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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 Castanea - Crafts in Spain 2013. Why not join me for a week of creativity inspired by the Spanish Artist Antoni Gaudi.
NEW venue - Sussex Guild Events Room at the Sussex Guild Shop in Lewes, Sussex
NEW venue - Patcham Community Centre, Brighton, Sussex.
NEW venue - Denman College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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These popular courses in Brighton and Hove offer an in depth exploration into the exciting world of Freehand Machine Embroidery CREATIVE 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 2013
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 2013
book on:- 01273 417178 e-mail wendy.dolan@ntlworld.com
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WEST DEAN COLLEGE
West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex. PO18 0QZ
book on:- 01243 811301 www.westdean.org.uk Residential / non-residential
MACHINE EMBROIDERED BOWLS taster day 16th May 2013 suitable for all levels of ability
ARCHITECTURAL TEXTURES 2nd-5th June 2013 suitable for all levels of ability
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PATCHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE
Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, East Sussex. BN1 8TA book on:- 01273 417178 e-mail wendy.dolan@ntlworld.com
MACHINE EMBROIDERY INSPIRED BY GUSTAV KLIMT Sunday 16th June 2013 £45 Learn how to use your machine for freehand machine embroidery and create exciting designs inspired by the patterns and colours of Gustav Klimt’s artwork. Fabrics will be layered, stitched and worked into with a soldering iron. Gold leaf will be incorporated in the designs.
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CASTANEA - CRAFTS IN SPAIN NEW
Mar Menor, Mercia, Spain. www.castaneacraftcourses.com book on +44 (0)1527 69100 e-mail info@castaneacraftcourses.com
PATTERNS AND TEXTURES OF ANTONI GAUDI 19th - 25th May 2013 Join me for an exciting week of creativity. The Spanish Artist Antoni Gaudi will provide the inspiration for this course. Freehand Machine Embroidery and other skills are explored and developed as you create unique designs inspired by the exciting patterns and textures of Gaudi. 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.
Suitable for all levels of ability.
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THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE SUMMER SCHOOL 2013 ‘In the Garden’ Lucraft Road, Brighton, Sussex. BN2 4PN book on:- 01273 417178 e-mail wendy.dolan@ntlworld.com
Monday 22nd - Friday 26th July 2013 (5 days) 10am-4.00pm £200 Indulge yourself in a week of creative stitching. Working on a theme ’In the Garden’, students will be able to explore ideas by combining layers of fabric, paint and stitching. Ideas will be developed into individual designs. This course is suitable for students with a basic knowledge of machine embroidery and a willingness to try out new ideas.
For students with basic freehand embroidery skills.
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PUDDLEDUCKS
116 St John’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent. TN13 3PD
book on:- 01732 743642
MACHINE EMBROIDERED LANDSCAPES Tuesday 28th May 2013 £40 Develop landscape designs by piecing, layering and stitching a background of textured fabrics. This textured surface will then be worked into with machine embroidery. Suitable for all levels of ability.
MACHINE EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVERS Friday 5th July 2013 £40 Design and create a cushion cover by piecing, layering and stitching a background of textured fabrics. This textured surface will then be worked into with freehand machine embroidery. Suitable for all levels of ability.
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MAKING SPACE
Bishopstoke Rd, Leigh Park, Havant, Hants. PO9 5BN book on:- 02392 472491
MACHINE EMBROIDERED BOOK COVERS Saturday 4th May 2013 £40 Create exciting notebook covers, combining layers of fabric with freehand machine embroidery. Suitable for all levels of ability
MACHINE EMBROIDERED CHRISTMAS CARDS Saturday 19th October 2013 £40 Design and create your own individual Christmas Cards. You will create an exciting background of fabrics and thread which will be worked into with Freehand Machine Embroidery. Suitable for all levels of ability
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FOREDOWN TOWER Foredown Road, Portslade, Sussex. BN41 2EW
book on:- 01273 422632 www.portslade.org
MONET’S GARDENS - MACHINE EMBROIDERY Friday 19th April 2013 Designs will be created using basic machine embroidery with the addition of fabrics and threads. Colours will be blended to give an impressionistic effect. Suitable for all levels of ability.
MACHINE EMBROIDERY FOR BEGINNERS Friday 31st May 2013 Learn how to set up your machine for freehand machine embroidery and ‘draw’ with your thread. Develop control of your machine and create exciting textures and patterns.
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SUSSEX GUILD EVENT ROOM Southover Road, Lewes, East Sussex. BN7 1TP
book on:- 01273 417178 wendy.dolan@ntlworld.com
MACHINE EMBROIDERY FOR BEGINNERS Sunday 28th April 2013 10.30am-4.30pm £45 Learn how to set up your machine for freehand machine embroidery and ‘draw’ with your thread. Develop control of your machine and create exciting textures and patterns.
MACHINE EMBROIDERED WINTER LANDSCAPES Sunday 6th October 2013 10.30am-4.30pm £45 Develop winter landscape designs by piecing, layering and stitching a background of textured fabrics. This textured surface will then be worked into with machine embroidery. Suitable for all levels of ability.
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INKBERROW DESIGN CENTRE Cedar House, Britten Street, Redditch, Worcs. B97 6HD
book on:- 01527 69100 info@inkberrowdesigncentre.co.uk
‘SUMMER DAYS’ Monday 8th-Friday 12th July 2013
Enjoy a week of creative stitching. Working on the theme, SUMMER DAYS, students will be encouraged to develop their skills combining layering fabrics, painting and freehand machine embroidery Suitable for all levels of ability.
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DENMAN COLLEGE
Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX13 6NW www.denmancollege.org.uk book on:- 01865 391991 info@denman.org.uk
MACHINE EMBROIDERY FOR BEGINNERS 19th - 21st August 2013 from £247 Learn how to use a basic domestic sewing machine for freehand machine embroidery. Draw with your thread to create exciting textures and patterns
MACHINE EMBROIDERY INSPIRED BY GUSTAV KLIMT 27th-29th August 2013 from £247 Learn how to use your machine for freehand machine embroidery and create exciting designs inspired by the patterns and colours of Gustav Klimt’s artwork. Fabrics will be layered, stitched and worked into with a soldering iron. Gold leaf will be incorporated in the designs.
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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)
*Machine Embroidered Cushion Covers(1 or 2 day) *Machine Embroidered Flowers NEW *Machine Embroidered Trees NEW *Bags of Fun: machine embroidered bags and purses (2-3 days)
*Layered Landscapes (1 or 2 day) *Machine Embroidered Winter Landscapes / Autumn Landscapes NEW *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 - Hand Embroidery(2-3 days)
LECTURES
*Creative Stitched Textiles
*Interpreting Natural Forms in Embroidery *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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