Workshops 2025
Having left a teaching career, I now find that teaching others to weave brings me great joy. To that end I conduct workshops at various locations. See below for details.
Please note: The Hawkesbury Remakery has moved to 160 George Street, Windsor (next block up from its old location)
2025 Workshops
baskets from denim
Coiled basketry workshop
When: Saturday 3 May 2025
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm.
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George St, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
If you can't fit into those denim jeans anymore, fear not, come to this workshop and you can learn a more practical use for old jeans!
Using denim you will create a lovely little basket to take home.
The technique you will learn can be used to make other styles of baskets.
All materials will be provided and morning tea
Workshop length: 3 hours
Coiled basketry workshop
Coiled basketry workshop
When: Saturday 15 February, 2025
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm.
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George St, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Restore your creative self in this workshop where you will coil (stitched basketry) a small basket using raffia. Learn the technique and go from there!
Basketry provides both an outlet for creativity and a relaxing practice. Using Madagascan palm raffia you will learn all the steps to create your own little masterpiece! You can even add a bit of bling (either natural - seed pods etc or bright shiny beads). Join me for a fun morning.
All materials will be provided.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
2024 Weave a wall hanging
2024 Weave a wall hanging
When: Sunday 17 November, 2024
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm.
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George St, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Fill that empty wall space with a creation of your very own. You will learn how to weave a coiled centrepiece, and learn a variety of techniques to frame your work to hang on a wall. No experience with basketry is needed for this creative activity.
Working with natural fibres and other fibres to create a unique look.
All materials will be provided.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Exploring random weave
2024 Weave a wall hanging
When: Saturday 12th October, 2024
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm.
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George St, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Create and tame a little chaos, weaving cane into a basket or sculptured vessel. Have fun learning the technique of random weave. Morning tea will be provided as well as great conversation with basketry hints and tips along the way. Notes and all weaving materials will be provided. Suitable for all skill levels. Cost: $90.00
Create a Closed Weave Basket
When: Saturday 21st September, 2024
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm.
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George St, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Relax and learn while you create a sturdy closed weave basket. Using a variety of materials you will learn a versatile stitch that completely covers an inner core giving the basket added strength. This can be applied to any number of baskets. You will have the opportunity to adapt your design by creating handles or adding decorations. Morning tea will be provided as well as great conversation with basketry hints and tips along the way. Notes and all weaving materials including a good choice of recycled fibres will be provided. Suitable for all skill levels. Cost: $90.00
Weave a melon shaped denim basket
When: Saturday 27th January, 2024
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm.
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George St, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Join me to weave a melon basket (so called because it looks like a melon segment). The basket will be made using cane as the frame and Denim recycled from jeans for the body of the basket.
Let’s use some of the tonnes of waste fabric that would otherwise end in landfill.
All materials will be supplied, all skill levels accommodated. The workshop cost includes tuition plus all weaving materials including a good choice of recycled fibres. Light refreshments will be provided.
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Weave a Melon shaped denim basket
When: Saturday 30 September2023
Time: 10:30am to 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Don’t know what to do with all that lovely fabric left over from your sewing projects? Why not come along to this workshop and learn how to use it to create a beautiful basket. All materials will be provided. This workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required. Slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus, you will take home your own beautifully created basket as well as the knowledge of how to use up all that left over fabric.. There will be a great morning tea!
Random Weave basketry
When: Saturday 18th November
Time: 10;30 am to 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
You will learn how to use vines, twigs, leaves and seed pods to create a beautiful sculptural basket or vessel. All materials will be supplied. A creative activity that requires no experience. We will also discuss what types of natural fibres are best for random weaving and how to harvest and store them.
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Gifts from the garden
Gifts from the garden
Gifts from the garden
When: Sunday 8th October, 2023
Time: 10:30am to 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 160 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Using fibres from my garden you will learn how to create baskets. Best of all you will take home the knowledge of how to harvest, store and prepare your own fibres from your garden (or someone else's!). Come along for a fun, creative experience, learning new skills in a supportive environment. All materials will be provided. There will be a great morning tea as well!
Baskets from denim
Gifts from the garden
Gifts from the garden
When: Saturday 4th February, 2023
Time: 10;30 am to 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 126 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
If you can't fit into those denim jeans anymore, fear not, come to this workshop and you can learn a more practical use for old jeans! Using denim you will create a lovely little basket to take home. All materials will be provided and morning tea.
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Zero waste basket
Zero waste basket
Zero waste basket
When: Saturday 18 March 2023
Time: 10:30am to 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 126 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $85.00
Create a basket using bits and pieces that might normally be thrown out and end up in landfill. Have fun choosing what to use to create your basket, including but not limited to fabric scraps, chip packets, vegetable netting, baling twine, ribbon, old costume jewellery and wool. All materials will be provided as well as morning tea.
