December Newsletter 2015 Courses and Projects
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vic.harrison@blueyonder.co.uk Phone 0117 9639452 .These are all adult course unless otherwise indicated - Lots
of new course in this edition All bookings in advance Adult courses
NEW Learn to knit in time for Christmas short course - Monday 23rd and 30th Nov 7-9pm – two session course
£36
EXTRA DATE -Linocutting course with Mel Wickham - Sunday 22nd November 3-6pm £32 Professional Linocutting
Artist You can use the course to just practice and learn techniques or to make a design to use for something like a
christmas card or tag
Crochet hoop earrings / crochet into rings – Sat November 21st 11am – 1pm £20 . This is a course for Intermediate
only You need to be able to confidently do all the basic crochet stitches
Christmas Crafts Programme
Little stockings Advent Calender course . Saturday 14th November NEW TIME 2-5pm all main materials provided £36
CANCELLED Learn to do bead weaving lesson 1 - Learn to bead around baubles and make beautiful beaded
baubles £28 November 28th 2-5pm – This course will be run by Eileen and is the start of a series of bead weaving
courses. We will provide all the main materials including really good quality Czech glass seed beads and baubles ,
needles etc …. You could bring a few feature beads of your own that you like to add into the design
Decopatch a large reindeer head trophy for your wall - December 2nd 6.30pm – 9. £36 All materials provided
NEW Get to grips with your sewing machine – Christmas gift theme – NOW beginners level 6th December 11am 5pm £85 inc all materials. You will make a patchwork cushion, lavender hearts, peg bag and book cover
Modular origami bead garland - 7th December 7-9pm £20
These are beautiful –On this course you will learn to fold three flat shapes that can then be slotted inside each other to
make beautiful bead like structures that can then form a garland of hanging decoration .I will pre-cut enough pieces of
paper for you to make 30 of these beads – 90 pieces of paper. Choose from old books or old paper for a vintage look
Crochet round Christmas baubles or stones Wednesday 9th December 7-9pm £20 Please bring a size 1.25 crochet
hook and some plain silver or metallic baubles or stones – ask me if you are not sure what to get
Hand stitched Christmas cards .Thursday 10th December 7-9pm £20 you will need to bring your sewing machine and a
darning foot to this course and we will be hand stitching onto precut cards using bits of fabric beads , buttons and more
. You can further embellish your cards using hand stitching , glitter liners etc
NEW Make a fabric reindeer head or unicorn for your wall – Thurs 17th December 7-10pm £36 All materials
provided. You just bring your sewing machine
Luxury Christmas cracker making – with wine and mince pies Friday 18th December 7 – 9.30 pm £20
The art of Kirigami Sat 5th December 11am – 12.30pm £12 Do you remember those paper snowflakes you made at
school. Well Kirigami takes it a step further. By using a 6 fold, templates and a pair of very sharp decoupage scissors
with thin paper you can create really beautiful shapes …just bring a pair of decoupage scissors – they are small and very
sharp £12
Needle felt a robin round decoration Fri 11th 11am – 12.30pm £12 This course will provide a taster in how to do
needlefelting . We will create a little robin roubd a bauble and the technique can be use to make all kinds of creatures
NEW Make a Reindeer and Holly Garland – Sat 12th 2-5pm £36 all materials provided
Paper stitched baubles Fri 11th 2.30 – 4pm £12 By sewing discs of paper together on a the sewing machine you can
make lovely baubles that ca then be decorated . It’s a great way to recycle paper . We will share one of our machines as
this is a taster
Vintage fabric market and early bird Christmas shopping session Sunday 15th November 10am – 2pm
Relaunch of our free knit (crochet or do other woolly things) and natter group – Friday 13th November onwards 24pm finishing prompt at 4 so I can set up for Saturday If you want a cup of tea or a drink then please bring a cup 50p
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Extra Christmas Opening Times
Sunday 15th Nov 10am-1pm,
Sunday 29th Nov 11am – 3pm
Sunday 13th December 11am – 3pm
Thursday 17th 5-10pm
Friday 18th December 5 -9.30pm
Sunday 20th December 10am – 4pm
Monday 21st 9am – 6pm
Tuesday 22nd 9am – 6pm
Wednesday 23rd 9am 6pm
Thursday 24th 9am – 2pm
Courses for the NEW year - give a gift of a course to someone
FREE Crochet a hedgehog nest or two !..and eat some cake – you need to know basic dc/sc crochet
Sunday 17th January 2-5pm cheer up the new year crocheting hedgehog nests. Free patterns and free tuition but please
bring acrylic yarn – two balls and a size 5mm hook acrylic because it needs to be machine washed . The nests are going
to go to hedgehog rescue in Stockwood
Rag rug making – Sat 6th Feb 2-5pm £ 30 Introduction to the technique of rag rug making using a steel hook with a
wooden handle that you use to pull loops through the rug enabling you to build up all kinds of interesting designs. You
need to prepare for the course by making thin strips of fabric of about ¾ inch wide and as long as you can and bring
