Programme

2017 programme

Date	Event	Name of Artist	Title	General Description
Jan 7	L	Ruth Lowe	60’s Fashion	A look at what we were all wearing in 1960.
Jan 21	W	Lorraine Brettle	Buttons	Making and embroidering fabric buttons.
Feb 11	L	Harriet Frances Styles	My journey into technical hand embroidery.	From the Royal School of Needlework to working freelance for designers including Alexander McQueen and running her own adornment business.
Feb 25	W	Angie Attwood	Creative Thread and Texture	Learning and experimenting with techniques. Including machine Whip and Moss Stitch, Cable Stitch -  Pulled and Drawn work techniques. Also using dissolvable fabric and film.  Packs available £3.50pp
Mar 11	L	Lizzie Harper	Illustrating the natural world	Her life as an illustrator and where it has led her.
Mar 25/26	W	Elim Conference Centre Residential	Wendy Dolan	Architectural Textures
Apr 22	MW	Margaret McQuillan	Dyeing Day	Using a variety of techniques for dyeing.
May 6	L	Maggie Finney	Photography meets Textiles
May 20	W	Pauline Verinder	Wired for stitch on scrim and muslin.
Jun 23 (eve) Please note 7.00 pm start	L	Caroline Bell	My journey into natural practices	My ethical and ecological motivation.
Jun 24	W	Caroline Bell	Introduction to Eco-printing	Using leaves, mordants and modifiers for dying.
Jul 8	L	Louise West	Cotton,Concrete and Beyond.	Innovative ways of creating fabric art.
Jul 22	W	Kathleen Murphy	Taking a stitch for a walk	Hand Embroidery
Aug 19	MW			Anything goes .
Sept 8 (eve)	L	Alison Hulme	My Life in Stitch
Sep 9	W	Alison Hulme	Print, print and print some more	All sorts of printing techniques. Everything provided  (except fabric) with an EXTRA cost £10 pp. Can do as many places as we have tables up to max of 20.
Oct 7	AGM L	Angie Hughes	Inspiration on your doorstep	Materials and Techniques
Oct 21	W	Angie Hughes	Inspired by Klimt	£5 kits available
Nov 11	L	Clare Wasserman/Louise Henley	My Life in Painting and Stitch/ My Stitch Story
Nov 25	W	Jane Fairweather	Teacup Trees	3D machine embroidery on dissolvable film
Dec 2	MW	Christmas Fun

2018  Programme

Date 2018	Event	Name of Artist	Title	Description
Jan 6	L	Ruth Lowe	1960’s Part 2	Fashion in the 1960’s
Jan 20	W	Annette Emms	Birds	Creating a small panel decorated with an imaginary bird.
Feb 3	L	Lauren Guthrie	The Great British Sewing B and More
Feb 24	W	Parker &  Arrol	Painting on Velvet.	Painting on velvet to create a cushion or scarf.
Mar 10	L	Linda Monk	Creative surfaces.
Mar 24/25	Elim Res	Stevie Walker	Mixed Media Mosaics	A combination of hand and machine embroidery on mixed media background.
Apr 14	MW
April 28	L	Karina Thompson	Cut and Slash to Digital Embroidery
May 12	W	Karina Thompson	Cut and Slash Techniques
May 26	L	Pascale  Bigot	Mixed Media. There will also be a  practical demonstration by Pascale of her work .
Jun 15	L 7pm	Alice Fox	A Coastal Perspective
Jun 16	W	Alice Fox	Stitch, Fold &  Rust.	Rust, stitch and fabric manipulation techniques.
Jul  7	L	Tigley Textiles	Enchanting Embroideries Along The Coastal Path.
Jul  21	W	Tigley Textiles	Hares and Dragonflies	Fabric , paint and handstitching.
Aug 18	MW
Sept 8	L	Karen Van Hoff	A Fashion Designers Journey.
Sept 22	W	Linda Monk	Bonded Surfaces.	A day of sample making for textured surfaces.
Oct  6	AGM/L	Helen Bratt-Wyton	May Morris
Oct 20	W	Bobby Britnall	Accessible Drawing
Nov 9th	L 7pm	Fiona Nisbet	From Silk Worm to Fabric.
Nov 10th	W	Fiona Nisbet	Making Silk Paper Fabric.
Dec 8	MW	Christmas Magic

Lectures Saturday afternoons 1.30 for 2.00pm until 4.00 pm unless they take place on a Friday night when it is  6,30 for 7.00pm.