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As you may have heard Anne and Julia are anticipating hanging up their rotary cutters and scissors in March 2013, making this their last full workshop list. If there are any particular workshops that anyone would like us to arrange, we will run a shortened list from September to December 2012.

We would like to welcome back Dot Carter as one of our tutors, so along with Sarah O’Hora and Vinnie Cable we now have three quarters of the Kindred Spirits Textile Art group as tutors – always a good recommendation. Penny Armitage is leading the Quilter’s Guild Textile Art group for the South West – so hopefully this workshop list will have something for everyone.

Each Saturday workshop will run from 10am to 4pm. Please arrive at 9.30 to settle in and have a cup of tea or coffee. You will be provided with tea, coffee and biscuits throughout the day, and usually cake with afternoon tea, but you will need to bring a packed lunch, or we can send out an order for sandwiches.

Please bring your own sewing machine, cleaned and with a new needle, ready for use. There are a limited number of irons available, so if you can bring an iron with you, it would be to your advantage. Please also bring rotary cutting equipment where applicable.

Two weeks before the date of any workshop an ‘ingredients’ list will be sent out – some workshops have kits included in the price.

When you book a workshop you will be required to pay in full at time of booking to secure your place. Should you have to cancel, and if another person can be found to take your place, you will receive a full refund. We will require a minimum of three days notice of cancellation, prior to the date of a workshop, otherwise a refund cannot be considered. ALL WORKSHOPS MUST BE PAID FOR IN FULL AT TIME OF BOOKING. SHOULD YOU NEED TO CANCEL WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO REFUND YOUR FEE, IF WE CAN ‘RE-SELL’ YOUR PLACE.

ALL WORKSHOPS RUN FROM 9.30am FOR A PROMPT 10am START UNTIL 4pm.

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15 th

WRINKLES AND RUNKLES - Tutor: Jan Tillett

Create amazing textures with shrink polyester and various threads. You will make a selection of stitched samples that can be used to inform future work. This is an opportunity to use exotic fabrics and have a really good ‘play day’. When Jan did this workshop last year everyone went home truly inspired.

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£35
22 th
 ‘DESIGN & MAKE’ SHADOW APPLIQUÉ - Tutors: Sarah O’Hora

Using everyday objects as inspiration this workshop shows you how to make your own designs. Using a few simple hints and tips you can create a truly original piece of shadow appliqué, to use on it’s own or as part of a bigger project. No drawing skills required and suitable for hand or machine sewing.
£35

12 th

CHRISTMAS - Tutors: Anne & Julia

This workshop always proves to be very popular and helps everybody get into the Christmas spirit, this year the main projects are, a Christmas tree skirt and robins. We’re always happy to go over old favourites and finish previous projects.

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£35
19 th
 AS ABOVE - Tutor: Anne & Julia
£35
26 th

FABRIC POSTCARDS - Tutor: Penny Armitage

Make beautiful and creative postcards to send to friends and family – maybe for Christmas? Patterns provided or bring your own ideas. A machine sewing workshop.

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£35

3 rd

STAINED GLASS CHRISTMAS CANDLES - Tutor: Carol Corke

Brighten up your Christmas with a small wallhanging. Techniques include mainly stained glass window, but there will be a chance to try some 3D wired leaves and decorative cording.

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£35

 

There are no Workshops in January

11 th

WRINKLES & RUNKLES - Tutor: Jan Tillett

Create amazing textures with shrink polyester and various threads. You will make a selection of stitched samples that can be used to inform future work. This is an opportunity to use exotic fabrics and have a really good ‘play day’. When Jan did this workshop last year everyone went home truly inspired.

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£35
25 th

TREES FOR ALL SEASONS - Tutor: Penny Armitage

Use reverse appliqué and ‘quilt as you go’ techniques to create your own unique panel of seasonal trees. It could be an opportunity to practice your free motion machining skills, but you can easily sew this with an open toed or zigzag foot. You will be finishing your blocks with machine or hand quilting and bind with net strips and tabs.

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£35

10 th
 FREE MACHINED HERBACIOUS BORDERS - Tutor: Jan Tillett

Create a beautiful thread picture based on a photograph of your garden or an image from a gardening magazine. Beginners and more skilled free machinists welcome.
£35
31 th
 TRY IT WITH TEXTURE - Tutor: Vinnie Cable

You will be making your own bespoke piece of fabric using unusual materials such as plastic, string, foil and even sweet wrappers. The ‘fabric’ will be made by layering various materials, stitching them, treating the layers with heat, paint etc, and embellishing further to achieve a beautifully textured finish. The piece can later be made into a book cover, box, bag, or million other things.
£35

14 th
 DO YOU KNOW YOUR SEWING MACHINE? - Tutors: Anne & Julia

The first half of this workshop is dedicated to learning how to clean and maintain your machine. We will then make a small project using a variety of stitches and feet to help you familiarise yourselves with those attachments you have never used before.
£25
28 th

LANDSCAPES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS - Tutor: Vinnie Cable

Create you own landscape quilt, based on a favourite photograph or quilt. In this workshop we will look at your source material, and try to turn it into a fabric creation. Whether it is a view from your window, seascape, high-rise building in a city, or a holiday snap, bring it along to see what happens. This is a machine sewing workshop.

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£35

12 th
 BOATS - Tutor: Dot Carter

Dot produced an amazing series of boat themed pieces inspired by her stay in Falmouth, Cornwall. You will be producing a piece of work using machine stitching, block printing and some mixed media techniques.
£35
26 th
 WOBBLY HOUSES - Tutor: Marlene Chaffey

These small contemporary raw-edge bonded appliqué wallhangings are great fun to do. Choose some pretty fabrics in happy colours, come with an open mind and design your own wobbly house or street. How about making one for a special person as a gift. Simple hand embroidery and beading are added for detail.
£35

9 th FEATHERED STAR - Tutor: Marlene Chaffey

This pretty 14” block is challenging, but easily achievable using foundation piecing to get nice sharp points. Make one block for a cushion or several for a quilt. As they are quite complex a little goes a long way and a quilt can be made with a little as five blocks.		 £35
15 th

FRIDAY - AN EVENING WITH CAROL CORKE – A TALK & BRING-A-PLATE SUPPER


Carol has been giving workshops at Step By Step for twelve years and has often thought she would like to see some of the completed projects.  This will be an opportunity for Carol to give a talk and for past and present students to ‘show and tell’.  Bring a plate of food to share.
From 7pm
16 th
 THE HOBO BAG - Tutor: Carol Corke

Carry your swag in this spacious shoulder bag.  Can be made in a day. A great gift idea. Easy to make. 		£35