Courses & Lectures

 I offer a range of courses, lectures and workshops specialising in freehand machine embroidery and related creative stitching techniques. Weekly courses offer an intensive exploration into the creative world of Machine Embroidery.

Get to know your sewing machine and use it as a drawing tool to create individual designs. One day workshops are on offer throughout the South East at:- Brighton, Sussex:- Puddleducks, Sevenoaks, Kent:- Making Space, Havant, Hampshire:- Sussex Guild Event Room, Southover Grange, Lewes, Sussex.

Residential courses are on offer at West Dean College, Chichester, West Sussex, and as a freelance tutor and lecturer, I travel nationwide, visiting groups and guilds. (see below for details of available courses)

NEW this year- Castanea - Crafts in Spain. Why not join me for a week of creativity inspired by the landscape in the Murcia region of Spain.

NEW venue - Sussex Guild Events Room at the Sussex Guild Shop in Lewes, Sussex.

city college   brighton and hove

NEW VENUES FROM SEPTEMBER 2010

         Creative Machine Embroidery             BEGINNERS & IMPROVERS

Tuesday 7-9pm  BLATCHINGTON MILL SCHOOL
                                           Nevill Road, Hove, Sussex. BN3 7BW

     Wednesday 10-12am    THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE                                       Lucraft Road, Brighton, Sussex. BN2 4PN

Start date: September 2010 - 30 weeks

            book NOW on:- 01273 667788 ext 418 www.ccb.ac.uk                                            

         Creative Machine Embroidery         ADVANCED
         Wednesday 1-3pm    THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE                                       Lucraft Road, Brighton, Sussex. BN2 4PN

Wednesday 7-9pm      BLATCHINGTON MILL SCHOOL
                                           Nevill Road, Hove, Sussex. BN3 7BW

Start date: September 2010 30 weeks

book on:- 01273 667788 ext 418 www.ccb.ac.uk
 

SATURDAY COURSES
           ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH ALL LEVELS OF ABILITY    

PELHAM STREET CAMPUS, Brighton, Sussex. BN1 4FA     

10.00am - 4.00pm     £30

                     MACHINE EMBROIDERED CHRISTMAS CARDS                                           Saturday 16th October 2010                           Create special cards for Christmas by combining applied fabrics and    threads with freehand machine embroidery

                 CREATIVE MACHINE EMBROIDERY FOR BEGINNERS                                         Saturday 5th January 2011                                                         Saturday 2nd April 2011                           Learn how to use a basic domestic sewing machine for freehand machine embroidery. Draw with your thread to create exciting textures and patterns.

                 MACHINE EMBROIDERED BOOK COVERS                                             Saturday 29th January 2011                           Enjoy a day making exciting designs for book covers. Pelmet Vilene will be decorated with fabrics, then worked into with freehand machine embroidery and made up into notebook covers.

                         ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS                                                                         Saturday 12th March 2011                                     Architecture is the source of inspiration for this course, doors, windows, arches are ideal starting points. Fabrics will be applied in layers to create backgrounds, which will be worked into with freehand machine embroidery.

 

Venue 2: WEST DEAN COLLEGE
West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex. PO18 0QZ
book on:- 01243 811301 www.westdean.org.uk

   THESE COURSES ARE SUITABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE    

                                         LAYERED LANDSCAPES                                       5th - 8th September 2010 Residential / non-residential

Freehand Machine Embroidery and other skills are explored and developed as you create unique designs inspired by the landscape. Fabrics will be applied in layers to create designs, which will be painted and worked into with freehand machine embroidery.

                                     ARCHITECTURAL TEXTURES                                     17th - 20th April 2011 Residential / non-residential

Architecture provides the inspiration for this course. Freehand Machine Embroidery and other skills are explored and developed as you create unique designs inspired by arctitecture. Fabrics will be applied in layers to create designs, which will be painted and worked into with freehand machine embroidery. Three dimensional textured effects will be incorporated in the work.

 

Venue 3: PUDDLEDUCKS
116 St John’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent. TN13 3PD
book on:- 01732 743642

                       MACHINE EMBROIDERED GARDENS                                 Tuesday 14th September 2010       10am-4pm  £40              Herbaceous borders, window boxes, stone walls and garden pathways are all ideal starting points for this one day workshop. Simple painting techniques will be used to create background fabrics. Basic freehand machine embroidery will then be used to stitch unique garden designs.