Coil with fabric
Zero waste basket
Zero waste basket
When: Saturday 1 April 2023
Time: 10:30am to 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, 126 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $90.00
Don’t know what to do with all that lovely fabric left over from your sewing projects? Why not come along to this workshop and learn how to use it to create a beautiful basket. All materials will be provided. This workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required. Slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus, you will take home your own beautifully created basket as well as the knowledge of how to use up all that left over fabric.. There will be a great morning tea!
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Coil a raffia basket
When: Saturday 29th April 2023
Time: 4.00pm to 7.00pm
Where: Ferry Artist Gallery, Wiseman's Ferry
Cost: $101.90
Coiled basketry is one of the oldest forms of basketry. It is a meditative process where you will produce a beautiful raffia basket to take home. You can embellish your basket with beads, buttons or other materials. No experience is necessary for this relaxing workshop. All materials will be supplied.
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Coil a raffia basket
Coiled basketry is one of the oldest forms of basketry. It is a meditative process that will produce a beautiful raffia basket for you to take home. I’ll show you a variety of traditional stitches using both dyed and natural raffia. You can embellish your basket with beads, buttons or other materials. No experience is necessary for this relaxing workshop. All materials will be supplied and there will be a great morning tea!
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2022 Workshops Zero Waste basket
. Have fun choosing what to use to create your basket, including but not limited to fabric scraps, chip packets, vegetable netting, balingCreate a basket using bits and pieces that might normally be thrown out and end up in landfill twine, ribbon, old costume jewellery and wool.
Twine a home
Create a basket to house a beautiful air plant. You will learn the skill of twining using natural fibres to create this specific style of vessel. The skill can then be used to create countless other vessels. No experience is required. All materials will be supplied including the air plant.
Create your own garlic basket
Create your own garlic basket
Create a basket specifically to store your garlic. You will learn the skill of twining using fine cane to create this specific style of basket. The skill can then be used to create countless other baskets. No experience is required. All materials will be supplied.
Weaving with raffia
Coiled basketry is one of the oldest forms of basketry. It is a meditative process that will produce a beautiful raffia basket for you to take home. I’ll show you a variety of traditional stitches using both dyed and natural raffia. No experience is necessary for this relaxing workshop. All materials will be supplied.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Sculptural random weave with palm infloresence
Using bangalow palm inflorescence you will create a unique sculptural piece. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Create a looped bag or bottle holder
Create a drink bottle holder or bag by learning how to make your own cord and then looping it around a shape or your very own drink bottle. You will have the opportunity to choose from a natural fibre (red hot poker), plastic (bread bags) or raffia. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary. Bring your own drink bottle!
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Weaving from the garden
Weaving from the Garden No experience is needed for this fun and creative weaving experience. I will guide you through creating a twined basket/nest from natural and garden-gleaned materials. Along the way, you’ll also receive hints about harvesting and storing natural fibres. Notes and all materials are provided.
“Wrestling with grapevines and wisteria vines is not something I imagined I'd enjoy, but at every stage of the basket weaving class, our tutor explained and demonstrated what to do very patiently and clearly. And she made it fun. It was a great day, and I had a lovely, very rustic basket to take home!”
You have missed these ones! Coiling with wool
Are you drowning in left over wool from abandoned knitting or crochet projects? Learn how to coil (stitch) a beautiful basket with all that leftover wool, using a variety of stitches. All materials will be provided.
The workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required, slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus you will take home your own beautifully created basket, as well as the knowledge of how to use up all that left over wool (remember the jumper I was going to make!) to create more baskets.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
From the garden
If you missed this one in February, I'll hold another one later in the year!
You will never look at a garden in quite the same way after learning how to use its abundance to create a unique basket. Learn how to coil (stitch) a beautiful basket with fibres from my garden using a variety of techniques and stitches. All materials will be provided.
The workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required, Slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus you will take home your own beautifully created basket, as well as the knowledge of how to harvest and prepare fibres from your garden (or someone else's!) to create more baskets.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
WORKSHOPS 2021 The gentle art of coiling
Learn how to create a beautiful basket with raffia using a variety of techniques and stitches. All materials will be provided.
The workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required, Slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus you will take home your own beautifully created basket.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Make your own garlic basket
Create a basket specifically to store your garlic. You will learn the skill of twining using a variety of fibres to create this specific style of basket. The skill can then be used to create countless other baskets. No experience is required. All materials will be supplied, as well as a lovely morning tea.
