WORKSHOPS 2013

Ellie Evans: Hanging Pockets

18th May 1 Place

Artist Ellie Evans has work that has made it to the hallowed floor of Liberty’s London! Harnessing the laborious processes of traditional hand embroidery and patchwork, combined with digital prints of old family documents she creates contemporary textiles that explores family histories, heritage and traditional craft. She also cross-stitches beautifully by eye! Bring along a family photograph and she will help you create a pocket from rescued vintage fabrics embellished with embroidery and digital print techniques. Hang it on the wall or wear it as a beautiful bag it will be a truly unique & personal piece. £50 10-4

Treasure Trove

1st June Places

Whether you want a day to yourself to get grips with unfinished projects or really want to be more creative but don’t know where to start this is the workshop for you. Using my collection of vintage and salvaged materials explore upcyling ideas, expand your sewing knowledge, learn image transfer methods; free motion stitching, appliqué, construction skills and anything other! Ideas to consider include bunting, bags, aprons, cushions and family keepsakes. Suitable for all abilities from the sewing scared to the creative professional - time and space for you! £50

Jessie Chorley: Altered Journals

8th June Full

I have a trunk full of old and beautiful bound books all ready for a new lease of life. Commissioned by Anthropologie in 2012 for a range of altered books Jessie really knows how to turn them into something really special. Create a journal, diary or scrapbook, using mixed media techniques such as drilling and stitching, cut work and paints. Add secret envelopes and an embroidered bookmark and finally bind together with an old ribbon, button or buckle detail. £55 10am -4pm

Jessie Chorley: Embroidered Objects

9th June Full

Create beautiful wearable objects and art accessories through embroidery, appliqué and collage using the needle both as a drawing tool and securing found objects in place. Inspired by Jessie’s unique style she will help you engage with all pretty and precious treasures that will be available, making beautiful objects that tell of a time and personal story. £55 10am -4pm

Bags of Sunshine

22nd June SALE £40

The tweed bag workshop is always popular but this an opportunity to try your hand at making a summer version. Carefully selected cotton florals, souvenir tea towels, retro prints and even a bit of liberty lawn all go into the mix. The pattern is so versatile you can make a book bag, a messenger bag or a giant beach bag. If you put your mind to it you could make all of them! £50

Alice Fox: The Beauty of Rust

6th July Full

Isaw Alice at the Festival of Quilts and was drawn immediately to the delicate imagery and quiet beauty and of her work. On the workshop you will learn about the potential for using rusty objects for printing and dyeing on fabric. Using found items such as keys, tin cans, nails and washers you will produce a series of unique prints and marks onto a natural ground. These wondrous prints will be beautiful in their own right but worked with delicate stitches they can be used be as the starting point of a miniature quilt, a framed panel or cut into snippets for beautiful cards, the possibilities are endless and exciting! Limited places £55 including all materials including antique silks, French linens and the largest collection of random and found objects to work with! £55

Janet Bolton Full

13th & 14th July

A fantastic opportunity to work with this international textile artist renowned for her wonderfully simple but meaningful textile pictures, quilts and books.

Janet will share her working methods and inspiration as well as demonstrating hand-sewing techniques and ways of framing work. The emphasis of the workshop will be on individual development and working freely with materials to form a textile picture of your design.

2 day workshop £100 www.janetbolton.com Times tbc

Beach Makes

3rd August SALE £40

Don’t we all wish we could live by the sea? Dream for a day and make beach inspired accessories for you home or if you’re lucky enough your beach hut. A boatload of textiles will be up for grabs from weather worn pastels and candy stripes to seaside fun fair brights. Ideas include nautical bunting, beach hut doorstops, rustic linen and driftwood boats, appliqué door plaques, sea glass and shell mobiles. Bring you own seaside photographs and incorporate them into a beach blanket or stripy seaside cushion for a very personal touch. £50

Ella Robinson

17th August £55

I spotted Ella at Origin, London 2011 and was so excited by her by her innovative use of materials and colour that I invited her on the spot to the studio. A Royal College graduate her work with wood and found objects is tactile, modern and vibrant but retains a real charm. Last year’s workshop was so inspiring and I am thrilled that she has once again agreed to make the long journey from coast to country and help us explore the possibilities of drilling, stitching and wrapping driftwood and found materials. I will repeat that incase you missed the “drilling and stitching” into wood bit, suitable for ladies of course!