                 MACHINE EMBROIDERED CHRISTMAS CARDS                             Tuesday 12th October 2010       10am-4pm  £40                  Design and create original machine embroidered greetings cards for your family and friends. Exciting surfaces will be created using layers of fabric and thread which will be worked into with freehand machine embroidery.

            

Venue 4: CASTANEA - CRAFTS IN SPAIN NEW
     Mar Menor, Mercia, Spain. www.castaneacraftcourses.com                                       book on +44 (0)1386 793793                               e-mail info@castaneacraftcourses.com

INSPIRED TO STITCH – LAYERED & TEXTURED LANDSCAPES

                           14 – 20 November 2010                                Enjoy a Machine Embroidery Course with sun, sea and sangria!!

    Join me for a week of creativity inspired by the landscape in the Murcia region of Spain.

    During the week you will explore ways of creating exciting effects with 3D textile mediums, layered fabric, paint and stitch. Freehand Machine Embroidery and other skills will be explored as you develop initial samples into individual designs. Natural cottons, silks and linens will be combined in this exciting exploration.

    Whether you are a novice or an experienced machine embroiderer this course will give you the opportunity to develop your individual skills.

    Partners are welcome to come and enjoy the beautiful Mar Menor Coast, or perhaps a few games of golf while you immerse yourself in creativity.

    Visit the website for details of the itinary and costings. www.castaneacraftcourses.com

 

Venue 5:   MAKING SPACE
       Bishopstoke Rd, Leigh Park, Havant, Hants. PO9 5BN             book on:- 02392 472491

                             MACHINE EMBROIDERED ARCHITECTURE                                 Saturday 23rd October 2010       10am-3.00pm             Architecture will provide the inspiration for this course. Windows, doors and arches are ideal starting points. Fabrics will be pieced, patched and layered to create a textured background, then worked into with freehand machine embroidery. Suitable for all levels of ability.

 

     Venue 6: NATIONAL NEEDLEWORK ARCHIVE         The Old Chapel, Main Street, New Greenham Park, Newbury,   Berkshire, RG19 6HW
                           book on:- 01635 38740                                                   www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk                        

                 BREAKING THE RULES - Hand Stitching                                       1st - 2nd October   2 day workshop   £80                          Explore the combination of canvas work and applied fabrics, developed for                the border of the Ashridge Millennium Commission ‘Aspiring Arches’.       All levels of ability

 

                     Venue 8:   HURST FESTIVAL NEW               The Village Centre, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.
   book on:- 01273 835886  or at:- www.hurstfestival.org/tickets.html    

               MACHINE EMBROIDERED GREETINGS CARDS                             Saturday 25th September 2010      10am-4pm   £16                    Design and create an original machine embroidered greetings card. Combine                            applied fabrics with freehand machine embroidery.                      All levels of ability

 

         Venue 9:   SUSSEX GUILD EVENT ROOM NEW             Sussex Guild Shop, Southover Grange, Southover Road,         Lewes, East Sussex. BN7 1TP
                           book on:- 01273 479565                           

 No courses arranged at the moment. Watch here for future events

 

As a freelance tutor and lecturer I am happy to travel to your Group or Organisation and offer the following selection of titles.

WORKSHOPS

                                     *Creative Machine Embroidery for Beginners                                        *Machine Embroidered Book Covers
                                         *Machine Embroidered Bowls and Vessels                                               *Machine Embroidery inspired by Gustav Klimt (1 or 2 day) NEW
*Bags of fun: machine embroidered bags and purses (2-3 days)
*Textures and Holes: machine embroidery on open weave fabrics
                                           *Layered Landscapes (1 or 2 day)                                              *Architectural Textures (1 or 2 day)
*Machine Embroidered Greetings Cards ( or Christmas Cards)
*Machine Embroidered Lace. using soluble fabrics
*Machine Embroidered Gardens
                                                             *Monet’s Gardens                                                              *Cut-away Applique
*Breaking The Rules: combining canvas work & applied fabrics (2-3 days)


LECTURES

*Creative Stitched Textiles
                                       *Interpreting Natural Forms in Embroidery                                                                                                    *Containers and Vessels                                                                *Art, Architecture and Stitch
*Starlight Serenade ‘Taking Embroidery a Stage (Curtain) Further’
*A Change of Scale ‘The Challenges of Commissioned Work’
*‘Aspiring Arches’ A Millennium Commission

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