Workshop Saturday 8th March “Natural Collections “ with Liz Cooksey

        Natural Collections 

Workshops are held at the United Reformed Church Hall, Brookhouse Road, Alsager, ST7 2PA.

The cost for members is £40

Taking observations from nature Liz will explore and experiment with an eclectic mix of media, materials and techniques. Using wrapping and binding with fine hand dyed threads and fabrics, hand stitching for embellishment along with fragments of paper and print she will show you how to combine with wire to give structure, form and shape.

Liz provides a kit with threads , fabrics, prepared wire stems and a print out.

You need to bring small sharp scissors, any thread or fabric you might like to include (only tiny snippets) and your lunch.

Tuesday 4th March - Sarah Thursfield “Wrought Linens”

 The next meeting is a talk by Sarah Thursfield entitled Wrought Linens.

Sarah studies and teaches the cut and construction of clothing from wrapped cloth to fitted pattern and from bone needle to sewing machine.

Her research field is late prehistoric and medieval dress, also the development of linen garments into the nineteenth century.

She is the author of ‘The Medieval Tailor’s Assistant, Common Garments 1100 - 1480’ 

Sarah has been supplying clothing for re-enactment for many years. A professional craftsman and an amateur historian she uses archaeological and historical sources to reconstruct clothing technology from prehistory onwards. She regularly teaches lecturers, heritage professionals and re-enactors, and contributes to costume publications. 

 

We meet regularly on the first Tuesday of the month upstairs in Alsager Library.

We try to arrive at 1.45 so we are ready for a prompt 2pm start. We generally have a sales table and details of the next workshop. Workshops are held on a Saturday in the United Reformed Church Hall, Alsager, 10am to 4pm.

Small Worlds workshop with Nikki Parmenter

 Really good workshop with lots of fantastic fabric to choose from. Nikki’s instructions were great and her work a real inspiration. We nearly all managed to have our creatures almost finished and on a wire frame by the end of the session. 

Work in progress 

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Nikki Parmenter talk

 Fascinating talk about fantastic animals made with an incredible mixture of fabrics and plastics. As well as the talk and accompanying slide show Nikki brought many examples of her work. We were truly inspired ready for the workshop on Saturday.