Workshop
Events
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Focus on technique – Triangular zipped purse 03/03/2026
This workshop focuses on simple but effective techniques. We create a lined purse with a top stitched zip and apply fusible wadding.
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Mixed-Media Mindfulness
This 2-hour workshop is an escape from our busy lives! So many of us are rushing from one place to the next with a long to-do list. This is an […]
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Easter Bunnies – A focus on technique session 17/03/2026
This workshop focuses on simple but effective techniques to create two projects. 1. Stitch a bunny basket to hold Easter treats Use some basic hand stitching to make your bunny […]
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Still Life Drawing Club with Vanessa Stone
March 21st - Linear Forms: exploring mark making with white ink on black paper Vanessa has been running a Still Life Drawing Club for the last three years in Newark on […]
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Watercolour Florals with Becky Ullah
This 2 hour workshop will be all about fun watercolour florals. We will be celebrating the start of spring with some beautiful flowers and you can go detailed or loose […]
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Beginners Raw Edge Machine Applique: Embroidery Easter Cards
This is a workshop for anyone who would like to have a go at raw edge machine applique. You will make up to 2 Easter cards during the session. No […]
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Creative Writing with Elizabeth Barber– A Taster Day!
This taster day is an opportunity for beginners and writers at all levels to practise their writing skills with stimulating, confidence-building exercises, feedback and guidance. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to explore fiction writing and […]
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Willow Plant Supports with Hazel Godfrey
This beginners’ willow workshop will teach you two weaving techniques and a style of binding for making useful structures for your garden. You will make a 5ft wigwam style support […]
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Intermediate Raw Edge Machine Applique: Embroidery Spring Daffodils
Your chance to spend some time stitching some spring daffodils, using your sewing machine to draw with! This workshop is suitable for those who have done any machine applique before […]
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Make a Fused Glass Panel for Home or Garden
During this one day workshop you will have the opportunity to create a fused glass panel, suitable for your garden or home. You will learn about the glass being used, […]
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Print & Stitch: A Day of Creative Exploration with Donna Davies
Set aside time to unwind, explore, and enjoy the pleasure of working slowly with cloth, pattern, and stitch. This immersive one-day workshop invites you to combine accessible fabric printing methods […]
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Surrealism: Create Your Own Dream World with Shannon Lane
This one-day workshop invites participants to create their own surrealist dreamworld painting using acrylic paint on canvas. Through guided prompts and practical demonstrations, students will explore imagination, symbolism, memory, and […]
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BBC radio’s ‘Children’s Favourites’ – The hidden history with Stephen Barnard
For any child in the 50s, 60s or 70s, the Saturday morning radio request show ‘Children’s Favourites’ -later renamed ‘Junior Choice’ - was a big part of growing up. Presented […]
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Servants in a Victorian Country House
This lecture will look at the work and lives of servants in the houses of the gentry and aristocracy and allow us to think about the work they performed, accommodation […]
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The Making of Modern Israel
Illustrated lecture followed by questions and discussion. This lecture seeks to explain the origins of the terrible conflict of recent years. It covers the period from the 1880s to the […]
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Patchwork and Quilting – taking your skills further with Sheena Roberts
Seeing Art Through Fabric: Shape, Balance, and Stitch: In this relaxed workshop, we’ll explore how an abstract collage by Loló Soldevilla can inspire a quilt composition. No art history experience […]
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Chinese brush painting – Painting Spring Flowers with Marion Dearlove
We will be looking at Chinese brush painting techniques for painting crocus, tulip, narcissus, daffodils and blossom. We will be using Chinese bush painting materials.
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Buccaneers: American Heiresses and Country Houses
At the end of the Victorian Period several British aristocrats married American heiresses. Sometimes these marriages were love matches in others they were cynical attempts to revive family fortunes. We […]
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Easter Table Flowers with Helen Allen
Make a super Easter wreath ring for the table ( or door) using long lasting and fresh spring flowers and blossom, foliage, eggs and a few twigs. No knowledge of […]
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Classic Albums: Carole King’s Tapestry & Bill Withers’ Still Bill
Join us for another talk in our Classic Albums series exploring some of the most outstanding LP records ever made. Stephen Barnard takes us back to 1971, when Carole King […]
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An Introduction to Greek Myth
An introduction to the rich tradition of Greek myth that still permeates our lives in the 21st century, without us always noticing it. Learners will be introduced to the origins […]
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Love the clothes you have – Simple repairs for everyone with Jane Neesam
Save the planet and save your money. Learn 5 key skills to love your clothes for longer. Simple repairs for everyone. We will.be using resources from .Repair What You Wear […]
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The Structure of Gothic Cathedrals
The great Gothic cathedrals can appear dauntingly complex, both on the inside and outside. Yet, with a beginner's knowledge of engineering, it isn't difficult to distinguish the structure from the ornament. […]
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Sea Shanty Workshop
A workshop which explores the history of sea shanties then focusses on learning five or six (or more depending on the group) in unison and/or simple harmonies.
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How Britain nearly changed the outcome of the American Civil War
The American Civil War ran from 1861-1865. Several times during the war, Britain very nearly was at war with the Union. Britain was involved in building the Confederate Navy and […]
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Creative Writing Workshop for Competitions
If you want to improve your writing, entering writing competitions are a great way to focus your mind, refine your craft and achieve recognition. Competitions offer cash prizes, a chance […]
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Introduction to using your Sewing Overlocker with Jane Neesam
Are you too scared to get your overlocker out of the box? Bring it along and get started on some basic overlocking skills including: Threading. Recognising and achieving good Stitch […]
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Still Life Drawing Club with Vanessa Stone
May 16th – Feather and Stones: looking at pattern and blending tones using gouache and coloured pencils Vanessa has been running a Still Life Drawing Club for the last three years […]
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Still Life Drawing Club with Vanessa Stone
June 20th - Fantastic Flowers: large scale drawings of brightly coloured flowers using inks and watercolour pencils. Vanessa has been running a Still Life Drawing Club for the last three years in […]