Excellent!! Freindly, welcoming, Informative and encouraging. Allows you to try and experiment. Learn on your own machine. Gain confidence and inspiration. Will definitely come again and recommend!!

I didn’t know what to expect being a real beginner in crafting. I can honestly say it was such a wonderful day creating beautiful pieces, learning loads of techniques, using different products to make something unique. Anita is a great, talented artist and tutor who is extremely supportive and the group were extremely inspiring too. Homemade cake and cups of tea as well!! The day was an injection of happiness and I’m really looking forward to the next event! Thank you Anita and the lovely regulars I met.

Beautifully produced book, very tactile and filled with inspiration. Had been hoping to find this for a while and so pleased I did.

Brilliant day using nappy liners, fabric, inks, bondaweb, sewing machine,foils, more stitching and stencilling we created a piece a textile panel. Anita who runs this workshop does a great job with step by step tuition and helps a lot. I highly recommend the workshops there. Anita always cooks lovely cakes to go with the coffee. A great day out a bargain at £30.

Is an enjoyable day. Was easy to book and pay online.

Great show, lovely atmosphere. It is lovely to have small independent traders and artists

This was our first visit to this show and having been to many textile and wool shows over the years our first impression was that it wasn’t very big. However, it was actually perfect for that! The sellers had all set out gorgeous stalls and there was no repeats of what another stall had. There was lots of space to enjoy browsing without being crushed. All of the stall holders were relaxed and happy to chat, none of the harassed looks that we have witnessed at the bigger shows.
It was brilliant to be able to observe the workshops and they were so reasonably priced too. Next year we will be taking part in some of them for sure.
Possibly a little bigger break out area for food and drinks would be better. We were fortunate to get seats easily but if there had been a large group of friends they most certainly would have taken up most of what was available. There didn’t seem to be anyone cleaning the tables either.
Our Satnav found the Lynnsports centre however there was little or no signage to the show.
There was no signage to the toilets either and 50% of the ladies were out of order. However I appreciate that is out of your control.
Over all we really enjoyed ourselves and we will most definitely return to the next one so thank you for all of your hard work and we hope that you are now enjoying a well deserved rest 🌿💚🌿

Really enjoyed the workshop. Learned so much

I haven't been on the course yet. Date due to attend is 7/8 September 2024

Great day, fun to work with new materials. Anita is a good teacher , demonstrating techniques but allowing you to use them in your own way. Very generous with materials and equipment.

A wonderful little iron for small projects. Love it.

Had a great time playing and trying out new techniques. Anita is a very inspirational, supportive and encouraging teacher. Her cakes are excellent too.

It was the first time I had attended an Experimental Thursday and I was not disappointed. I learnt such a lot, all of it so useful. For instance, I am very new to textile art and had not used stencils since childhood - it has opened up a whole new area for me.
The whole emphasis is on trying out and exploring new things with no pressure placed on ‘being perfect’, but on enjoying trying new skills and ideas. Anita explains and demonstrates everything clearly and is happy to go over anything again. All of us used the techniques learnt to produce quite different work - there is no learning by rote, proscribed project to complete. The only standardised thing was the size of canvas we used as a base.
For very little outlay this is an excellent day. Anita is generous with her skills and knowledge and is very encouraging and helpful. It really was the most enjoyable day with lovely people who share your interest and passion.
In the days since I am happily continuing with the piece I started - helped by advice and thoughts from Anita. She plants thoughts and ideas, she encourages you to use your imagination. The day made me push myself, fired my imagination and opened up all sorts of possibilities for creativity in the future. I can highly recommend trying an Experimental Textile Workshop - whatever your ability.

Had a great day today! Moving out of my comfort zone. I love all crafts, but they are mostly structured/formed - managed to be a little random/free today! Great group, great space and fabulous cake! Can’t wait until the next time I’m free to indulge again. Thank you Anita and the friendly like minded course attendees 😀 I’ll be back x

These evenings are not long enough to do all we'd like to in the time available. So many different ideas and techniques to try out and inspiration at each class with Anita. The studio time is really enjoyable while learning. Bring a note book!