Weekend Residential Schools

Handcrafts Residential Weekend School

SWI offers members the opportunity to attend weekend schools, particularly in handcrafts and Scottish Country Dancing.  These are held in suitable venues in various parts of the Scotland.

Scottish Country Dance Weekend School for SWI members. 

The 2018 Scottish Country Dance Weekend for SWI members will be held in Fisher’s Hotel, Pitlochry on 9, 10, and 11 March.

For more information please contact SWI Headquarters.

TOUR BY EVELYN BAXTER SCHOLARS

JANUARY to DECEMBER 2018

Subject - Needle Felting

The 2018 Scholars are Pauline Walls and Jay Hutchison. Evelyn Baxter Scholars - having attended the course held at headquarters this spring – are both willing to give 2 Day classes on this subject at federation level anywhere in Scotland between January and December 2018. A school will last two consecutive days (four hours each day) and a maximum of 12 members can be accepted. In response to enquiries received – Please note the following: The federation does not pay any fees for pupils attending these classes to SWI headquarters. Evelyn Baxter classes are different to handcrafts - two day school and craft classes. All expenses incurred will be the responsibility of the federation concerned. H & H Secretaries are reminded that all arrangements for these classes (dates and times) should be made through headquarters. Information and application forms have been sent to the Federations. if you wish your class in the early part of 2018, please send it back as soon as possible, but in all cases replies should be received at SWI Headquarters by Friday 26th of January. In the event of a federation having to cancel their class. Headquarters and the Scholar must be informed four weeks in advance.

EVELYN BAXTER SCHOLARSHIP 2019

The subject chosen by the Handcrafts & Housewives Committee for the 2019 Evelyn Baxter Scholarship is Basic Embroidery.
The four day scholarship school will be held in SWI Headquarters from day to day 2018 inclusive. 9.30 to 4pm (Friday 9.15 to 3.15pm). The tutor will be Ann McGuchan.
The Scholarship pays for scholars’ travel, accommodation and tuition during the school. The scholars will be selected by interview and, where possible, one will be from the North of the country and one from the South.
The Scholarship is not intended for beginners. The nominee should have a keen interest in needle felting in order to gain maximum advantage from the course. It is a condition of the Scholarship that the selected members must be willing to take classes at Federation level, without a tuition fee, during the scholarship year, although travel and accommodation costs will be paid by the Federation receiving the tuition. Each Federation should ensure that its nominee understands this condition before putting her name forward for consideration.
Nominations should be sent through the Federation to Headquarters, with brief biographical notes on the applicant. A few additional places are available, at a cost of £200.00 for fee paying pupils. Forms have been sent out to all Federations and nominations should reach Headquarters not later than 2017. Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter. If your Federation has no nominations it would be appreciated if they would please indicate this on the form and return it by the above date.