WORKSHOP PROGRAMME 2018 - 2019

All our workshops are presented by members of the group. We aim to learn from each other and to have fun.

 Workshops start at 10.00 a.m. (set up from 9.45 a.m.) and finish  at 4.00 p.m. The cost is £15.00 for members and £20.00 for non - members, unless otherwise stated.
Please bring a packed lunch (tea and coffee provided)
The workshops are held at 1 Johnson Road, Birstall LE4 3AT or at Evington Scout Hut, 101a Evington Drive, LE5 5PH
. There is limited parking at the Birstall venue, so please share transport if possible. Additional parking is available at the School Lane Car park

DATE	TITLE	VENUE	DESCRIPTION
Value	Zipped pouches	Birstall	Rene will be showing us how to make 2 designs - a boxy pouch and an "open-wide" bag. This is a free workshop but we ask you to donate one bag for sale at our exhibition.
10th November 2018	Soluble fabrics	Evington	Debby will be helping us to experiment with 3 different soluble fabrics on a Christmas theme.
19th January 2019	Applique taster session	Birstall	Claire and Lynda will offer a choice of applique techniques, including Broderie Persee for you to try. You can choose to concentrate on one or try any combination of the work on offer. If you opt for the Broderie Persee method, there will be a selection of motifs available for your use.
16th February 2019	Bookcover workshop	Birstall	Claire, Lynda and Rene will be offering 3 different approaches to making a bookcover; fantasy fabric, pieced and block printed. (A selection of Indian wooden blocks is available and a small charge will be made for the use of fabric paint or you can bring your own) This is a free workshop but we ask you to donate one bookcover and book for sale at our exhibition.
2nd  March 2019	Making 3D fabric flowers	Evington	Janice will show us how to make fabric flowers which cab be used to embellish bags, clothes, book covers or cards
13th April 2019	Lino cutting	Birstall	Sue will show you how to use soft cut lino to cut your own blocks from your own designs and then print fabric or paper as you choose
May 2019	Fused applique	Birstall	Lynda will teach you how to make a design using negative and positive images from a simple shape, which will be fused onto a background material.
​13th July 2019	Fabric Dyeing	Evington	​Debby Orange will help you dye a family of colours (bucket dyeing) and also have a go at applying dye to fabric using other techniques.