SAT 28TH JAN 10.30-3.30PM ALL DAY FREE CARDMAKING DEMO
CELEBRATION TO MARK 30 YEARS OF MONKTON ELM
all welcome - cake and tea for all who come in time! Raffle in aid of Children's hospice South west
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PAPERCRAFT CLASSES/CLUBS:
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| CARDMAKING WITH CINDY SAT 3RD MAR 2-4PM £12.50 |
| CARDMAKING WITH CINDY SAT 31ST MAR 10.30-3.30PM £20.00 |
| LEARNING 'TIM HOLZ' WITH GAIL SAT 25TH FEB 10.30-1PM £12.50 |
LEARNING 'TIM HOLZ' WITH GAIL WED 21ST MAR 10.30-1PM £12.50
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| MEMORY BOOKS WITH SACHA -PORTFOLIO SAT 21ST JAN 10.30-3.30PM £15 |
VINTAGE SUITCASE WITH SACHA -SEE CABINET SAT 10TH MARCH 10.30-3.30PM £15 THIS IS A LONG PROJECT, PLEASE NOTE YOU NEED TO COME TO ALL 3 SESSIONS
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VINTAGE SUITCASE WITH SACHA PART 2 SAT 17TH MARCH 10.30-3.30PM £15
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VINTAGE SUITCASE WITH SACHA PART 3 SAT 24TH MARCH 10.30-3.30PM £15
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DROP IN CRAFT CLUB MON 23RD JAN FROM 10.30AM £5
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DROP IN CRAFT CLUB MON 6TH FEB FROM 10.30AM £5
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DROP IN CRAFT CLUB MON 20TH FEB FROM 10.30AM £5
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SCRAPBOOKING CLUB EVERY THURS TIME TO BE CONF £5
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TEXTILE CLASSES/CLUBS
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RAG RUG MAKING WITH TANSY WED 7TH MARCH 10am- 3.30PM £30
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(for this class to get a head start bring 50 cut pieces of stretchy fabric 6mm x 3mm & good dressmaking scissors)
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KILIM WEAVING WITH TALITHA SAT 11TH FEB 10AM - 3.30PM £26
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DYE YOUR OWN SHIRT SHIBORI STYLE - TALITHA SAT 24TH MARCH 10AM - 3.30PM £28
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SHASHIKO SEWING WITH TALITHA SAT 26TH APRIL 10AM - 3.30PM TBC
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| PATCHWORK CLASS WITH GAIL SAT 11TH FEB 10.30-1PM £10 |
| PATCHWORK CLASS WITH GAIL SAT 10TH MAR 10.30-1PM £10 |
SEW CINDY-STYLE SMALL ONE DAY PROJECT SAT 14TH APR 10.30-3.30PM £ TBC
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SEW AND STITCH CLUB EVERY OTHER FRI FROM FRI 3RD FEB £3
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NEEDLE FELTING PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE
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LEARN TO USE YOUR SEWING MACHINE ANY TIME EXCEPT TUESDAYS £10 (1HR APPROX)
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KNITTING AND CROCHET CLASSES/CLUBS
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HOW TO USE COLOUR /CIRCULAR NEEDLES SAT 11TH FEB 2-4.30PM £18
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HOW TO MAKE A CUSHION COVER PART 1 TEXTURE SAT 10TH MAR 2-4.30PM £18
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HOW TO MAKE A CUSION COVER PART 2 COLOUR SAT 14TH APR 2-4.30PM £18
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HOW TO KNIT AND FELT FLOWERS SAT 12TH MAY 2-4.30PM £18
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SEWING UP YOUR KNITTING PROFESSIONALLY SUN 4TH MAR 1.30-3.30PM £13
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| SEWING UP YOUR KNITTING PROFESSIONALLY SUN 1ST APRIL 1.30-3.30PM £13 |
LEARN TO KNIT IF YOU 'VE NEVER KNITTED! SUN 22ND JAN by arrangement £6.50 1 hr
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| LEARN TO KNIT IF YOU 'VE NEVER KNITTED! SUN 19TH FEB by arrangement £6.50 1 hr |
| LEARN TO KNIT IF YOU 'VE NEVER KNITTED! SUN 4TH MAR by arrangement £6.50 1 hr |
| LEARN TO KNIT IF YOU 'VE NEVER KNITTED! SUN 18TH MAR by arrangement £6.50 1 hr |
LEARN TO CROCHET EVERY FRIDAY by arrangement £13 2 .5hrs
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KNIT AND NATTER (EVENINGS) 1ST WED OF EVERY MONTH 430-7.30PM £3
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KNIT AND NATTER (DAYTIME) 2ND WED OF EVERY MONTH 2-4PM £3
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ALTERED ART CLASSES