Create contemporary pebble and sea glass necklaces, stitch sun bright signs or craft rows of houses and huts with drilled detailing. If you like your garden then you might like to try colourfully wrapped wind sticks that will gently blow in the breeze. This is a highly creative workshop with a refreshing approach to materials but it is most certain that you will go home with a need to buy a drill a grin on you face and lots of good and great things made!

Treasure Trove

7th September Places

Gillian Lee Smith: Whimsical Folk

21st September Nearly Full

I am lured by the beautiful melancholy nature of Gillian Lee Smith work inspired by dreams, history, fairy tales and the art of storytelling. Whether you want to make a heartfelt creature or a happy soul join Gillian and learn to sculpt your own storybook characters..... little people with rabbit ears and stitched on flowers, petticoats and Elizabethan ruffs made out of fabrics, tattered and old. Fairy tale faces with a story to tell, wildflower hearts and seams that have been mended time and time again. Gillian will help you tap into your own storybook imaginations and create characters with heart and soul that are completely unique and individual to you. Using linen and embroidery, hand painting, inked illustrations and tapping into your own library of techniques this will be a day to treasure £55

Bespoke Tweed Bags

28th September Places

Design and make a bag from a tweed jacket or fine suiting fabrics including wool worsted, dog tooth checks, herringbones and pinstripes. Teamed with silk scarf linings, floral prints, leather buttons and vintage brooches the results are stunning. There are many styles to choose from so you will be able to make the perfect bag for you. This is a very popular workshop and one not to miss. £50

Winter Hats

29th September Places

Mary Jane Baxter is a writer and craft expert. She worked as a BBC journalist for 12 years before leaving her job as a foreign reporter and producer to train as a couture hat maker. She worked with milliner to the stars Stephen Jones in London, did a stint with Marc Jacobs in Paris, and sold her first collection to the Harvey Nichols flagship store in Knightsbridge. She runs textile and millinery courses across Europe and writes and reports on fashion, craft and creativity for BBC television with her latest appearance as a judge on BBC's Paul Martin's Handmade Britain. Mary Jane also writes columns for Homes & Antiques magazine (Style on a Shoestring), and Sew magazine (Stitching in the City); and writes features for the BBC, Guardian, Mollie Makes and Cloth magazines. Blimey! Somehow she also manages to come and visit us a Hope & Elvis too....

On this workshop she will demonstrate a variety of winter wear ideas inspired by her latest book "The Modern Girl's Guide to Hat Making" Projects include wool and cashmere beanie hats, tweed and feather bands and glamorous veiled hats for the party season. A great opportunity to learn more new skills and make a bespoke accessory for a special occasion or even to display on your dressing table! Materials will be provided on this workshop but some specialist materials can be purchased individually on the day. £50

Childhood Remade: Teddies, Dollies and Fairies

5th October

Details to follow...

Jennifer Collier Paper Garments

12th October Nearly Full

Jennifer is renowned artist and innovative work with found papers, old letters and fragments of the past has featured in many publications and has been exhibited widely. This is a fantastic opportunity to explore some of her processes and techniques such as bonding, trapping, layering and waxing and go home with a collection of decorative paper garments that will delight. Using Jennifer’s tried and trusted templates long armed gloves, ties, sweet dicky bows and cutest of cute dresses can be constructed from beautiful old papers and maps decorated and embellished with vintage details. Weddings, birthdays and christenings they would make the perfect gift or a personalized piece for a loved one. £55

Hens Teeth: Needlecase's of Beauty

19th October 2013 Full

It is with much excitement that I can announce that Viv Sliwka of Hens Teeth is coming to Hope & Elvis for a day of stitchery. Renowned for her original mixed media textile collages and accessories her work is so endearing and truly delightful, this is a rare chance to pick up some of her magic. Working with the very best of love worn textiles, vintage linens and bits n bobs of beauty create your very own needlecase inspired by her style. Viv is hoping the day will be a happy, relaxed, enjoyable meeting of the like minded but I think that is an absolute given, don't you? £75 including lunch. Limited places.

