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 PROGRAMME 2010
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Saturday workshops are held at The Reddings Community Centre, North Road West, The Reddings, Cheltenham GL51 6RF
Workshops take place between 10.00a.m. and 4.00pm

Saturday 9th January

Workshop ‘Based on Lace’ with

JAN EVANS

  CANCELLED 

due to extreme weather conditions

TO BE HELD ON 13TH MARCH 2010

Saturday 14th August

Summer Social Afternoon
1.30pm – 4.30pm


Details to follow

Saturday 13th February 

Workshop ‘Book in a Box’ with

ANNETTE EMMS

Make a concertina style book and a box to keep it safe. Illustrate your book with various image transfer methods.


Suitable for all levels

Saturday 18th September 

Workshop ‘Sumptuous Surfaces’ with 

DIANA SANDERSON

This workshop will demonstrate a variety of ways of using materials such as Tyvek and Fabritex by colouring and distressing it, then applying to stitched work. Other surfaces will be created using a heat gun and plastic bags …your imagination is the limit to what can be used.

Suitable for all levels

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Saturday 13th March

Workshop ‘Based on Lace’ with

JAN EVANS

Using old lace fragments as inspiration you will create a fine lacy background using scrim, iron-on vilene and pulled thread work. 
Suitable for all levels
The original Workshop ‘Modern Gold Work’ with CLARE HANHAM was cancelled due to insufficient numbers.

Saturday 25th September 

A.G.M.   

1:30 to  4:30pm

To include a talk/demonstration


Details to follow

 

Saturday 10th April & Sunday 11th April

Weekend Workshop
‘Raise the Surface with Glitz and Glisten’ with 

RUTH ISSETT

Use texture gels, waxes and varnishes to create luscious and iridescent surfaces on paper that can be used for sketch books, journals and stitched textiles.
There is a £7 cost per person for materials used during the weekend.
Suitable for all levels

 Saturday 9th October

Workshop ‘Tags for Bags and Books’ with

ISOBEL HALL

Make beautiful and functional tags and bookmarks using a variety of mixed media and many different techniques.
May be a small charge for materials.

Suitable for all levels

 

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 Saturday 8th May 

 Workshop ‘Techniques Day’ with 

ARIO

A chance to try out many of the mixed media products around. Work on fabric and paper to create a number of samples using textile paints, transfoil, Markal paintsticks, Lutradur, Bondaweb, Mistyfuse, and 3D medium. These samples can be used as a base for your work or as a reference for a later date.

Suitable for all levels

Saturday 13th November

Workshop ‘Fusing Fabric Part 2’ with

MARGARET BEAL

Fabrics first fused with a soldering iron are stitched and cut away with a steady hand. Many of the techniques can be used with patchwork and appliqué or as embroidered textiles.

 

 

Suitable for all levels

Saturday 12th June

Workshop ‘Miniature Gardens’ with 

LOUISE WATSON

Design and make a miniature garden as seen from an aerial view with paths, ponds, hedges etc. You will produce a richly encrusted stitched surface with raised stitches, tufted knots and tiny flower stitches.

Suitable for all levels

Saturday 11th December 2010

Christmas Social Afternoon 
1.30pm – 4.30pm

The speaker will be Lisa McClelland on ' To Bead or not to Bead Two'

We anticipate another hilarious talk, not to be missed.

 

 

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Saturday 10th July

Workshop ‘Totally Tucked’  with  

JENNIE RAYMENT

Experiment, embellish, embroider and enhance a multitude of twiddled and tucked designs. Play with appliquéd threads and creative decoration. Simple and effective for use on garments, quilts and accessories.

Suitable for all levels

    

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