Weave a wall hanging - NEW DATE
Fill that empty wall space with a creation of your very own. You will learn how to weave a coiled centrepiece, and learn a variety of techniques to frame your work. No experience with basketry is needed for this creative activity. All materials will be provided.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Sculptural random weave with bangalow palm
When: Sunday 28 November
Time: 10:30am to 1.30pm
Cost: $75.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Using bangalow palm inflorescence you will create a unique sculptural piece. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary. A delicious morning tea will be served.
Looping a bottle holder
Create a drink bottle holder by learning how to make your own cord and then looping it around your very own drink bottle. You will have the opportunity to choose from a natural fibre (red hot poker), plastic (bread bags) or raffia. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary. Bring your own drink bottle! A delicious morning tea will be served.
Cobble a platter
When: Sunday 30 May
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $75.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
The art of cobbling something together is such an old tradition. In this workshop you will learn how to cobble together various fibres (including raffia, silk, fabric scraps) to create a colourful platter. A fun activity requiring no experience. All materials will be supplied, plus a lovely morning tea will be served.
Weaving with raffia
When: Saturday 17th September, 2022
Time: 10:30 - 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $80.00
Coiled basketry is one of the oldest forms of basketry. It is a meditative process that will produce a beautiful raffia basket for you to take home. I’ll show you a variety of traditional stitches using both dyed and natural raffia. No experience is necessary for this relaxing workshop. All materials will be supplied.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Sculptural random weave with palm infloresence
When: Saturday 20th August, 2022
Time: 10:30 - 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $80.00
Using bangalow palm inflorescence you will create a unique sculptural piece. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Create a looped bag or bottle holder
When: Sunday 30th July, 2022
Time: 10:30 - 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 George Street, Windsor
Cost: $80.00
Create a drink bottle holder or bag by learning how to make your own cord and then looping it around a shape or your very own drink bottle. You will have the opportunity to choose from a natural fibre (red hot poker), plastic (bread bags) or raffia. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary. Bring your own drink bottle!
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Weaving from the garden
When: Sunday 11th Septmber, 2022
Time: 10:00am - 4pm
Where: North Sydney Community Centre, 220 Miller Street, Nth Sydney
Cost: $150.00
Weaving from the Garden No experience is needed for this fun and creative weaving experience. I will guide you through creating a twined basket/nest from natural and garden-gleaned materials. Along the way, you’ll also receive hints about harvesting and storing natural fibres. Notes and all materials are provided.
“Wrestling with grapevines and wisteria vines is not something I imagined I'd enjoy, but at every stage of the basket weaving class, our tutor explained and demonstrated what to do very patiently and clearly. And she made it fun. It was a great day, and I had a lovely, very rustic basket to take home!”
You have missed these ones! Coiling with wool
When: Sunday 20th March, 2022
Time: 10:30 - 1.30pm
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 George Street, Windsor
Are you drowning in left over wool from abandoned knitting or crochet projects? Learn how to coil (stitch) a beautiful basket with all that leftover wool, using a variety of stitches. All materials will be provided.
The workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required, slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus you will take home your own beautifully created basket, as well as the knowledge of how to use up all that left over wool (remember the jumper I was going to make!) to create more baskets.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
From the garden
If you missed this one in February, I'll hold another one later in the year!
You will never look at a garden in quite the same way after learning how to use its abundance to create a unique basket. Learn how to coil (stitch) a beautiful basket with fibres from my garden using a variety of techniques and stitches. All materials will be provided.
The workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required, Slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus you will take home your own beautifully created basket, as well as the knowledge of how to harvest and prepare fibres from your garden (or someone else's!) to create more baskets.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
WORKSHOPS 2021 The gentle art of coiling
Learn how to create a beautiful basket with raffia using a variety of techniques and stitches. All materials will be provided.
The workshop is suitable for beginners, no previous basketry experience is required, Slow down and take a breath, relax and create. Added bonus you will take home your own beautifully created basket.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Make your own garlic basket
Create a basket specifically to store your garlic. You will learn the skill of twining using a variety of fibres to create this specific style of basket. The skill can then be used to create countless other baskets. No experience is required. All materials will be supplied, as well as a lovely morning tea.
Weave a wall hanging - NEW DATE
Fill that empty wall space with a creation of your very own. You will learn how to weave a coiled centrepiece, and learn a variety of techniques to frame your work. No experience with basketry is needed for this creative activity. All materials will be provided.
A lovely morning tea will be served.
Sculptural random weave with bangalow palm
When: Sunday 28 November
Time: 10:30am to 1.30pm
Cost: $75.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Using bangalow palm inflorescence you will create a unique sculptural piece. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary. A delicious morning tea will be served.
