June Courses

Wednesday 2nd – Cathedral Windows in Silk
Dye your textured silk fabric with our Gaywool Dyes. Learn this fancy patchwork technique of machine stitching, folding and adding contrasting squares of coloured silk by hand stitching to emphasise the intricate open pockets. Your small panel can be used as a centre piece for a bag or cushion. I produced a double bed quilt using this technique, but I would be embarrassed to tell you how long it took me!

Saturday 5th – Gwent Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers.
This day sees us visiting South Wales to run a workshop and sale of supplies.

Friday 11th – Wedding Day
My son’s wedding to the gorgeous Jessica in a wedding barn on a beautiful farm in Cambridgeshire.

Thursday 17th – Bugs, Bees and Butterflies
Make your own collection of needle felted ladybirds, bees and butterflies which will be embellished with beads, buttons, stitching and sequins. Needle felt a simple flower corsage and attach any of your insects.

Saturday 19th – Staffordshire Moorlands Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
I will run a workshop experimenting with our Gaywool Dyes.

Sunday 20th – Leek Embroidery
Drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Wardle’s embroidery kits you will create an embroidered silk collage on a base of silk Tussur. Elizabeth was greatly influenced by William Morris, using flowers and leaves as a main design element.The stitches used were very simple long and short, stern, buttonhole and French knots.

Friday 25th & Saturday 26th – Woolfest, Mitchells Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria.
A must go to event for all you wool and craft enthusiasts. See us there.

Sunday 27th – Oxford Embroidery Guild
Open Day event Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford. Leaving the van loaded from Woolfest we head on down to this event.

Wednesday 30th – In the Pink
A complementary afternoon spinning wild pink yarns by drum carding and adding feathers, beads and bows. 1.30 – 4.30pm, booking required.