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Dovecot Tapestry studio visit - now trying to organise for September

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Elegran Thu 22-Aug-19 20:07:18

Date choice now down to Tuesday 17th, Monday 23rd, Tuesday 27th September. plus I have just realised that I missed out Monday 30th earlier - no-one has said anything for or against that!

Five names down for it so far, Me, Baubles, Almonds, Baggs, Grammaretto - almost enough to fill a table nicely for lunch afterwards but not to justify the £200 for the group visit, so unless there is a rush of interest it could be the DIY version (peer over the balcony and work out for ourselves what they are doing) Could non-GN members (family and friends) fill the gap?

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baubles Thu 22-Aug-19 16:22:06

Oops strike Tuesday 24th, apologies for being a pain.

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baubles Thu 22-Aug-19 15:37:58

Thanks Elegran. I’m happy to do either paid or free.

Dates that I can manage are any Tuesday, Monday 23rd or Friday 27th.

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Elegran Thu 22-Aug-19 13:49:58

Make that four, Baubles is added.

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Elegran Thu 22-Aug-19 13:43:48

Possible September dates now are

Any Tuesday
Mondays, 2nd, 9th, or 23rd
Fridays 6th, 20th, or 27th

The earlier dates may not be bookable with Dovecot studios if we go for the paid group visit - so far we have three of us happy to do that (only 17 more needed . . ) As far as I can tell, the free DIY visit is OK any day.
Mother India cafe is just across the road. www.motherindia.co.uk/index.php/mother-indias-cafe-edinburgh-home

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Elegran Thu 22-Aug-19 13:35:16

I've added Baggs and Almonds. I've discovered that the reason I couldn't PM Baggs was that I assumed she was still Thatbags - I'm behind the times.

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almonds Thu 22-Aug-19 12:47:06

Please put me on the list. Happy to pay. Dates - Are there dates you are thinking of? Some dates I can't do but some of them I may manage depending on the time. Thank you for your time and effort

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Baggs Thu 22-Aug-19 12:39:52

PS Thanks for the email alerting me to this thread, elegran. ?

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Baggs Thu 22-Aug-19 12:36:12

I'm happy to do the paid visit or the free one. Dates I can't do in September are the 6th and the 13th.

Getting there in time could be awkward for me depending on start times of a proposed visit.

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Elegran Thu 22-Aug-19 09:35:13

We failed to get a date for this in May/June, but there is still interest so I am starting again.

For those who missed the first thread, The Dovecot Studios weave beautiful tapestries, and are also a design and craft centre, with exhibitions. Their tapestry designs are from various sources - the one I remember from long ago was from a painting of tulips by Elizabeth Blackader, but they do modern and traditional designs. They used to work overlooking the old Dovecot in Corstorphine, but moved to the previous Infirmary Baths, where their workspace is above what used to be the swimming pool. Above it is still a balcony all round, from which you can look down and watch them, with posters on the walls. This is free!!

Their website is dovecotstudios.com/

Also, they do group visits, with a weaver explaining what is happening and answering questions - this is NOT free, the "Dovecot from Above" tour is £200 for up to 20 people. (there are other tours too) For this to be viable, we would need 20 people each happy to pay £10 (or almost 20 people paying a bit more than £10 each) If it were fewer people, the cost would go up proportionately. It would be booked in advance, and a date agreed with them.

Who would like to do this? How many would be prepared to pay £10, how many would rather do the free DIY visit? How much more would you be happy to pay if numbers were a lot less than 20?

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