something to inspire you – check with me first for a better description. You will be making a small beautiful sample piece
Experimental textiles
Experimental patchwork – break all the rules patchwork . Sewing machine 24th January 2-6pm £36 Just bring a big
bag of scrap fabric and bits of ribbon, braid or anything else you fancy and your sewing machine. This is a chance to go
wild and do whatever you fancy. You will be shown some techniques and guided through the process
Experimental Markal oil paintsticks on fabric 10th Feb 7-9pm £25 – preparing surfaces for embroidery or
embellishment using Markel oil paintsticks to create beautiful designs on your fabric. Please bring some pieces of cotton
fabric This course is suitable for people who may go on to hand embroider on the designs or for those who wish to use a
machine. The fabrics have to be dried for a week and then ironed to fix them before they can be embroidered
Experimental couching by hand . Sat 19th March 3-5pm £25 Couching is the art of stitching all kinds of different
threads and fibres to the surface of your fabric using a variety of hand stitches – its really fun and interesting designs
can be created really quickly. It is also possible to couch using a sewing machine but we will be using hand techniques
for the course. You may want to bring things you have prepared in the oil paintsticks sessions. Please bring along any
threads you can find or bits of rope, string, ribbon, fibres
Experimental drawing with your sewing machine –Sun 21st Feb 3-6pm £36 introducing the basics of freestyle
embroidery on your machine – You need a darning foot for your machine and a spring plastic embroidery frame and
some pictures or drawings for inspiration ( you could also bring things you have made during the Markal oil paintsticks
session - these can be bought from the shop. We will provide fabric and threads
Experimental Mirror work 20th Feb – 3-5pm – £25 experimenting with hand stitches to attach mirrors, resin pieces,
coins , stones and more to your fabric . Please bring along some patterned fabric you would like to embellish or one of
your own pieces ..we will also provide plain calico for practice. You will also need an embroidery ring
Beginners – intermediate sewing courses
Sewing machine courses for beginners 6 session course Thursdays 7-9pm £85 – just ring along your machine –
you many also come on this course if you have already done one sewing course with me and just continue with your
projects We have lots of books and things to inspire you ..we provide the materials for the first week. Jan 14th,Jan 21st,
Jan 28th,feb 4th ,Feb 11th, Feb 18th
Or NEXT RUN 3rd March, 19th March, 17th March,24th March , 31st March ,7th April
Get to grips with the sewing machine you got for Christmas – 31st January 11am – 6pm. This one day course will
provide a good start to using your new machine and you will make 4 items patchwork cushion. Zipped pouch, lavender
hearts and shopping bag
Design and make your own skirts Sunday 13th March 2-6pm . – more details to follow £36
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Beginners knitting 6 week course Tuesday 7-9pm - 19th Jan, 26th jan , 2nd feb , 9th break week 16th 23rd and and finish
on the 1st March £85
Intermediates Tuesday 7-9pm - 15th March start week, 5th April Break week and finish on the 26th April.£85
Beginners Knitting short course or a reminder for people who have forgotten- 14th and 21st March 7-9 pm £36
Crochet for beginners – 6 week course £85 Saturday mornings 11am – 1pm please bring a size 4mm hook – sold in
shop ( option to do an extended version - just pay £30 extra ( total £115)and get two more sessions at the end . 16th jan
Introduction to basic stitches 23rd Jan granny squares and pattern reading 30th Jan bunting, edging techniques and
surface crochet week off then 13th Feb layering in crochet – flowers and diagram reading 20th Feb spiral crochet
techniques 27th Feb stars and review of course
Extended sessions 5th March chevrons and waves 12th March bobbles and clusters and other grouped stitches
Intermediate crochet – 4 sessions now - Wednesday evenings 7-9pm £75 every other week so you can practice 20th
Jan round the post and cable crochet 3rd Feb colour work – picture crochet 17th Feb Braids and fancy edgings 2nd
March – join as you go technique for motifs
Rag rug making – Introduction to the technique of rag rug making using a steel hook with a wooden handle that you use
to pull loops through the rug enabling you to build up all kinds of interesting designs. You need to prepare for the course
by making thin strips of fabric of about ¾ inch wide and as long as you can and bring something to inspire you – check
with me first for a better description. You will be making a small beautiful sample piece Embroidery stitch know-how for people who have done beginners or a taste of some new stitches for people who
just want to add to the stitches they know. In each session you will be shown and practice 4 new stitches . Please bring
your own hoop, fabric, , needles and threads for these stitch based courses
23rd January 3-5pm £16 and 30th January 3-5pm £16 Another beginners course will follow shortly
MORE community stuff briswool etc in the January newsletter
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