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SACHA'S STUNNING KEY CABINET THURS 9TH FEB 10.30-3.30PM £20
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SACHA'S HOUSE WITH MANY ROOMS TUES 28TH FEB 10.30-3.30PM £20
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LOOK OUT FOR DECORATED BOXES, MINI SUITCASES AND MORE
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CHILDREN'S CLASSES
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BRING YOUR MUM/DAD - DECORATE A BIRD HOUSE SAT 18TH FEB 10-12PM £8CHILD £10 ADULT
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| Note : both parent and child will go away with a decorated bird house each |
price includes does not include bird house (£2)but we do provide all paints and other materials to decorate it
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JEWELLERY MAKING CLASSES WITH TANSY
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| CLASSES COMING PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE! |
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ABOUT OUR CLASS LEADERS :
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CINDY RAPSON - PLEASE SEE PAPERCRAFT PAGE FOR PHOTOS
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Cindy is a demonstrator for Kars and regularly goes to shows in Europe to help demonstrate their products.
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Her classes are always original and fun, and we only have 8-10 people so you always get individual attention
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SAT 3RD MAR 2-4PM She is taking the famous Inchies stamps- wedding, birthday and even Xmas to give you a chance to practice your stamping techniques and make inspiring cards for the Spring. Not to be missed! Bring any small stamps you have with your usual tool kit - see tool kits to bring to workshops list below.
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SAT 31ST MAR 10.30-3.30pm Cindy is indulging herself in the world of Sue Wilson - who demonstrates for Spellbinders - always creative with her Cuttlebug, Cindy uses Spellbinders and the beautiful Mica powders to present you with unusual cards for special family members. - bring a die cutting machine if you have one as well as usual kit.
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GAIL MACROW - PLEASE SEE PAPERCRAFT PAGE FOR PHOTOS
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Gail works at the Craft Centre having spent years working in craft shops, and now is offering her Tim Holz classes, which are inspired by meeting the man himself and spending 3 hours at his workshop in Holland.
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| SAT 25TH FEB 10.30-1PM Gail takes you through the various Tim Holz techniques with Distress ink pads going from the simplest use to the more intricate. She helps you produce a small sample book and gives you pre-printed stickers for the back of each page to act as a reference for the future. Please bring any Tim Holz distress ink pads that you have. She will also open up her box of Alchohol inks so that you can have a 'play', making amazing colours on embossed foil. Please bring heat tool if you have one. |
WED 21ST MAR 10.30-1PM Another of Gail's Tim Holz classes which cover different techniques from the ones above, so please come to this one as well as the earlier one. Please bring any Tim Holz distress pads or alchohol inks and heat tool if you have one.
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SCRAPBOOKING CLUB Gail runs the scrapbooking club which runs every Thur, come along with any project you are working on and get inspiration from others. If you are new to scrapbooking, bring some photos and she will get you started. Gail will let you use our wonderful Cricut cutting machine, so no need to spend hours cutting out shapes. Letters are easy on the Cricut and you can be inspired by the images that you can produce with ease for your pages.
PATCHWORK CLASS Gail holds a poular patchwork class monthly which is either for beginners or improvers. Bring your fabric to your class which needs to be 3 x fat quarters, one light, one dark and one medium in tone. This is hand stitching in the class, but you can machine stitch it at home. Gail teaches you different techniques for each panel to end up with a beautiful quilt, or cushion cover/wall hanging. Either come every month or when you can.
