All-day Workshops

Sept-Dec 2010

We specialise in 'close-tuition' workshops (lots of value for money tutor time and attention), in our new light, airy and wheelchair friendly premises.

You can drive in and park right outside at weekends too! Places are limited so please book early.

You can now book by post, over the telephone, via the web or by visiting the showroom.

Fees are payable in full on booking.

Booking confirmation will be sent, together with a materials list

(if applicable), as soon as the course becomes viable.

If you have booked a place and find you can't come please let us know.

If we can re-sell your place you get the fee refunded!

These courses are for over 16’s only

Ability level guidance:

_* No previous experience necessary

_** Previous experience helpful

_*** Previous experience essential

Simple Spirals : Sue Stallard

Saturday 4^th September £35.00 (_*/_**)

10am – 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Booking deadline: 28^th August

This is a technique workshop, sampling three types of spirals,

Spiral Rope (Staircase), Spiral Herringbone and Spiral Peyote using different sizes and shapes of beads.

The workshop instructions will also include five projects incorporating all techniques

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Take 2 Motifs..... : Sue Maguire

Saturday 25^th September £35.00 (_*/_**/_***)

10am – 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Booking deadline: 18^th September

A popular Beadworker's Guild tutor, Sue has designed 2 pretty motifs for this technique and design workshop, which can be linked and joined in a multitude of ways, some harder than others, she tells me! Sue will teach you the 2 motifs and basic linking techniques and then encourage and help you to play with them in a variety of combinations to design new ideas and projects using them.

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Autumn Garden Bracelet : Sue Stallard

Saturday 9^th October £35.00 (_*/_**)

10am – 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Booking deadline: 2^nd October

A skilled embroiderer, Sue Stallard now works with computers and graphic design (instruction books to die for!) and her bold use of colour gives her work a unique look.

This Bracelet is worked with a band of Square Stitch in size 10 Delicas (medium), which can be as narrow or wide as your clasp allows.

The base is fringed as you go along, so you can see how the finished bracelet will look as you bead.

The Fringe contains Leaves made with size 15/00 seed beads, pressed Glass bell flowers,

Drops, crystals, pearls, butterflies & flowers, finished with pretty little picot leaves.

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Spiralling Around : Liz Thornton

Saturday 13^th November £35.00 (_*/_**/_***)

10am – 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Booking deadline: 6^th November

Back by popular demand, Liz is quite happy for total beginners to do this course but _*** students will learn a lot as well!

The aim of the course is to teach students how to stitch beads together using two spiralling techniques.
Spirals are particularly suitable for making necklaces and bracelets, but can also be used to make decorative straps for evening bags.
Also, a short length of a spiral can be used as a beaded bead.

Course outline: The focus of this workshop will be on

1. Herringbone Spirals, starting with the basic stitch and then exploring ways of exaggerating the spiral,
and of varying bead selection for pattern and texture.

2. Dutch Spirals, including Double Dutch. This stitch is usually described as a ‘one way’ stitch -
Liz will show that this does not have to be the case and also how to join a length end to end seamlessly.

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Herringbone : Sue Stallard

Saturday 27^th November £35.00 (_*/_**)

10am – 4pm (1 hour lunch break)

Booking deadline: 20^th November

In this workshop you will be able to learn different techniques within the stitch of Herringbone, (Ndbele)

Flat, Tubular, Spiral Tubular, how to increase, Step up and turn. You have the choice of beading a piece or trying the different techniques.

You will have a chance to make either a pendant, scissor or bag fob, choker and a butterfly

but you will be given instruction for all pieces so you can also play at home. Once you have completed one you will be able to bead the others.

N.B. When booking a course please be aware that the course will not be confirmed or your materials list sent until the course becomes viable.

Any courses cancelled by us will be refunded in full.