Basketmaker Maggie Evans will be coming to Tecstiliau in Bethel in December. "Since I retired from being an art teacher in schools, I do full time basketmaking, whether making or teaching or selling or exhibiting. I first learned basketmaking from Mandy Coates on a course at Glynllifon and then I studied rush weaving with Felicity Irons of ‘Rush Matters’. I also took a City & Guilds qualification in Basketry. "The rushes we'll be using - sometimes known as English Rush or E

Here at Tecstiliau in Bethel we love hands-on traditional crafting, everything from spinning to natural dyeing to quilting. We’re also not against using technology in a skillful and low impact way to support creativity. We are a “maker space” and Ffiws Hub, one of a network of communal spaces across Ynys Môn and Gwynedd that support ordinary people to make, fix and reuse! We offer free access to machines which can help you to make complex objects in an accessible way. TUNiTEC

FLAX is a global plant-based fibre with a long history, cultivated in order to make linen cloth. There is evidence from 36,000 years ago...

One of Tecstiliau's most popular tutors, Debra started learning to sew when she was just nine years old at a free after-school club in...

Coming up on Friday 1st August 2025 is our RED workshop. Natural dyeing has been around for at least 5,000 years. Since starting our dye...

Keep it out of landfill Repair Cafe is about helping you fix your own things. Our volunteer fixers will try their best to help with...

The 'KILLER RABBIT' workshop with Katherine will be Saturday 7th June "I have been stitching since I was about eight and most of it was...

There is a growing interest around the UK in flax to produce linen yarn for textiles. It is environmentally friendly, climate safe and,...

July and August in the dye garden have been busy and exciting because the garden is blooming! July was a hot month with a heatwave...

Well it has been a busy month at the dye garden. With a few key working sessions we have loaded up the beds with soil and been planting...

I look back on the images of the first grass cutting and preparation for raised beds and think 'wow!' we have already made good progress...

As the spring starts to warm (despite some recent snow!) and movement returns to our local area we are able to start developing our...

In the coming months we are working on developing a community garden to build an understanding of how natural dyeing is used in the...

To help promote creativity during the Welsh lockdown we are launching 'Prosiect / Project 12'. This is a challenge to create a 12 inch...

Oes gennych chi ddiddordeb mewn uned stiwdio leol? Are you interested in a local studio unit? Ydych chi'n arlunydd, gwneuthurwr neu...

Os hoffech gael eich ystyried fel tiwtor gweithdy ar gyfer ein rhaglen o weithgareddau a digwyddiadau cyffrous sydd i ddod, cwblhewch y...

[scroll for English] Un o'r rolau o ran darparu lle ar gyfer celfyddydau tecstilau yng Nghymru fydd dod â gwahanol ddulliau tecstilau...

[Scroll for English] Ym mis Gorffennaf, lansiwyd ein tudalen Tecstiliau ar Facebook i helpu i greu ein proffil cyhoeddus. Er mwyn aros...