{"title": "Pattern Cutting Introduction: The Master Block", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "Mary Ward Centre", "address": "High Street 275-285, E15 2TF London", "price": "", "price_from": "232.00", "price_to": "300.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/sewing"], "description": "Pattern Cutting Introduction: The Master Block is a course at an adult education centre in London. It is run by the Mary Ward Centre and belongs to its Fashion & Textiles programme. 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Participants learn to create detailed prints using one block or several blocks for printing in two or more colours, carving a key block for the design and additional blocks for colours. The tutor is Louise Anderson, a skilled printmaker passionate about teaching linoprinting techniques and helping students develop their artistic style. 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It is led by sustainable textile artist Shama Kun, an expert practitioner, who teaches the techniques used to create individual and collective works. Participants make colourful, detailed pieces inspired by a theme, such as \"Women's Empowerment\", which can be added to clothing or used as decorative art. 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The university behind it fills the day with sessions on student finance, wellbeing and funding, a campus tour, lunch, interview preparation and a question-and-answer session with students about life as a mature student. 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Run for over 10 years by long-standing volunteers Sheila and Julia at St. Margaret's House, the group often turns discarded textile scraps into tote-bags for the charity shop with Ayoka, and has collaborated with the house's Arts & Wellbeing initiatives, including the Artist in Residence programme. 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It is led by Jane Parker, a freelance print designer with over 30 years in the fashion industry who studied textile design and began as a knitwear and jersey wear designer. Working from fabrics, prints and runway trends, participants create their own prints, building texture, repetition and colour palettes, and leave with a collection for sketchbooks, fashion illustrations or standalone artworks.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/young-designers-fashion-inspired-gelli-printing-36091/", "official_url": "https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/workshops/young-designers-fashion-inspired-gelli-printing/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b446814f70dcdc0c6ad16aaf39d0382175267d63fc00dbd3185ee6697bdba5a7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Young Designers’ Fashion Drawing", "start": "2026-10-29T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Fashion and Textile Museum", "address": "Bermondsey Street 83, SE1 3XF London", "price": "£25 (Includes materials and exhibition entry)", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://fashiontextilemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/48947?catID=2953", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Young Designers’ Fashion Drawing is a workshop where students learn how to create hand drawn fashion illustrations, working with selected items from the museum’s permanent collection. It is led by designer and tutor Jane Parker, who has over 30 years’ experience in the fashion industry. Participants are shown techniques and tips, from creating a well-proportioned figure to creating the illusion of texture, pattern, depth and folds. The session examines different styles of fashion illustration and encourages participants to develop their own approach to this highly stylized medium.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/young-designers-fashion-drawing-36092/", "official_url": "https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/workshops/young-designers-fashion-drawing/?date_from=20261029&date_to=20261029", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/1162912674579f4f94bf06e7fe385f323796e1ce1777404731cfc1c9b33c72a9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Personal statement support workshop", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00Z", "place": "University of West London", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/education"], "description": "A supportive workshop to help refine your personal statement, teaching what makes a strong one and how to use AI responsibly. 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Project kits are occasionally available for a small cost, with a £2 donation to The Mill asked for entry.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/sociable-sewing-42481/", "official_url": "https://themille17.org/events/sociable-sewing-18-2026-10-27/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b20a534803c157a8051721560f7b696d6cbeae649081438ce010e80cefd93a07-600.webp"}, {"title": "Crafting is Connecting", "start": "2026-11-02T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T20:00:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stmargaretshouse/1640423/select-date", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/knitting"], "description": "Crafting is Connecting is a free knitting and crochet group that meets on the first Monday of each month. It is run by three volunteer knitting and crochet enthusiasts at The Create Place at St Margaret's House. Local community members meet in a relaxed, peer-to-peer setting to work on their own projects, exchanging skills, ideas and advice. These are not formal classes, and materials and tools are provided, though attendees should bring their own knitting or crochet project.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/crafting-is-connecting-38780/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/workshop-crafting-is-connecting", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/fcd91ea7321965c374fb9c8da431e649991d3b9d595d9ef300384c754366fd3d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Art Foundation: Essentials for Beginners", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-10T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art"], "description": "Art Foundation: Essentials for Beginners is a six-week beginner course in visual art, running on Thursday mornings. It is taught at the Landmark Arts Centre by artist Nicolene Grigg and requires no prior experience, only curiosity. 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Participants explore the history of plant dyes, see dyes in their raw form from plant to fabric, and experiment with the discharge method using pre-dyed fabric sheets, fresh lemons, and a citric-acid and guar gum paste to create their own patterns. The session is led by Porscha Hill of Porscha Hill Natural Dye Studio, a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and founder of the gender-neutral fashion brand Bad Habits London. It is aimed at anyone curious about sustainability, plant dyes or their creative side, and each participant leaves with their own piece of textile art.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/natural-dye-studio-38783/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/workshop-natural-dye-studio", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/4932d7cd33a4bda2ac9469b77a26ce25b48f2443f820112c580281154c43bdd5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Skill Up Visits: Drawing Edges and Entrances at the Garden Museum", "start": "2026-10-29T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Institute of British Architects", "address": "Portland Place 66-68, W1B 1AD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "Skill Up Visits: Drawing Edges and Entrances at the Garden Museum is a free drawing and model-making workshop for young people aged 16 to 18, part of a series of visits to architecture-related places in London. It is organised by RIBA Learning together with the artist and educator Marianne Holm Hansen. Taking inspiration from the Garden Museum, a converted and extended church, participants explore how indoor and outdoor spaces connect and design their own building and garden entrance using drawing, collage and model-making. 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