Festival of Britian Inspired Textile Printing Workshop Details:

Festival of Britain inspired textile printing with Fabric Nation To book a place on this workshop click here: Friday 8th July

Date: Friday 8th July
Time: 10.30m to 5.30pm (six hours workshop and one hour lunch break)
Level: Beginners
Teacher: Gillian Elam
Price: £55
Maximum Class Size: 6 people

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, we will be holding a 1950s inspired textile printing workshop with Gillian from Fabric Nation. Participants will be able to explore our collection of vintage mid-century modern textiles and books on key designers of the era before printing up their own fabric using 1950s and Festival of Britain inspired designs.  Participants will receive step-by-step tutorials on designing and carving their design into lino and then will use non-toxic fabric inks to print a repeat design.
No previous experience is needed and all materials are provided. At the end of the workshop, you will have learnt about mid-century modern textile designers, gained skills in lino printing, designed your own print and produced a piece of hand printed fabric.  The printed fabric will be washable and suitable for making up into a bag cushion, apron, purse, or other accessory.

All materials are provided, including home baked cakes.  Participants will need to bring their own lunch.

No previous printing experience is needed.

About Gillian:

I make stuff with vintage fabric. Give me a pair of flowery curtains and I will stitch & snip, glue & gather. I dream of fabrics from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The inside of my head is wallpapered with them. Call it DIY, indie crafting or neo-craft. I love it and have done it since I needed a dress to wear to a gig that rocked. The dress became a bag, the bag became a cat, the cat became a fascinator. Dressing up and setting up stall, taking pics and putting up shops, chatting with my crafty pals, it makes my sun shine.
http://www.fabricnation.co.uk/
http://fabricnationadventures.blogspot.com/

Owl Making Workshop Details:

Owl Making Workshop. To book a place on this workshop click here: Thursday 7th July 

 
Date: Thursday 7th July
Time: 11.00am to 1.30pm (two and a half hours)
Level: All Levels
Teacher: Zeena Shah
Price: £20
Maximum Class Size: 10 people
Make you own little owl softie!

Learn the simple art of printing, lots of sewing skills and create your very owl little owl. Personalise your owlie, stitch him and stuff him, then take him home and show him off!
About Zeena: I am a textile designer from little old London.  I like cutting, printing, birdies, collecting, drawing, sticking, hearts and making printed treats!
http://www.zeenashah.com/

An Introduction To Screen Printing Workshops Details:

An introduction to screen printing for textiles

To book a place on this workshop click here: Sunday 3rd July




Date: Sunday 3rd July
Time: 10.30pm to 4.30pm (six hours)
Level: All Levels
Teacher: Sam Wingate
Price: £55
Maximum Class Size: 6 people

An introduction to screen printing for textiles will provide you with a chance to develop your own design ideas into a textile print.
By using paper stencils, you will be taught how to turn your ideas into prints onto cotton during the session.  You will also be informed about photographic screen-printing techniques should you wish to carry on with the craft at a later date.
Each participant will be able to take away their prints from the day, which with a little handy work, you will be able to make an array of different items.
Samples will be on hand to illustrate the different effects screen-printing with stencils can produce.
Please bring an apron and wear something that can get dirty.
Plain cotton will be provided, but please bring any fabrics with you that you may wish to print onto.

About Sam: Mr Wingate was set up in 2006 as a printed T shirt Label by textile graduate Sam Wingate.
Initially selling from a market stall on Brick Lane, Mr Wingate soon built up a base of stockists and came to open a shop on Columbia Road in 2010.
The Shop has now gone but the Mr Wingate collection has expanded to include a range of homewares, all of which are still hand printed in Mr Wingate's East London studio.
Mr Wingate specializes in low-volume hand printing, which means each product that makes is way out of the studio is ever so slightly different from the next.
http://www.wingateprint.com/