Workshop Reviews

Review: LAMPSHADE MAKING

From time to time we ask our learners to review our workshops. Read Sharon Colback’s critique of Lampshade Making. Ok, let’s confess here. Handiwork and me, to put it kindly, are not natural bedfellows. Gardening, scrubbing the kitchen floor, making frocks (I am of the generation that calls a... Learn more

Review: Basket Making

From time to time we ask our learners to review our workshops. Read Georgina Dawkins critique of Basket Making. As I left the house on Saturday morning my other half said to me “So will you be coming home with a basket made of reeds then?”  Not being a naturally... Learn more

Review: Upholster a Deep Buttoned Footstool

From time to time we ask our learners to review our workshops. Lucy wanted to know how to reupholster a stool with buttons and our ‘upholster a deep buttoned footstool’ workshop was perfect for her. As well as learning about choosing the right fabric to cover a footstool and... Learn more