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 throughout the South East at:- Brighton, Sussex:- Puddleducks, Sevenoaks, Kent:-
Sussex Guild Event Room, Southover Grange, Lewes, Sussex.

Residential courses are on offer at West Dean College, Chichester, West Sussex,  Murcia, Spain with
Castanea Crafts 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)

CREATIVE MACHINE EMBROIDERY

These popular 24 week courses in Brighton and Hove offer an in depth exploration into the exciting
world of Freehand Machine Embroidery

BEGINNERS & IMPROVERS
Tuesday      6.30-9pm               Blatchington Mill School, Hove BN3 7BW
            Wednesday 9.30am-12pm               The Bridge Community Centre, Brighton BN2 4PN
24 weeks from October 2017      £350   

ADVANCED
This course is designed for students who have attended the beginners’ course or equivalent.
Wednesday  12.45- 3.15pm            Bridge Community Centre, Brighton BN2 4PN
 Wednesday  6.30-9pm      Blatchington Mill School, Hove BN3 7B
24 weeks from October 2017     £350     

book on:-  01273 417178               e-mail  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

MACHINE EMBROIDERED AUTUMN LANDSCAPES  Full
Sunday 29th October 2017        10am-4.00pm        £50

ARCHITECTURE IN STITCH - Machine Embroidery  Full
Sunday 5th November 2017       10am-4.00pm        £50

MACHINE EMBROIDERY FOR BEGINNERS
Sunday 11th February 2018      10am-4.00pm        £50

MACHINE EMBROIDERY INSPIRED BY GUSTAV KLIMT
Sunday 4th March 2018       10am-4.00pm        £50

MACHINE EMBROIDERED BOOK COVERS
Sunday 8th July      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

EXPLORING MACHINE EMBROIDERY TECHNIQUES
14th - 17th December 2017

MACHINE STITCHED TEXTILES—TEXTURED LANDSCAPES
4th - 8th January 2018

MACHINE EMBROIDERED LACE
18th - 20th May 2018

MEMORABLE PLACES AND JOURNEYS
3rd - 6th July 2018

INKBERROW DESIGN CENTRE
Britten Street, Redditch, Worcestershire. B97 6HD  www.inkberrowdesigncentre.co.uk
book on:- 01527 69100    info@inkberrowdesigncentre.com

MEMORABLE PLACES AND JOURNEYS
       25th-28thSeptember 2017   £340
We all have special places and journeys we like to remember. On this four day course you will develop an individual design, working from your own reference material, maps, photographs or drawings. Fabrics will be layered, creating exiting textured surfaces and maps will be transfer printed onto fabric.

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

MACHINE EMBROIDERED TREES
Tuesday 19th September 2017      £50

Tuesday 7th November 2017      £50

THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE
Lucraft Road, Brighton, Sussex. BN2 4PN
book on:-  01273 417178        e-mail  wendy@wendydolan.co.uk

SUMMER SCHOOL
Monday 16th - Friday 20th July 2018

After experimenting with a variety of techniques, you will be developing an individual piece of work using a variety of techniques.
This will include piecing, patching and layering, fabric painting and printing and freehand machine embroidery.
 

BATH TEXTILE SUMMER SCHOOL
www.bathtextilesummerschool.co.uk 
contact Lynne Roche on:- +44 (0)1225 318042    lynne@roche-dolls.co.uk

          ARCHITECTURE IN STITCH                   20th - 21st August 2018          £215

                         IN THE MEADOW - Layer, Paint and Stitch                23rd - 24th August 2018         £215                        

CRAFTY RETREATS
Mallety, nr Limoges France  www.craftyretreats.com
book on:- +44 (0)1566 776932           e-mail  info@craftyretreats.com

                                                 Thursday 20th - Thursday 27th June 2019                                         
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.

                          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                                                                   
In The Meadow - Layer, Paint and Stitch
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
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
Bags of Fun: machine embroidered bags and purses
Machine Embroidered Lace. using soluble fabrics
Machine Embroidered Gardens
Machine Embroidered Cushion Covers(1 or 2 day)

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