Courses and 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 Freehand 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 in Brighton, Sussex:- Residential courses are on offer at West Dean College, Chichester, West Sussex, and Mallety nr. Limoges, France with Crafty Retreats. As a freelance tutor and lecturer, I travel nationally and internationally, visiting groups and guilds. (see below for details of available courses)



DUE TO THE CORONOVIRUS PANDEMIC I will be delivering a selection of courses online via Zoom. Please message me for further details wendy@wendydolan.co.uk

PATCHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, East Sussex. BN1 8TA book on:- 01273 417178 e-mail wendy@wendydolan.co.uk ARCHITECTURE IN STITCH THIS WORKSHOP WILL NOW BE HELD ONLINE VIA ZOOM Sunday 15th November 2020 10am-4.00pm £50

WEST DEAN COLLEGE West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex. PO18 0QZ book on:- 01243 811301 www.westdean.org.uk Residential / non-residential TEXTURED LANDSCAPES 11th - 14th December 2020 MACHINE EMBROIDERY INSPIRED BY GUSTAV KLIMT 21st -24th January- 2021 MACHINE EMBROIDERED TEXTILES INSPIRED BY PATTERNS AND COLOURS OF INDIA. 13th-16th May- 2021

CREATIVE MACHINE EMBROIDERY These popular courses offer an in depth exploration into the exciting world of Freehand Machine Embroidery NEW TEMPORARY VENUE FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THE AUTUMN TERM Court Bushes Community Hub, Willow Way, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9TH due to regular venues being temporarily closed. BEGINNERS & IMPROVERS Tuesday 10.00am-3.30pm (all day, alternate weeks) 12 weeks from October 2020 £380 I am hoping that we can return to the Oasis Fellowship Hall, Hove on Wednesdays in the New Year to continue the day classes ADVANCED This course is designed for students who have attended the beginners/improvers course or equivalent. Tuesday 10.00am-3.30pm (all day, alternate weeks) 12 weeks from October 2020 £380 I am hoping that we can return to the Oasis Fellowship Hall, Hove on Wednesdays in the New Year for day classes book on:- 01273 417178 e-mail wendy@wendydolan.co.uk

THE GRANARY STUDIOS The Granary, Owslebury Farm, Main Road, Owslebury, SO21 1LU https://granarystudio.com MACHINE EMBROIDERY INSPIRED BY GUSTAV KLIMT 11th - 12th February 2021 2 days Thurs/Fri £175 Enjoy two days exploring the patterns and colours in the work of Gustav Klimt. You will be layering fabrics, machine stitching and then burning away areas with a soldering iron. Gold and Silver leaf (imitation) will be applied to areas of the design

IN STITCHES CREATIVE TEXTILE COURSES Sunfield Studio Unit 9, Sunfield Business Park, ‹New Mill Road, Wokingham. RG40 4Q https://www.institchestextilecourses.co.uk/wendy-dolan---architecture-in-stitch-2021.html ARCHITECTURE IN STITCH 24th-25th March 2021 This course is inspired by doors, windows and other architectural features. Applied fabrics, texture mediums, fabric painting, and freehand machine embroidery will be combined to create exciting textured surfaces. Fabrics will be pieced, patched, layered and textured, then worked into with paint and machine embroidery as you create an individual design.

OLD BANK STUDIOS 19 King Quay Street, Harwich, Essex CO12 3ER http://www.oldbankstudios.co.uk/events/wendy-dolan-layer-paint-stitch contact 01255 242930 LAYER, PAINT AND STITCH 17th - 18th July 2021 This course offers the chance to develop a variety of skills in a creative way. Applied fabrics, texture mediums, fabric painting, and freehand machine embroidery will be combined to create exciting textured surfaces. Fabrics will be pieced, patched, layered and textured, then worked into with paint and machine embroidery.

	BRIGHTON SUMMER SCHOOL Falmer Village Hall, South Street, Falmer, Brighton. BN1 9PT book on:- 01273 417178 e-mail wendy@wendydolan.co.uk SUMMER SCHOOL 6th-10th August 2021 £285 This course will encourage you to experiment with a variety of techniques, Including piecing, patching and layering, fabric painting and printing and freehand machine embroidery. You will then develop an individual piece of work. Set in a beautiful location opposite the village pond in Falmer Village, Sussex - near the Universities of Sussex and Brighton and the Amex Stadium. Enjoy a week of creative stitching. Free parking.

CRAFTY RETREATS
Mallety, nr Limoges France www.craftyretreats.com
book on:- +44 (0)1566 776932
TEXTURED LANDSCAPES
June 2022
Enjoy a week of creativity in the small and picturesque hamlet of Mallety, found in the Limousin amid the
forests and low mountains of the Monts D’Ambazac. Explore the textures of the landscape and create your own individual design.

As a freelance tutor and lecturer I am happy to travel to your Group or Organisation
and offer the following selection of titles. Most of these can be online via Zoom if required.

WORKSHOPS

Creative Machine Embroidery for Beginners
In The Meadow - Layer, Paint and Stitch (1 or 2 day +)
Layered Landscapes (1 or 2 day +)
Machine Embroidered Winter Landscapes / Autumn Landscapes
Architecture in Stitch (1 or 2 day +)
Machine Embroidered Book Covers
Machine Embroidered Bowls and Vessels - working with soluble fabrics
Machine Embroidered Lace - using soluble fabrics
Machine Embroidery inspired by Gustav Klimt (1 or 2 day +)
Machine Embroidery inspired by Antoni Gaudi (1 or 2 day +)
Machine Embroidered Flowers
Machine Embroidered Trees
Machine Embroidered Gardens

LECTURES

Creative Stitched Textiles
Interpreting Natural Forms in Embroidery
Art, Architecture and Stitch
Layer, Paint and Stitch - Exploring the techniques and ideas in my book.
A Change of Scale - The challenges of large scale commissions


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