Knitting and Crochet workshops

This workshop is designed to encourage guests to experiment with knitting and crochet together to create something for the home. It will be an exciting week of workshops held in an inspirational setting at the beautiful chateau. For further details and to book a space email sueculligan@gmail.com

FULLY BOOKED

26th September - 1st October 2012
HOT TEXTILES - BONDAWEB FOR BEGINNERS
AT LA VERDERIE
WITH TUTOR KIM THITTICHAI

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The cost of the holiday is £425 per head based on two sharing a twin room or £495 per head for a single room this includes full board and wine with evening meals, all workshops, materials, outings to local towns and transfers from local airports or train stations.

For further details or to make a booking email sueculligan@gmail.com

Spend time learning new skills in the quiet and relaxed atmosphere of La Verderie. With an intimate group of just 4/5 students this would be a great chance to take a break and discover a new way of working in textiles. Learn how to use Bondaweb creatively in a relaxed and comfortable environment. This is designed for beginners or those who feel they need a little help. The workshop will cover all the basic bonding processes including how to paint and foil this wonderful product. Discover how to build up layers of hand stitch and embellishment. Learn about decorating wood, paper and card and about just how versatile Bondaweb is. For further details and a full programme email sueculligan@gmail.com Please note a deposit of £75 is payable at the time of booking and is non-refundable unless we can resell the space. Balance payable by 26th August 2012. (4 spaces available)

DRAFT PROGRAMME

	morning	afternoon	evening
Wednesday 26^th		transfers to La Verderie from your chosen airport or station	Social evening meet your fellow guests and tutor and introduction the course.
Thursday 27^th	Painting and preparing products and demonstration.	Local outing tbc	Relaxed evening
Friday 28^th	Learning to apply painted and unpainted Bondaweb. Play with gilding flake, jewel dots, fabrics . . . .	Discover what you can apply Bondaweb onto. Students decorate and varnish a sketchbook cover. (provided)	Sit and hand stitch if you wish or just relax.
Saturday 29^th	Trip to local market a wonderful source of inspiration.	Students start to develop their own ideas and paint up more products for the final day.	Sit and hand stitch if you wish or just relax.
Sunday 30^th	Work on layered surfaces and experiment with more unusual fabrics and newspaper.	Stitch into samples or carry on with experiments. Final round uo and show and tell.	Final evening
Monday 1^st	return transfers

This is a rough guide as to how the workshops will run and can be changed to suit individual needs. Depending on the experience of the students we may have time to achieve more. The whole point of this workshop is to really understand how to use Bondaweb creatively. With such a small group the tutor will be able to adapt quickly to students needs.

3rd - 8th October 2012
HOT TEXTILES - LUSCIOUS LAYERS AT LA VERDERIE
TUTOR KIM THITTICHAI

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The cost of the holiday is £425 per head based on two sharing a twin room or £495 per head for a single room. This includes full board and wine with evening meals, all workshops, materials, outings to local towns and transfers from local airports or train stations.

For further details or to make a booking email sueculligan@gmail.com

Spend time learning new skills in the quiet and relaxed atmosphere of La Verderie. With an intimate group of just 4/5 students this would be a great chance to take a break and discover a new way of working in textiles. Discover the delights of layering materials and techniques. This workshop is designed for beginners or those who feel they need a little help. We will be painting, layering and stitching Tyvek, Vilene Spunbond and newspaper to create amazing textured surfaces with heat guns and soldering irons. Learn how to use heat guns safely and confidently. There will be plenty of time to create some beautiful and well considered samples to take home. Please note a deposit of £75 is payable at the time of booking and is non-refundable unless we can resell the space. Balance payable by 3rd September 2012. (3 spaces remaining)

DRAFT PROGRAMME

morning
afternoon
evening
Wednesday 3rd

transfers to La Verderie from your chosen airport or station

Social evening meet your fellow guests and tutor and introduction the course.
Thursday 4th
Painting and preparing products and demonstration.
Local outing
tbc
Relaxed evening
Friday 5th
Discover the benefits of layering products. Think about making book covers or vessels.
Start to build up layers with newspaper, Vilene Spunbond, Tyvek and Bondaweb.
An afternoon to experiment with all the products and get to know them.
Sit and hand stitch if you wish or just relax.
Saturday 6th
Trip to local market a wonderful source of inspiration.
Students start to develop their own ideas and paint up more products for the final day.
Sit and hand stitch if you wish or just relax.
Sunday 7th
Work on layered surfaces and experiment with making 3d samples if you wish.
Stitch into samples or carry on with experiments.
Final round up and show and tell.
Final evening
Monday 8th
return transfers

This is a rough guide to how the workshops will run and can be changed to suit individual needs. Depending on the experience of the students we may have time to achieve more. The whole point of this workshop is to really understand how to use layers in your work creatively. With such a small group the tutor will be able to adapt quickly to students needs.