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Dressmaking and Fabric Crafts

Beginners Knitting with Fran Griffith (max 8 people)

Learn how to cast on, plain and purl stitches, increasing, decreasing, casting off, how to deal with dropped stiches and following a pattern.

Boned Bodices with Fran Griffith (max 8 people)

Learn how to insert boning into that special garment.

Faux Chenille (max 8 people)

Create suberb textured fabric for chic cushions, jackets and bags from layers of stitched and cut fabrics. Use up those bits of old fabric you’ve been wondering what to do with for the last 10 years, even cut up old clothes. Add beads, shells etc................Wow!

New Programme coming soon.

Zips with Fran Griffith (max 8 people)

By the time you’ve put in a zip four different ways, you’ll be able to do it in your sleep! (Well, I can’t promise but you should lose any fear surrounding the process.) Invisble zips, zips with a placket, lapped over zips and the straight forward even edged kind!

Faux Chenille

Fabulous patches of Faux Chenille created by people attending a workshop. The 2 sets of 3 squares at centre left and right of this picture used the SAME 6 pieces of cloth in their construction. Hard to believe such different effects could be achieved using the same cloth.

Velvet

Maggie with Velvet.

Maggie's Feather bag

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