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Come and visit a beautiful area of Monmouthshire and learn a new skill in a cosy, country workshop. Textiles at The Weir is a studio based at a working small holding on the outskirts of Llanddewi Rhydderch, a small village just outside the market town of Abergavenny.
We provide a variety of textile based day courses including hand and machine embroidery, felting, embellishing, fabric painting and printing.
Our courses cater for all abilities from total beginners to the more experienced people looking for new challenges and techniques.
All courses are taught in small groups up to six with lots of opportunities for one-to-one tuition. The aim is for everyone to produce piece of work by the end of the day.
During this course we will explore how to introduce plants and flowers into our work using hand and machine techniques, including free machine embroidery which is like drawing and painting but using the sewing machine!
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will also learn various hand and machine techniques
Christmas Open Studio
A chance to do your Christmas shopping in my rural studio at Llanddewi Rhydderch, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine and mince pies! Browse textile landscapes and Gwlan Y Fenni products which make ideal, unique presents for friends and family. Keep the weekend free!
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will be guided to create a beautiful textile seascape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will use machine felting and may also learn various hand and machine techniques.
A really exciting day. See your photos transform in front of your eyes!! We will use your photos printed onto fabric and embellish using collage, applique, free machine and hand embroidery to create a beautiful, textured image.
A course focusing on small pieces of textile art using a variety of fabrics, threads, yarns and beads and a range of hand embroidery stitching techniques using shades of only 1 colour which you choose.
The end result is a beautiful, textured piece
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will also learn various hand and machine techniques
Take the opportunity to visit the Studio and see what we've been up to this year. Treat yourself to one of our beautiful products too!
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will be guided to create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will use machine felting and may also learn various hand and machine techniques.
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will also learn various hand and machine techniques
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will also learn various hand and machine techniques
Do you want to learn new creative skills? This is a course which will guide you through the many creative aspects of free machine embroidery using a range of fabrics and threads and your own sewing machine.
This course is aimed at people who have already attended a Layered Landscape course as it provides the opportunity to extend and develop your skills to include more detail in your design and explore new techniques.
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will be guided to create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will use machine felting and may also learn various hand and machine techniques.
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will be guided to create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will use machine felting and may also learn various hand and machine techniques.
Christmas Open Studio
A chance to do your Christmas shopping in my rural studio at Llanddewi Rhydderch, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine and mince pies! Browse textile landscapes and Gwlan Y Fenni products which make ideal, unique presents for friends and family. Keep the weekend free!
Surprise family and friends by making your own festive decorations and cards, a rag rug wreath or design and make unique Christmas stockings for all your family.
A mixed media approach to colour and shape using autumn leaves as the inspiration.
The day will involve painting and printing, felting, hand and machine stitching, applique and much more.
"Writing is a kind of textile art, word-weaving, stitching them into texts of subtle shades and textures" . During the day you can explore how to work some text special to you e.g. lists, a poem which could be your own, a quote or saying, names, an extract from a book, into a simple piece of work.
To use a mixed media approach to produce a piece of work based on a garden. Hand embroidery, machine embroidery, fabric painting and embeliishing.
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will also learn various hand and machine techniques
Dust off your sewing machine and learn how to use it with confidence. It may be you want to make items for around your home such as cushion covers, book covers etc or simple garments for yourself and your family.
An informal group session where everyone can develop and work on individual projects But also learn a variety of techniques and skills under the guidance of the tutor.
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Create an individually designed cover for a notebook or sketchbook using a variety of techniques and materials, including machine embroidery and embellishing.
Create an individually designed cover for a notebook or sketchbook using a variety of techniques and materials, including machine embroidery and embellishing.
An informal group session where everyone can develop and work on individual projects But also learn a variety of techniques and skills under the guidance of the tutor.
Please Contact Us for details
Take the opportunity to visit the Studio and see what we've been up to this year. Treat yourself to one of our beautiful products too!
An informal group session where everyone can develop and work on individual projects But also learn a variety of techniques and skills under the guidance of the tutor.
Please Contact Us for details
A course focusing on small pieces of textile art developed using a variety of fabrics, threads, yarns, beads, embellishments and a range of hand stitching techniques using shades of only one colour
A course focusing on small pieces of textile art developed using a variety of fabrics, threads, yarns, beads, embellishments and a range of hand stitching techniques using shades of only one colour
An informal group session where everyone can develop and work on individual projects But also learn a variety of techniques and skills under the guidance of the tutor.
Please Contact Us for details
Using my resources or your own photographs or pictures as inspiration, you will create a beautiful textile landscape using a range of fabrics, threads and embellishment. You will also learn various hand and machine techniques
An informal group session where everyone can develop and work on individual projects But also learn a variety of techniques and skills under the guidance of the tutor.
Please Contact Us for details
Use nature as the starting point for creating a beautiful, modern sampler using a variety of hand techniques.
