Northern Seams

Welcome to Northern Seams

Hello and welcome to our new Social Enterprise. We are a Community Interest Company. We are Beverley Holmes-Wright (Designer Maker) and Omi Pharncote (Feltmaker).

We work with people who love to make textile arts and crafts and who need support during the day, such as people with learning disabilities or the elderly.

We make beautiful textile crafts upload them onto our online gallery and shop, organise exhibitions, workshops for the general public and have Open Days.

We have a studio at Brickworks in Newcastle but also use local accessible community venues across the North East. If you would like us to run a workshop for your community group or school, plase call Omi on 01207 562742 or email info@northernseams.co.uk.

Winners of the Talk Talk Innovation in the Community Award 2007

Please take a look at our gorgeous hand made textile goodies – you can buy online – hand made original textile art is just a click away.

LATEST NEWS

The Fabric of Life - Awards for All Grant awarded to Northern Seams

Northern Seams have received an Awards For All Grant for a project called 'The Fabric of Life'. We will be running workshops for people with learning disabilities and people over 65 to support them to make Textile Memory Books that will go into an exhibition touring the North East. A big thanks to the Big Lottery for funding this exciting and innovative project.

The first workshops are going to be with people who attend the Richmond Fellowship Day service in Lanchester later this month. Pictures of work in progress will be able to be viewed shortly.

If you would like to make a textile memory book please email or ring us to find out where the nearest workshop will be.

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The Fabric of Life

Would you like to make gorgeous fabric books all about you and your memories?

We are running a series of free 4 week workshops for people with learning disabilities to make textile memory books. These will be exhibited in the North East. Workshops will take place at Studio 10, Brickworks, Hannington street, Byker. Learn how to make felt, stitch, use a sewing machine, make new friends and take home a keepsake to treasure.

The next 4-week workshop will start on: Thursday 19 August. 10am till 11.45am

Also free are:

Fabric of life workshops at Brickworks Studio for people over 60.
Wednesday 8 September 2010 10.00am - 12.00pm for 4 weeks.

The pictures of textile memory books above have been made by older people who go to the Richmond Fellowship Day Service at Lanchester.

To book your place email Beverley or Omi at info@northernseams.co.uk or ring us on 07940104093

Fabric of Life workshops at Durham Clayport Library for people with learning disabilities

Tuesday 17 August

Tuesday 24 August

Tuesday 21 August

All from 10am till 12pm at:

Durham Clayport Library
Millennium Place
Durham
County Durham
DH1 1WA