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LEARN TO ENJOY YOUR SEWING MACHINE Gail will spend an hour with you and your machine, (please bring in the machine half an hour earlier so that she can familiarise herself with it) and by the end you should be happy with all the features, bobbin, tension, stitch length and more... please book for a one-to-one lesson (any day except Tuesdays)
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ISABELLE CAILLET - PLEASE SEE KNITTING PAGE FOR PHOTOS
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Isabelle must be one of the best knitters we have in Somerset, she just loves to knit and share techniques that you can usually only find with the top professional designer knitters. She teaches in small groups with tailor made courses for each person.
CIRCULAR NEEDLES: She has regular circular needle classes, which include Fairisle techniques. If you have never tried circular, please come along- we provide you with the smooth bamboo interchangeable needles, you bring some good DK wool and we'll start you on a small adult hat. You'll never look back . Please book SAT 11TH FEB 2-4.30PM
CUSHION COVER:This year she has decided to launch her cushion cover project. During the two sessions you can choose techniques - both texture and colour :cable, bobble, diagonal, 'sea flower' stitch, zig zag stich and 'colour' slippping. You will end up with 3 lovely cushions from merino wool (not supplied but available to buy for 10% under RRP) and will be helped to sew the cushion together. This is suitable for beginners, as long as they are comfortable holding needles and can recognise the knit and purl stitch. Please book SAT 10TH MAR & SAT 14TH APR 2-4.30PM |
| FELTED FLOWERS: SAT 12TH MAY 2-4.30PM Celebrate the start of summer by learning to knit and then felt flowers - come along and let Isabelle explain how to knit and shape flowers then put them in the washing machine to felt. Bring own 100% wool. |
PROFESSIONAL FINISH FOR YOUR KNITTING: DO YOU HATE SEWING UP YOUR KNITTING? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A TIDY LOOKING COLLAR/SHOULDER LINE? IF YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THOSE UFO'S (UNFINISHED OBJECTS) WITH CONFIDENCE AND WEAR THEM/ SHOW THEM OFF, COME TO FINISHING SCHOOL £16 FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH.G:
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TALITHA CLARKE- PLEASE SEE SEWING PAGE FOR PHOTOS
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| Talitha is a real textile Queen, she orginally trained with Kaffe Fassett , the knitting designer, and is brimful of ideas to share. She is also a teacher and her teacher training shows when juggling a class of our new weavers all at different stages. She loves to pass on her skills- this year it is Kilim weaving, geometric weaving which is done on a simple wooden frame so does not require any expensive loom. Bring your own yarn, DK or chunky, plain , darkish colours and you will have a lovely day weaving, and end up with fabric for a little purse or wall picture. SAT 11TH FEB 10AM - 3.30PM |
DYE YOUR OWN SHIRT SHIBORI STYLE SAT 24TH MARCH 10AM - 3.30PM
are you interested in dyeing?, come and see the wonderful Kimono that Talitha made to show off this technique. Shibori is a Japanese style of dyeing using cold water dyes, binding, stitching, folding, twisting and compressing the fabric in a traditional white and blue. Bring a shirt or t- shirt or scarf of plain white or light colour and by lunchtime you will have created an exciting new garment. After lunch Talitha will let you 'play' with other techniques using pieces of calico so you can take home inspiration for upcycling your clothes. Dyes provided please bring an old towel and a shirt or two. and good scissors.l |
WHAT TO BRING TO OUR CLASSES
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SACHA'S CLASSES - PORTFOLIO class:Whatto bring:
cereal box
12 x 12 singlecolour card
12 x12 patterned paper
usual kit :cutting mat, score board, adhesives, ruler, pencil,scissors, knife etc |
PAPERCRAFT CLASSES - scissors
glue
knife
ruler
heat mat
craft sheet
heat tool if requested (and if available)
die cutting machine if requested (and if available)
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ALL TEXTILE CLASSES A GOOD PAIR OF SCISSORS / FAT QUARTERS FOR PATCHWORK CLASS
AND FOR THE RAG RUG MAKING BRING YOUR OWN STRETCHY FABRIC 6MM X 3MM - ABOUT 50 PIECES
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MIRANDA MCPHERSON - PLEASE SEE KNITTING PAGE FOR PHOTOS
Miranda works at the Craft Centre and is on a mission to teach everyone to knit! (over 6years) ON ALTERNATE SUNDAYS
She welcomes absolute beginners every other Sunday. Bring your own wool and needles and in less than an hour you will be a knitter! Also those 'returners' who need a brushing up on what is purl and what is knit, how to increase, how to cast on and cast off... please come along just for the hour and we'll have you back on track!
