Unless stated otherwise my courses all take place at The Hearth in Horsley, Northumberland. This small rural arts centre has studios for 9 resident artists and I hire a nice big room to teach in with plenty of space for you to work and me to lay out materials. At lunch time we can take advantage of the café on site which serves delicious light lunches ,snacks and cakes and I usually open up my personal studio for a short while so you can see what I am currently working on.
You may be disappointed to find all my courses are FULL so if you really want to get on a course you need to sign up for my newsletter as it is definitely worth being on the waiting list. Students sometimes pull out for one reason out another.
Telling the Bees Saturday 25th July or Sunday 26th July at The Hearth 10-4 £50 incl all materials
both days FULL
We are all becoming aware of how important bees are to our ecology and how we need to halt their decline and encourage more of them into our gardens. In this course you will learn how to embroider some bees, set the context with a beehive and learn make to the hexagon patchwork structure used by the bees to hold their honey. We might even have time to pull a little bit of garden into the textile collage too by including bits of flowery domestic embroidery. Lots of techniques in one day but a true summertime inspired course.
To book please contact me HERE stating name of course
To book please contact me HERE stating name of course
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Woolly Transformation Saturday 10th October 10-4 at The Hearth. £60 including wools and other materials. You must bring your own garment.
Bring your own wool jacket, skirt or jumper ( second hand will do!) and have a go at personalising it and making it special with wool embroidery as featured in my new book "Textiles Transformed".I will show you where I get my inspiration from, styles of wool embroidery, how I plan out my designs and then demonstrate a range of stitches which are suitable to combine to make your garment unique. I will provide the inspiration and wools but you MUST provide the garment. To book this course contact me HERE stating name of course.
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Wool Work Sunday 11th October 10-4 at The Hearth. £60 including all materials.FULL
In this course you will sew a hand stitched wool work cushion cover. I will provide a piece of old wool blanket and tapestry wools for you to work with. I have a whole chapter on wool and canvas work in my new book and we will look at samples I created especially for the book as a starting point.The inspiration will come from looking at old crewel work designs, Yllebroderie ( Swedish wool work) folk art and the more abstract approaches taken by some contemporary textile artists. I will have some fragments of needlepoint that I have been collecting for some time and that you can incorporate in to your cushion cover if you wish. To be put on the reserve list for this course please contact me HERE stating name of course.
Owl Saturday 24th October 10-4 at The Hearth £60 incl all materials
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There is something magical about hearing an owl at night or seeing an owl flying low across a field. We rarely get to see them up close to appreciate their plumage and beauty but this course encourages you to really concentrate on the features building up a portrait of one of our British owl - Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Little Owl , Long Eared or Short Eared Owl. You will work on to a piece of vintage British wool blanket and can turn your piece into a cushion or small wall hanging. I can't pretend that you will get this project done in a day but you will have demonstrations through all the stages so you can feel confident about finishing at home.
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Enchanted Forest Sunday 25th October 10-4 at The Hearth. £60 incl all materials now FULL
It is several years since I have run this course at The Hearth so thought it was time for a revival! Come and create a beautiful portrait of a hare, fox, wolf, squirrel or deer on to a piece of antique quilt. I will show you how to build up a fabric collage and capture the spirit of the animal through stitch. Each step of the way will be demonstrated and you will work by hand. You dont need to be able to draw as I will provide templates but it is a good idea to bring some visual reference.
To be put on the reserve list for this course contact me HERE stating name of course.
To be put on the reserve list for this course contact me HERE stating name of course.
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Red Work Saturday 7th November 10-4 at The Hearth £60 all materials included now FULL
Red work embroidery dates back to the nineteenth century and involves working up a simple design using red thread. Sometimes red work designs were found on quilts and to embellish household linen. In the olden days transfers and stamps were used and you simply worked over them in back stitch. I prefer to research and source my own designs and admit that many of the patterns come from looking carefully at the motifs from an Australian quilt called The Westbury Quilt. In this course you will only use red and white ( or cream) but you will embroider directly on to the quilt top and perhaps combine the traditional redwork technique with some finger turned applique. I will give you some design ideas that I have gathered in my own research and help you every step of the way.
"Curly Locks" worked by my daughter Alice Pattullo for me during lockdown form her original drawing.
To be put on the reserve list for this course please contact me HERE stating name of course.
"Curly Locks" worked by my daughter Alice Pattullo for me during lockdown form her original drawing.
To be put on the reserve list for this course please contact me HERE stating name of course.
Jacket Sunday 8th November 10-4 at The Hearth £60 some materials included. You bring the jacket!
In this course you will transform a man's jacket into a fabric book or you can use the pieces to create a one off wall hanging ( as featured in my new book "Textiles Transformed"). You will carefully deconstruct a jacket to give you a palette of fabrics and features. My book was constructed from my Dad's jacket and I have used his words and photos of him. If you want to include photos and words I will send instructions so you can prepare this at home and bring with you but you might prefer to work just with the jacket pieces and some small extra suiting samples that i will provide for you to mix in.
You must provide your own man or women's tailored jacket. Charity shops have plenty and if you are local try upstairs in the hospice shop in Hexham where men's jackets are usually less that £5. To book on to this course please contact me HERE stating name of course.
You must provide your own man or women's tailored jacket. Charity shops have plenty and if you are local try upstairs in the hospice shop in Hexham where men's jackets are usually less that £5. To book on to this course please contact me HERE stating name of course.
Arctic Saturday 5th December 10-4 at The Hearth £60 including all materials NOW FULL
As the winter solstice approaches our days shorten and become cold.Some animals and birds hibernate or migrate but there are some magnificent white creatures such as the polar bear, snowy owl, arctic fox, wolf and hare who survive the harsher conditions of the north and who effectively camouflage themselves against the snowy landscape. You will build up a portrait of one of these using only white fabrics, vintage hankies, linen and lace on to a dark blue piece of quilt or a piece of blanket. Your hand stitching will help to define the feather or fur. Demonstrations all the way so if you do not finish you will feel confident to complete at home. Would make a lovely Christmas present!
To be put on the reserve list for this course please contact me HERE stating name of course.
To be put on the reserve list for this course please contact me HERE stating name of course.
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Winifred in Winter Sunday 6th December 10-4 at The Hearth £60 including all materials NOW FULL
Winifred Nicholson is one of my favourite painters and I especially love her still lives of vases and pots of flowers in domestic settings on sills with a landscape outsdie. In this workshop we will focus particularly on paintings she made in the winter months of bulbs and winter flowers and sometimes snow or winter landscapes outside. You will work from one of Winifred's still lives ( chosen by you) and buold up a textile collage which does not copy the painting exactly but does capture the colour, composition and mood. This is a challenge, so you will be working quite small, but I have taught this class several times and the students always produce beautiful and interesting work as illustrated by the picture below by Gwyn Stephenson made in one of my Winfred workshops a few years ago.
Please contact me HERE to be put on the reserve list for this course stating name of course.
Please contact me HERE to be put on the reserve list for this course stating name of course.
