In the spirit of Make Do and Mend, you will learn how to embellish and breathe new life into your garments and other textile items with Hand
About this event
Starts Thursday 5th May. There will be 6 sessions from 10:30 to 12:30.
Location: The Venue, Hill Street, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7AD
This 6 week course will be led by Ginns Creative.
In the spirit of Make Do and Mend, you will learn how to embellish and breathe new life into your garments and other textile items with Hand Embroidery.
Don’t throw away an item that is worn, torn or looking tired. With some simple stitches you can repair, patch and beautify your clothes saving money and the planet!
Hand embroidery is a rewarding skill to learn and develop, bringing a sense of achievement and satisfaction. Join a growing, global family of stitchers and be part of a movement to change attitudes and perceptions.
The workshops will teach some basic embroidery stitches and guide you as you embellish, repair or enrich your garments etc.
Materials and equipment provided; you bring along an item or items of clothing we can work on.
The course dates are:
Thursday 5th May
Thursday 12th May
Thursday 19th May
Thursday 9th June
Thursday 30th June
Thursday 7th July
We may be able to provide support to help carers or those without their own transport to attend!
This course is free to those living in the HR9 postal area. However, we are asking participants who would like to to make a voluntary donation towards the costs of our courses. This will help us to continue to provide activities once our grant funding ends in early 2022.
