Jenny and Alison taught together at South Trafford College and forged a great friendship and working relationship.

These classes will be taught by both Jenny and Alison who bring their different skills together to provide some interesting and different courses.

Jenny Wightwick

Some years ago I gained City and Guilds qualifications in Creative Embroidery and Teaching discovering an enthusiasm and passion for working with fabric. I have completed the first year of a part time degree in Creative Practice at MMU, which is helping me to develop my ideas and skills further.

I have been lucky enough to teach Creative Textiles at the Wilmslow Guild where I enjoyed organising my own courses and putting together day workshops. Passing on knowledge and skills to other enthusiastic creative practitioners is important to me and I am looking forward to working with Alison.

Forthcoming Courses

Felt Bead & Jewellery Making Workshop

Hand made beads using felt ( from wool tops) and tyvek to create unique and interesting beads embellishing with different coloured paints, wire and bought beads. Followed by making jewellery pieces such as bracelets, necklaces and ear rings using your made beads and adding traditional bought beads to create matching sets.

Collage Making Workshop

Collage making on A4 paper using memorabilia, old maps, text, buttons etc to create an interesting composition and using iron on transfer paper, transfering the imagery onto fabric and embellishing further with beading, buttons, hand stitch etc and stretching around a frame creating an original piece of art.

Greeting Cards Workshop

Using silk fibres and inclusions such at dried flower petals and skeletal leaves, snippets of thread, buttons and beads, create silk papers to be cut into small sections and added to cards to make your own personalised greeting cards.

Christmas Decoration Workshop

Make felt balls from wool tops, add beading, ribbon and other embellishements to create stunning and original christmas tree decorations.

Dates for all our courses...