Week of Courses
QUILT AS YOU GO LOG CABIN
Log Cabin is a very versatile patchwork block with many variations. For this project you can create nine different log cabin variations (no foundation piecing involved) as a sampler quilt (see picture) or as a 'Sew A Row' quilt. The different blocks are quilted before being joined together using a 'Quilt As You Go' technique.
FULLY BOOKED: PEN AND WASH
A course looking at pen and ink techniques and combining them with watercolour to create line and wash artwork. We will be looking at how to create textures, tones and decorative patterns with ink and how to paint various washes and then combining the two to produce line and wash work. Demonstrations, help and advice
GILDING NATURE
Learn techniques for gilding flowers, leaves and seedheads from your garden. Start with pressed leaves and flowers, then progress onto more challenging 3D items such as dried pods, seedheads, cones, bark, fresh leaves, flowers, pebbles and shells. Put together your own arrangements to create decorative pieces for Christmas, weddings and special occasions. Jo Mabbutt Residential:
FULLY BOOKED: QUILT AS YOU GO LOG CABIN
Log Cabin is a very versatile patchwork block with many variations. For this project you can create nine different log cabin variations (no foundation piecing involved) as a sampler quilt (see picture) or as a 'Sew A Row' quilt. The different blocks are quilted before being joined together using a 'Quilt As You Go' technique.
FULLY BOOKED: TIME TO WRITE
A creative retreat in the idyllic surroundings of the Lake District which has been an inspiration to generations of writers. Whether you’re a beginner needing help to put your ideas on paper, or an author longing for a peaceful space, constructive feedback and the company of other writers, this is for you. There will be
GILDING FOR CHRISTMAS
Bring some metallic glitz to your own Christmas cards and wrapping paper this year! Learn to use real metal leaf, metallic transfer foil and metallic powders to create striking patterns and designs, bold and subtle images and backgrounds. Print and stencil with metallic varnishes and waxes for wrapping paper designs and textures. Experiment with combinations
PIANO IMPROVISATION
Develop your improvisational skills using well-known pop songs. Play tunes you know and like in the way you want to play them. Convert a melody into different styles. Don't let dots get in the way. If this doesn't get you tickling the ivories with more confidence, nothing will! For anyone willing to give it a
INTRODUCTION TO UPHOLSTERY (1)
INTRODUCTION TO UPHOLSTERY (1)
A small starter project to complete in a day - replace a drop in seat in a dining chair, piano stool or small stool - using a mixture of traditional and modern techniques. Learn how to take off old coverings and work out what you can reuse, rebuild with appropriate filling, fabric selection and placement,
SUNDAY LECTURE: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: LIFE, LITERATURE AND IMAGINATION
SUNDAY LECTURE: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: LIFE, LITERATURE AND IMAGINATION
Famous as the author of The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most intriguing and contradictory characters in English literature. He is also of course a leading figure among Lake District writers. This lecture will focus on Coleridge's achievements as a poet and thinker, in the context of his