Workshops

Crazy Patchwork Workshop

Wednesday 15th June 2022

To be held in the Stockbridge Room, Estate Building at Gawthorpe Hall

9.45 am  to 3.30 pm

The course will start promptly at 10.am   

Lunch:  Unfortunately, the National Trust cafe is closed. Please bring a packed lunch.             Beverages will be available all day in the workroom.  Please bring your own cup,  

Level: Beginners 

Tutor:  Alison Metcalf

We are going to make an embroidered needle roll to store all your valuable needles safely.  We will explore various simple stitches and combine them in the fashion of Victorian ladies when they created  their 'Crazy patchwork' quilts.   

Cost: £20 for members.  £22 for non members. A full pack including fabrics will be provided

Email: friendsofgawthorpe@gmail.com

Cheques made payable to ‘Friends of Gawthorpe’  and sent to:  Gail Marsh,

Friends of Gawthorpe, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, BB12  8UA

Please send your contact details - Your name and address, telephone number, email address and the number of places you are reserving on the course.  

Please bring: 

Your sewing kit including embroidery needles, and small scissors, thimble, if used, pins, pencil, pen and ruler.  Small pieces of lace, ric rac braid, narrow ribbon and lace could be useful.  Embroidery threads, perle, and stranded, small beads and sequins, tiny buttons and embellishments - whatever you have to hand.  Notebook and pencil.    

Please  park in the National Trust Car Park

Please note there are limited numbers on the course.

Finger Looping

Wednesday 13th July 2022

To be held in the Stockbridge Room, Estate Building at Gawthorpe Hall

9.45 am  to 3.30 pm

The course will start promptly at 10.am 

In the 15th and 16th centuries, Ladies of the Manor kept a household book with recipes, medicinal remedies, and instructions on how to make narrow braids and laces.  The mid 15th c book of the Tollemache family was called the 'Book of Secrets'.  Lady Bindloss', mid 17th c manuscript contained instructions for 35 braids and a sample of each.  We are going to learn how to make these historic braids and cords using only our fingers and some thread.  You will find this a truly fascinating technique.  

Email: friendsofgawthorpe@gmail.com

Lunch:  Unfortunately, the National Trust cafe is closed. Please bring a packed lunch 

Beverages will be available all day in the workroom.  Please bring your own cup,  

Level: Beginners 

Tutor: Gail Marsh

Cost: £20 for members.  £22 for non members. A full pack including fabrics will be provided

Cheques made payable to ‘Friends of Gawthorpe’  and sent to: Gail Marsh,  

Friends of Gawthorpe, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, BB12  8UA

Please send your contact details - Your name and address, telephone number, email address and the number of places you are reserving on the course.  

Please bring:  Stranded embroidery threads, 4 ply or double knitting cotton or perle threads in assorted colours.  Both Boyes and The Range sell packs of unbranded stranded threads in assorted colours at a very reasonable price.  A 30 cm length of string, a C clamp that cam be fixed to the table, notebook and pencil, tape measure and small scissors.  

Please  park in the National Trust Car Park

Please note there are limited numbers on the course.

Wild Needle Tatting

Wednesday 17th August 2022

To be held in the Stockbridge Room, Estate Building at Gawthorpe Hall

9.45 am  to 3.30 pm

The course will start promptly at 10.am 

Beginners and experienced tatters are welcome to try this fascinating technique.  Those of you that have tried traditional tatting will find needle tatting much easier to work.  We will be tatting tiny landscapes and mounting them on to greetings cards.  The cards and 'wild' backgrounds have been prepared for you.  

email: friendsofgawthorpe@gmail.com

Lunch:  Unfortunately, the National Trust cafe is closed. Please bring a packed lunch 

Beverages will be available all day in the workroom.  Please bring your own cup,  

Tutor: Gail Marsh

Cost: £20 for members.  £22 for non members. A full pack including fabrics will be provided

Cheques made payable to ‘Friends of Gawthorpe’  and sent to:  Gail Marsh,

Friends of Gawthorpe, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, BB12  8UA

Please send your contact details - Your name and address, telephone number, email address and the number of places you are reserving on the course.  

Please bring:

A basic sewing kit including small scissors and needles.  A fine crochet hook.  Tatting needle sets are available on line from Wood Warehouse £2.89, Oh sew Crafty £2.75 and Handy Hands £2.77.  Assorted crochet and stranded embroidery threads are particularly good for this technique. 

