It's time to share the madness and the passion!
If you'd like to create with me a wonderfully meandering two-hour session of threads, papers, nets and textiles, then send me a message. knickerdrawernotebook@gmail.com
We'll make small personal books with card covers. Expect the chat to include design integrity, philosophy, which colour goes best with pink, book history, how many scissors are too many scissors, and whether there really is such a thing as feminist bookbinding.
Questions you might ask!
Do I need to bring anything?
Just a sense of fun and a bit of patience with the tutor (who lost her discipline of time a long time ago).
If you have a small item you'd like to see in the book
you'll make, then yes, bring it along. Is it a shell, scrap of textile, nut and bolt? If you prefer to
be surprised by life, I'll offer a box of bizarre, curious and beautiful.
I usually don't supply tea or coffee because 2 hours is a short session, and drink-making takes up our stitching time. We do supply water (and maybe a box of fruit juice if I remember to bring it along).
Will I see Knicker Drawer Note Books?
Yes. After my first workshop (when I had everyone else's books except mine), I'll bring some along.
Do I need to have any sewing experience?
No. Some people arrive with vastly more professional experience then me, and some people need showing which end of the needle is for the thread. We'll help each other as necessary, and, if you want to try bookbinding with staples, glue, or sticks, I'll have them too.
How do I pay?
I'll send an email a couple of days before with instructions, but you do not need to pay on booking.
Where are workshops held?
Can I bring friends / family / my craft buddies and make a party of it?
Yes. Ideally I'd like a maximum of five people at an event. If you'd like a special date, let me know and I'll see if the space is free. If it's a surprise event for your guests, tell me, and I'll not assume they know why they've been locked in a room with me.
Love, Margaret Knickerdrawers.