Memories & Mosaic’s

26th October Places

Janine Nelson of Smashing Chintz has a delicate approach to mosaics and her work conveys a nostalgic charm, rather like patchwork. Get to grips with cutting vintage china and make a mosaic mirror or picture frame as well as really pretty Christmas shaped decorations. Janine will demonstrate grouting and you will get a goody bag of grout, spatula and instructions for finishing at home! All equipment will be provided but you are welcome to bring along items to include in your mosaic (makes you feel less sad when you chip your best Cath Kidston mug, I can tell you). £55 inc of most materials but further supplies are available to purchase if you get addicted.

Sewing Know How

2nd November Places

If you want to be a creative but the worried about using a sewing machine this is the workshop for you. I have a bank of brand new BROTHER Sewing machines that are so easy to use you only have to press a button! Button holes, decorative stitching, the wonders of free motion sewing and plain old stitching in a straight line will be covered and I guarantee you will be stitching and making before morning coffee. Ideal for teens and those who haven’t who haven’t sewn since school and want to get more confident. A bag, keepsakes, cushions whatever you fancy it’s all possible in a day! £50

Proper Patchwork 3rd November Places

Gilly Meeks is a qualified quilt judge and fantastically patient teacher who will guide you through the practicalities and principles of patchwork. Learn to use rotary cutters, boards and rulers as well as piecing, patching and matching corners. You will make a number of traditional blocks including a Christmas star, using vintage fabrics that could form the basis of a beautiful sampler quilt or you could complete a cushion to be proud of in the day. I have a studio full of vintage quilts to inspire you and Gilly has a wealth of knowledge and experience so combined this will be a comprehensive day of quilt and patch loving! £50

Home Made Christmas Gifts

9th November Places

I shall be making monogrammed stockings and Santa sacks for my family this year and a present made with love is always one that’s going to be remembered (lets hope for the right reasons!) Take a day out and make beautiful personalised gifts for special people. Bring a treasured photograph and transfer it to cloth to capture a special memory forever. I have a mountain of ideas to inspire you and fantastic Brother sewing machines that can happily embroider names and sentences all day long. So don’t slog around the shops come and have a day of making with meaning. £50

Christmas Home

7th OR 8th December Places

Decorate your home with vintage inspired Christmas From opulent to folksy styles the most festive of fabrics get put to one side for this day including velvets, tweeds and blankets. Stockings, Shaker Angels, garlands, pesonalised gift bags and swags are all things to consider in pursuit of the perfect festive look. £50

Brains Fairies

30th November Nearly Full

Samantha Bryan is a favourite visitor to the studio and her workshops are one of the best! Much of her time revolves around fairy life, making sculptures from found and carefully collected materials that depict them going about their "everyday lives" This is a rare chance to step into this award winning artist fairy world for the day. Learn the magic involved and make your very own. £75 including lunch. Limited places.

Traditional Books

15th December Places

Cath Ray is a professional bookbinder making stunning handcrafted and limited edition books. Her workshops are always in great demand at the studio and Gentlemen are made very welcome on every workshop but this is the one that they go for so this is the perfect clever Christmas gift! Learn all the fundamental processes involved in traditional book making and make two small but exquisite quality soft leather and hardback notebooks. £55.00 inc materials

Weekday Workshop's

Creative & Sewing Day's

21st May, 26th June, 17th July, 6th August, 18th September, 8th October, 12th November, 11th December

A whole day to yourself to be creative and you don’t even have to tidy away at the end of the day! Learn how to sew, dress make or a chance to work on your own projects, with help and advice. No idea what you want to do? Louise’s samples and idea’s will all be on hand for you to have fun with. £40 10-4pm

How To Book

Please check availability first by either calling Louise on 07833 743 886 or email louise@hopeandelvis.com

Places are only confirmed upon receipt of a £25 deposit per person within 7 days of reserving a place. The balance is payable on the day by either cash or cheque. Deposits are non refundable but in the event of cancellation with due notice the credit may be transferred if the place can be filled.

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Comments

"...wonderful fabrics - and so good to be able to get something finished. Thanks for a great day - Helen"

"...A fantastic day! Lots of fun, enjoyment and a real sense of achievement. Thank you for inspiring me to sew - Ann Marie"

"Great! & generous with both ideas and materials - Kate