Training and Workshops by Pip Cottage

Pip Cottage 2019 Willow Workshops
 
Various Willow Workshops in 2019, old favourites and new, midweek and weekends, please contact Julie for more information:
Email – julielivesey3@hotmail.co.uk
Mob – 07867499929
Facebook – www.facebook.com/julieatpipcottage
 
Stanhill Methodist Church, Oswaldtwistle
  • Sat 23rd Feb – Living willow – All you need to know about growing willow - planting, harvesting and storing willow and making living willow structures such as fences and tipi, £70, 10am-4pm, materials to take home and make your own tipi +£20 (NEW)
  • Sat 27th Jul - Make a Traditional English Round Willow Woven Basket with Handle, £70, 9am – 5pm
 
Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington
  • Sat 9th Feb - Wood Base Willow Woven Vase, experiment with shape and colour, £35, 12-3.30pm (NEW)
  • Sat 16th Mar – Catalonian Tension Platter, attractive and practical for holding fruit/bread/cheese or use as a trivet, £35, 12-3.30pm 
  • Sat 4th May - Willow Woven Obelisk or Planter, ideal for growing sweet peas and beans in the Garden, £40, 12-3.30pm 
  • Sat 11th May –Enhance your garden with Willow Woven Garden Borders/Hurdles, £35, 12-3.30pm (NEW) 
  • Thur/Fri 16th/17th May - Traditional Round medium Willow Woven Basket, with or without handles, £95 for two days both 10am – 3.30pm 
  • Sun 30th June – Bring your garden alive with small Willow Sculpture such as Bees, Butterflies, Mice and Dragonflies using corn-dolly technique, £35, 12-3.30pm 
  • Friday 5th July – Square Woven Flower Trug, £55, 10am-3.30pm 
  • Sat 10th Aug – Weaving Rush Mats, softer on the hands than willow, £35, 12-3.30pm (NEW)
  • Sun 20th Oct- Willow Woven Lanterns with battery t-lights, add a soft glow to your garden, £35, 12-3.30pm (NEW)
  • Sat 16th Nov – Using Willow Charcoal for Drawing Shapes, Plants and Animals, £35, 12-3.30pm (NEW)
  • Sat 7th Dec - Christmas Willow Woven Decorations, including greens for decoration, such as Garlands, Wreaths, Bells, Stars, Trees and Reindeer, £35, 12-3.30pm
 
Park View 4U Ecopod at the QEII Park View playing fields, Lytham, 2019​
  • Sun 7th April – Garden Obelisk and Ornamental Hurdle, £75, 9.30am-4.30pm
  • Sat 1st June – Make a Woven Hanging Basket and Summer Planting, £80 (includes lining, soil and plants), 9.30am-4.30pm (NEW)
  • Sun 2nd June – Hare Sculpture, £75, 9.30am-4.30pm (NEW)
  •  Sun 1st Sept – Oval Basket Making (some experience of weaving useful), £70, 9.30am-4.30pm (NEW)
  • Sun 13th Oct – Weave a Rush Box - soft on the hands, £70, 9.30am-4.30pm (NEW)
  • Sat 23rd Nov – Willow Christmas Decorations, including greens for decoration, such as Angels, Garlands, Wreaths, Bells, Stars, Trees and Reindeer – £70, 9.30am-4.30pm
  • Sun 24th Nov – Make your own Willow Christmas Tree Collar, £70 (only £60 if attending Saturday 23rd Nov Christmas Decorations workshop), 9.30am-4.30pm (NEW)
 
Vintage Sewing Bunny, Lytham, 2019
  • Fri 8th March - Traditional Round English Basket with or without handle, £70, 9.30am-4.30pm
  • Fri 12th July – Willow Woven Bird Sculpture, £70, 9.30am – 4.30pm
 
NEW Myerscough College adult courses run by Pip Cottage (please contact college direct to book)
Online: https://www.myerscough.ac.uk/courses/creative-arts/type/short-course/
Tel: 01995 642222
  • Sat 19th Jan - Table Top Willow, 10am-4pm £60 The workshop will introduce how to weave willow to make shapes such as hearts, fish, balls, stars and circles to make into hangings or mobiles to decorate the home and garden. 
  • Sat 6th April - Plastics to Project, 10am-4pm £60 A full day workshop to recycle your plastic bottles and tetra paks and make them into decorative flowers, wind spinners, animals and small baskets.
  • Sat 6th July - Herb Crafts, 10am-4pm £60 Using flowers and herbs from the garden to make traditional scented pot-pourri bags, woven lavender wands, homemade scented paper decorated with petals and floral soaps to pamper the senses.
  • Sat 5th October - Introduction to Rag Rugging, 10am–4pm £60 Turn your rags into something traditional and lovely for the home. A full day workshop to cut up old clothes / fabric and make into plaited and woven rag rugs to use as table mats, cushion covers and small floor mats.


Training and workshops can also be provided at your chosen location, on site, at a community centre or home and is tailored to suit each groups or individuals requirements:
  • Schools and Colleges
  • Community and Craft Groups
  • Day Care Centres
  • Organisations and Corporate days
  • Individuals  and informal groups
  • Playschemes and Parties
  • Wedding Parties

Learn new crafts and gardening and how to:
  • Weave with Willow to make items such as baskets, Christmas decorations, sculptures
  • Lantern making
  • Make living willow structures
  • Use recycled materials to make wind-chimes, flower pots, woven paper pots, rag rug
  • Flower crafts such as pot pourri, scented herb paper, flower arrangements
  • Cook and eat
  • Grow food organically such as veg, fruit, herbs, edible flowers, a forest garden......
  • Grow plants attractive to people and wildlife
  • Grow ornamental plants and those good for sensory gardens
  • Permaculture design

A mix of formal and informal training and workshops have been undertaken with various organisations including numerous Primary and Secondary Schools, Prospects Environment Centre, Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Mercer House 1842, Darwen Library Craft group and Action Factory, Cronkshaw Fold Farm, Workers Education Association, Growing Wild Community Allotment, My Life, Faiths 4 Change, The Bridge Centre, The Base, Hyndburn Homes, Climate Friendly Food, Haworth Art Gallery.

 Please don't hesitate to email julielivesey3@hotmail.co.uk for more information or to book Pip Cottage for your next training session.
A selection of Feedback from the Workshops:
"Lovely atmosphere.......lady willow weaver .took her time to help everyone"
"Absolutely brilliant, please have more activities like this"
"Good instruction, plenty of materials and valuable - went home with a finished product"
"Very enjoyable and relaxed with like minded people"
"Inspired to try more"
"Nicely paced class, good room for crafting and refreshments provided - all excellent"
"Thank-you very much"
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