Eco Craft Club- Rag Rug Sunflower Bag

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

Day/Date/Time: Two sessions both taking place on Wednesday evenings on 15/03/23 & 12/04/23  between 6pm-7.30pm (see also the single session on Saturday 4th March 2023 between 10am-2pm)

Duration: 3 hours approx.

Level: Beginner

Cost: £40

Brief workshop info: Come and learn the fantastic traditional art of rag rugging whilst making a colourful yet functional sunflower hessian bag.

What’s provided: Step by step tuition, use of rag rugging tools, hessian bag plus practice piece of hessian. All workshops include a cake and a barista drink.

Skills learnt: How to pick and prep your materials, traditional shaggy and loopy techniques of rag rugging.

What you make/take home: A rag rugged sunflower hessian bag plus practice piece.

What to bring: Yellow t shirt or material for the petals, a selection of brown, beige, cream, leopard print materials for the inner. Further info as to suitable materials to use will be provided in advance of the workshop. We encourage you to source these garments from your own wardrobe stash (good excuse for a clear out!) , ask family and friends for garments they intended to give to charity/dispose of and check out local charity shops. 

Option to buy/order: Rag Rugging Tools we use during the workshop supplied from Ragged Life

Brief Info: We are thrilled to have teamed up with Elspeth from ‘Ragged Life’ to enable us to bring you this wonderfully relaxing and upcycled rag rug bag workshop. Elspeth is a published author, has appeared on national TV and is a regular in craft magazines. She regularly runs workshops down south. Having undertaken Ragged Life training and by using their expert tools we are thrilled to be able to bring you a taster of this craft delivered by Sam Peddie, the Barn venue owner and avid and keen crafter! This is beginner friendly and eco friendly traditional craft and a great intro workshop and hopefully a stepping stone to larger rag rugging projects which we aim to introduce in the Summer of 2023.