Enrolments are open for the following 2026 workshops.

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All workshop fees will be discounted by 15% if the enrolment and payment is received by 31st March (unless stated otherwise in the workshop description).  Enrolments after this date will be at the full rate.

 

2026 Tutors:

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• Clare Smith - quilter, slow stitching, textile printing and dyeing.

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• Jeanette Verster - mixed media artist - paper and textiles.

 

• Jo Dixey - professional embroiderer; teaching and exhibiting throughout New Zealand and Australia    

                         as well as carrying out commissions for churches, fashion designers and the film industry.

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• Katherine Pepperell - traditional embroidery; specific methods taught - stumpwork, counted thread work.

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• Maria Champion-Forster - traditional and contemporary embroidery; specific techniques taught -

                                                    Spanish Moorish, surface embroidery, Wessex.

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• Mary Self - textile designer, traditional and contemporary embroidery;

                          specific techniques taught - surface embroidery and stumpwork. 

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• Robyn Parker - master weaver.

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• Sandra Brooks - traditional embroidery, weaving; specific techniques taught -

                                   stumpwork, surface embroidery, kogin, Schwalm, tablet weaving.

 

• Sue Swann - traditional and contemporary embroidery; specific techniques taught -

                             needlelace, counted thread and surface embroidery with a focus on Central Asian techniques.