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SALLY STEPHENS - runs our popular crochet club on Sundays ( only for improvers not beginners) She will teach you to crochet from scratch on Fridays, but ONLY if you come in a group of 3 or more. Learn to do a granny square during first lesson. She is very patient and happy to take you through the moves lots of times! £13 10.30-1pm
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SACHA WALDREN - PLEASE SEE PAPERCRAFT PAGES FOR PHOTOS
and COME AND SEE HER WORK IN THE CRAFT CENTRE CABINET, IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY!
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Ask Sacha what drew her to the wonderful imaginative world of suitcases and portfolios, memory books and altered art key cabinets, and she will probably tell you the story of how she found the Woolworths pick and mix bags the exact size for her books, and found herself buying more and more sweets just for the bags. She will recyle anything in her quest for the ultimate book for memories, all her classes require a score board as well as the usual tool kit list above.
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TANIA CASH - PLEASE SEE HER RAG RUG IN THE CRAFT CENTRE - OTHER SAMPLES TO FOLLOW
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Tania runs her own shop in Dorset, so you can always count on every class she does being full of unusual fabrics and fibres - her special rag rug making class is very popular. RAG RUG MAKING WITH TANSY 10AM -3.30PM
WHAT TO BRING: PLEASE BRING SOME GOOD DRESSMAKING SCISSORS AND SOME OLD T-SHIRT MATERIAL FROM COLOURFUL FABRIC - IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRE CUT YOUR FABRIC TO HELP YOUR RUG ALONG BEFORE THE CLASS, PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE CAN ADVISE ON SIZE.
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DEBBIE ANGERAS - Debbie works at the Craft Centre and all the beautiful felted work in the shop is done by her, she enjoys working with textiles,especially felting with the Janome embellsiher and has recently discovered the joy of the die cutting machine to cut organza and felt. She is often to be seen at the till, making felted birds, her favourite , now moving on from robins to bluetits as the seasons progress. come and see her work on the wall and in the cabinet, especially her new painted birdhouse
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| CAROL BLACKMORE – WORKS AT THE CRAFT CENTRE AT WEEKENDS AND IS KNOWN FOR HER THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS THE LATEST TREND IN CARDMAKING – IT’S CAROL WHO CHOOSES ALL OUR WONDERFUL SPELLBINDERS AND IT WIIL OFTEN BE CAROL’S CARD THAT CATCHES YOUR EYE AS YOU WALK ROUND THE SHOP – ASK HER ANYTHING AND SHE WILL TRY TO MAKE SURE SHE FINDS OUT FOR YOU- ALSO A GOOD KNITTER – REMEMBER HER NATIVITY SET IN THE WINDOW? | | LINDA TROTT - “I RUN THE FORTNIGHTLY DROP IN CRAFT CLUB FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING US FOR A FEW HOURS TO NATTER AND CRAFT. WE HAVE QUILTERS, EMBROIDERERS AND KNITTERS IN THE GROUP AS WELL AS SOME KEEN CARDMAKERS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US WITH YOUR UNFINISHED PROJECTS OR NEW CHALLENGES AS WE ALL LOVE TO SHARE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND HAVE A LAUGH" | | MICHELLE EDWARDS – MEMBER OF CRAFT CENTRE, DESIGNS AND MAKES BEAUTIFUL SUBTLE CARDS . | |