Atkinson
15/05/2021
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Spend the day learning lots of skills to create your very own beautiful roomy tote bag complete with pockets, a zip closure and shoulder straps.
- Mono-Printing Day - Tutor Diane Jones
11/09/2021
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.
- One page wonders and creative concertina’s - Tutor Jude Kingshott
16/10/2021 - 17/10/2021
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Create your very own unique books learning the concertina and one-page book binding techniques. Unleash your creativity to give your journals, photo albums or sketch books a truly unique look!
- A Tiny Stitched Garden - Tutor, Janet Browne
30/10/2021
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.
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