The Lost Art of Smocking: Make Your Own Sampler with Jocasta Bullock

Make a smocking sampler while learning a Victorian working craft

Spend a full day learning traditional smocking with textile artist Jocasta Bullock. You will practise the basic stitches and create a decorative sampler, making this a hands-on introduction to a technique once used to combine strength and detailed pattern in labourers' clothing.

The workshop takes place at New Brewery Arts, where lifts, ramps and aerial walkways give wheelchair access to most of the building. There is a ground-floor accessible toilet, and disabled parking is available in the adjoining Brewery Car Park.

The event is sold out, but the festival has opened a waiting list because places sometimes become available. It may add a second workshop if there is enough interest.

Ticketed. Sold out, with a waiting list available.

Wednesday 28 October 2026 · New Brewery Arts, Brewery Court, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1JH · Starts 10am, finishes 3.30pm