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Workshops are for beginners and improvers
and cover a variety of techniques. They range from one hour taster
sessions to one day or weekend workshops and week long summer schools.
What you can make depends on the time
available but even taster sessions enable you to make a sample - it's
all hands on. Longer courses also cover elements involved in
design in greater detail and you could complete a project at summer
school.
Accompanied children are usually welcome.
Some courses are just for young people or those with learning
disabilities.
Explore your creativity at your own pace
with expert tuition. (Warning - this craft can be addictive!)
Hessian, tools/equipment, books are
available at courses or by mail order
Course details may be changed and new
dates added later so please check with venue or Jenni.
Rag
Rug Making Courses
and Events in 2008
February
12
DAY
WORKSHOP at Capuchin
Yard, Hereford. 10am-3pm - £35
Call the Small Gallery 0776 889 8388
February
16
DAY
WORKSHOP at Highwood
Farm near Newbury, Berkshire (near M4, Junction 13)
£50
incl lunch 10-4.
Bookings: marianne@mohandes.co.uk
01635 40542
February
29, March 1,2
COUNTRY
HOUSE WEEKEND at
Lower Buckton, Leintwardine, Shropshire From 5ish Friday to
Sunday lunch. Delicious
home produced food. Optional walks in Mortimer Country. Small group.
Cooked breakfasts, light
lunches, elegant gourmet dinners, accommodation, tuition: £205
March
11
DAY
WORKSHOP at Capuchin
Yard, Hereford. 10am-3pm - £35
Call the Small Gallery 0776 889 8388
April
26,27
WONDERWOOL
WALES
at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. Powys.
Woolschool
- workshops and tasters for all the family, demonstrations, rare breed
animals. Details:
http://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk
or 01982 552224
1.15pm-2.15pm
- RAG RUG MAKING TASTER on
the Wool Emporium Stand. £5 - plus materials £2 (book first). Make a sample using traditional shaggy rag rug technique and
recycled textiles. Other taster sessions daily.
Mid
Wales Mouthful FOOD FESTIVAL Details:
www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk/mouthful
Over
50 stalls of local and sustainable produce, artisan and speciality food
and drink from Powys. YUM!
May
8-11 9am – 6pm
RHS SPRING
GARDENING SHOW at 3
Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs. - with the Worcestershire
Guild of Designer Craftsmen in Wye Hall.
May 24 & 25
Handmade-in-Hay selling exhibition at
the Butter Cross, Hay, during the Guardian's world famous Literary
Festival
May 30
DAY WORKSHOP at the Jinney Ring
Crafts Centre, Hanbury nr Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Craft workshops,
gallery, shop, scrummy farmhouse restaurant.
£50 Details/booking 01568 750229 or email Jenni
June
7 10am –5pm
DAY
WORKSHOP
for Low Impact Living Initiative at Hackney City Farm, London. £60
See http://www,lowimpact.org
for full details or call 01296 714184
July
1 10am-4pm
DAY WORKSHOP at the
Stanton Guildhouse, nr. Broadway, Worcestershire - £47 includes
lunch. Bookings/info 01386 584357
www.stantonguildhouse.org.uk
July
10
TALK to Hereford Textile Group,
Tillngton, Hereford. Visitors £3. Details: 01432 840559
June 26
DAY COURSE: Crazy Rugs & Raggy
Bags at Helena Lane Centre, Ludlow, Shropshire. Start a rug or decorate
a hessian bag.
£22 (plus £1 for hessian or £3 for bag)
Bookings: 01743 355159
July
SUMMER
SCHOOL at Marlborough College
- famous independent school in Marlborough, Wiltshire
20-26
- mornings only 5 day course: Rag Rug Samplers
20-26
- afternoons only 5 day course: Crazy Rugs & Raggy Bags - course for
teenagers
Residential
or non-residential.
Enquiries/bookings: 01672 892388 and
http://www.mcsummerschool.org.uk
August
14-17
The
FESTIVAL OF QUILTS at
the N.E.C., Birmingham. Superb international exhibition, quilters’
heaven. Quick & Easy rag rug taster workshops at the Learning Curve
020 8692 2299 - http://www.twistedthread.com
August
26 10am to 4pm
Plaited
(braided) rag rug Day Workshop at the Small Gallery, Hereford.
£50 - 01432 379142 September
6 12 to 4pm
Demonstration
at Wyvedale Garden Centre, Hereford September
13 - 21
h.Art : Herefordshire Arts Week
Exhibitions,
open studios, art trails, special events September
13 to 17 October
h.Art EXHIBITION of Jenni's work at Shepherd's Ice Cream Parlour
and Cafe, corner of Widemarch and Maylord Streets, Hereford. Open every
day. September
20 10am to 4pm
CRAZY RUGS and RAGGY
BAGS at Ludlow Library, Shropshire. Start a rug or
decorate a bag. £30 (plus £1 for hessian or £3 for bag)
Bookings: 01743 355159 September
21 1pm to 4pm
Rag Rug DEMO and BOOK SIGNING at Shepherd's Ice Cream
Parlour and Cafe September
23 10am to 4pm
DAY WORKSHOP in Hereford.
£50. Booking: 01432 379142 September
27 and 28 9am to 6pm
RHS AUTUMN GARDEN SHOW at 3 Counties Showground,
Malvern with the Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsmen in Wye Hall.
Quality craftwork and craft demos. October
9 - 12
The KNITTING & STITCHING SHOW at Alexandra Palace, London.
International exhibition of textile arts, events, workshops &
stalls. Quick & Easy rag rug workshops at the Learning
Curve. Info 020 8692 2299 www.twistedthread.com
October
30,31, November 1,2
The KNITTING & STITCHING SHOW, Dublin. International exhibition of textile arts, events,
workshops & stalls. Quick & Easy rag rug workshops
at the Learning Curve. Info 020 8692 2299 www.twistedthread.com
November
22 10am to 4pm
DAY WORKSHOP at the Jinney Ring Craft Centre, Hanbury, nr.
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire Craft workshops,
gallery, shop, scrummy farmhouse restaurant £50 Details/booking 01568 750229 or email Jenni
November
28, 29, 30
COUNTRY HOUSE WEEKEND at Lower Buckton, Leintwardine,
Shropshire. From Friday evening to Sunday lunch. Delicious home
produced food. Optional walks. Small relaxed group. Time for You!
Cooked Breakfasts, light lunches, elegant gourmet dinners,
accommodation & tuition £198 (‘07price!)
December
6 12 to 4pm
DEMONSTRATION: Rag rug making
at Wyevale Garden Centre, Hereford. Tools and books for sale
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