Looping a bottle holder
Create a drink bottle holder by learning how to make your own cord and then looping it around your very own drink bottle. You will have the opportunity to choose from a natural fibre (red hot poker), plastic (bread bags) or raffia. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary. Bring your own drink bottle! A delicious morning tea will be served.
Cobble a platter
When: Sunday 30 May
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $75.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
The art of cobbling something together is such an old tradition. In this workshop you will learn how to cobble together various fibres (including raffia, silk, fabric scraps) to create a colourful platter. A fun activity requiring no experience. All materials will be supplied, plus a lovely morning tea will be served.
More workshops you have missed! Power up
More workshops you have missed! Power up
More workshops you have missed! Power up
When: Saturday 17th April
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Explore available materials that you can use to create baskets - materials that most people just throw away creating so much landfill. Use power cords and other e-waste to create a unique basket. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary.
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Upcycle your denim
More workshops you have missed! Power up
More workshops you have missed! Power up
When: Sunday 18th April
Time: 10:30 am to 1:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Get out your old jeans! Covid has a lot to answer for, if those jeans have shrunk, here is what you can do! Learn how to use your old denim to make a beautiful little basket. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. Lets save the planet one basket at a time!
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Baskets from the garden
More workshops you have missed! Power up
Random weave - sculptural
**Change of date**
When: Sunday 14th March
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Using fibres that can be collected from your garden (or friends!) you will learn how to harvest, prepare and create a coiled basket. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary.
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Random weave - sculptural
Random weave - sculptural
When: Saturday 20th February
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Using bangalow palm inflorescence you will create a unique sculptural piece. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary.
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Upcycle - create a basket from waste
2020 Workshops A Christmas centrepiece
When: Sunday 21st February
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
You will learn how to use things which might normally end up in landfill to make a beautiful little coiled basket. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. Lets save the planet one basket at a time! A delicious morning tea will be served.
2020 Workshops A Christmas centrepiece
2020 Workshops A Christmas centrepiece
When: Sunday 15th November
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Using bangalow palm inflorescence you will create a unique Christmas centrepiece for your table, just add a candle or fairy lights! Perfect for all occasions. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. No experience necessary.
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Random Weave
Random weave sculpture
Upcycle a basket!
When: Sunday 18th October
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
You will learn how to use vines, twigs, leaves and seed pods to create a beautiful basket. All materials will be supplied. A creative activity that requires no experience. We will also discuss what types of natural fibres are best for random weaving and how to harvest and store them.
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Upcycle a basket!
Random weave sculpture
Upcycle a basket!
When: Sunday 27 September
Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Cost: $65.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
You will learn how to use things which might normally end up in landfill to make a beautiful little coiled basket. All materials will be supplied. A fun and creative activity. Lets save the planet one basket at a time!
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Random weave sculpture
Random weave sculpture
Random weave sculpture
When: Saturday 20th June
Time: 10am to 1pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
You will learn how to prepare and use the inflorescence from a bangalow palm tree to create intricate and delicate sculptural pieces. Playing with natural fibres is a rewarding experience, as well as a lot of fun. Come along and foster your creative side in this workshop. All materials and notes provided.
A delicious morning tea will be served.
Twining natural fibres
Random weave sculpture
When: Saturday 18th July
Time: 10am to 1pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Learn how to create a basket using one of the oldest methods of weaving - twining.
Create your own unique bowl or basket using natural fibres you may find in the garden. All materials provided, along with notes and a great morning tea
Coiling with raffia and more
Coiling with raffia and more
When: Saturday 15th August
Time: 10am to 1pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Raffia is a natural fibre harvested sustainably from Madagascan palms. It is a great way to introduce yourself to coiling a basket. You will use both natural and dyed raffia and if you want, fabric, novelty yarn and other bits and pieces. Embellishments can be added and many will be available for you to use in this hands on workshop, and yes, you will go home with a small completed basket!
All materials, notes and morning tea will be provided.
Twining with Natural fibre
When: Saturday 8th August
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Due to over-subsciption of my earlier workshop, here is another chance to learn how to create a basket using one of the oldest methods of weaving - twining. Create your own unique bowl or basket using natural fibres you may find in the garden. All materials provided, along with notes and a great afternoon tea
Powered up!
When: Saturday 18th July
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Cost: $70.00
Where: Hawkesbury Remakery, Loder House, 126 Windsor Street, Windsor
Explore available materials that you can use to create baskets - materials that most people just throw away creating so much landfill. Use power cords and other ewaste to create a unique basket.