 

Please  park in the National Trust Car Park

Please note there are limited numbers on the course.

2019

Silk Painting

Wednesday 30th October

10 am till 3 pm

A talk and workshop with Susan Hughes

                  Commences with a short power point presentation on the history of silk,                          followed by the painting.  

 To be held in 

The Stockbridge Room, The Estate Building, Gawthorpe Hall

          Entrance opposite the The Tea Rooms

Email: friendsofgawthorpe@gmail.com

Lunch is available in the National Trust Tea Rooms or you may bring a cold packed lunch. Beverages will be available all day in the workroom.

Level: Beginners 

Tutor: Susan Hughes

Cost: £20 for members.  £22 for non members.  The cost includes all the materials required.  You only need to bring a pinafore to protect your clothes.  

Cheques made payable to ‘Friends of Gawthorpe’  and sent to:  

Friends of Gawthorpe, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, BB12  8UA

Please send your contact details - Your name and address, telephone number, email address and the number of places you are reserving on the course.  

Please  park in the National Trust Car Park

Please note there are limited numbers on the course.

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Zenspiration and Beyond

Wednesday 3^rd April -    Course Now Full

 9: 45 am for a 10:00 start till 3: 00 to 3:30 pm

To be held in 

The Stockbridge Room, The Estate Building, Gawthorpe Hall

          Entrance opposite the The Tea Rooms

Devotees to ‘Zentangle’ have found the drawing process relaxing and encourages mindfulness.  Learn how to master the simple ‘tangles’ and create your own exquisite works of art.

Email: friendsofgawthorpe@gmail.com

Lunch is available in the National Trust Tea Rooms or you may bring a cold packed lunch. Beverages will be available all day in the workroom.

Level: Beginners and those with some experience wanting to advance their skills.

Tutor: Gail Marsh

Cost: £20 for members.  £22 for non members.  

Cheques made payable to ‘Friends of Gawthorpe’  and sent to:  

Friends of Gawthorpe, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, BB12  8UA

Please send your contact details - Your name and address, telephone number, email address and the number of places you are reserving on the course.  

Please note there are limited numbers on the course.  

Please Bring:

• A set of Fine Liner pens.  UNIPIN Fineliners are available as a set of three - 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 mm.  They are available at good art shops and The Range.  The pigment ink is water and fade proof and the nibs keep their shape

• A HB pencil and sharpener or a HB 0.5 or 0.77mm mechanical pencil.

• An eraser may be useful.

• A tortillon  or stump for blending, or a couple of baby buds. 

• A notebook and a red biro or fibre pen if you want to record tangle structures / methods for future work.   

•  a magnifying glass on a stand if you think you may require this for very detailed work.  

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Wessex Stitchery

Wednesday 1^st May,  

9:45 am for a 10:00 start till 3:00 to 3:30 pm.

    To be held in 

The Stockbridge Room, Estate Building, Gawthorpe Hall, 

entrance opposite the Tea Rooms.

You are invited to spend the day looking through the exquisite samplers of Mrs Margaret M Foster, 1843 – 1936. We will analyse and “de-construct” her meticulous embroidery techniques and create our own designs, in her own words, by “the witchery of stitchery”.

Email: friendsofgawthorpe@gmail.com

Lunch is available in the National Trust Tea Rooms or you may bring a cold packed lunch. Beverages will be available all day in the workroom.

Level: All lovers of counted thread work and embroidery stitches will enjoy this workshop.

Tutor: Gail Marsh

Cost: £20 for members.  £22 for non members.  

Cheques made payable to ‘Friends of Gawthorpe’  and sent to:  

Friends of Gawthorpe, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, BB12  8UA

Please send your contact details - Your name and address, telephone number, email address and the number of places you are reserving on the course.  

Please note there are limited numbers on the course.  

Please Bring:

• A sewing kit.

• A variety of counted thread fabrics such as linen, Aida cloth, canvas, Hardanger, etc.  These can be quire small.

• Threads, stranded embroidery, perle, linen, crochet cotton, etc.  Again only small amounts required.

• Graph paper and note pad.  

• Pencil crayons, pencils and eraser. 

• Camera.  Photographs are allowed for personal use only.  

• Magnifying glass would be useful for examining the Wessex Stitchery.  

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