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Wet Felted Pictures - Painting with Fibres
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop is for everyone who has a love of all things textural. You will learn the basic wet felting method and at the same time produce a picture made from Merino wool...
£95
Register InterestNovice
0 spaces available
Yarn Hooking - "Five Sheep" Picture
Sat, 20 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy a relaxing day of yarn hooking with Carole Rennison. Learn about yarn hooking, how it differs from traditional rag rug hooking and what gorgeous, finely detailed creations you can make. ...
£95
Register InterestAll Levels
0 spaces available
Patchwork for the Impatient
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Durham based artist Betty Brown for a fun day breathing new life into colourful second hand fabrics. This isn't a cosy evening in front of the fire stitching patches the size of...
£95
Register InterestAll Levels
0 spaces available
NEW
Leno Loom Weaving
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy a wonderful day of weaving with Jan Beadle. Jan will have her eight Ashford tabletop four shaft looms all warped up ready for you to weave a scarf width & length. On...
£95
Register InterestAll Levels
0 spaces available
Sewing Skills: Unlock Your Overlocker!
Thu, 16 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you wish to build skills and confidence you need to unlock and get the most from your overlocker, this is the day for you! Saddle up your overlocker and join Claire Humphries...
£95
Register InterestAll Levels
0 spaces available
Collaged Fabric Fragments + Threads - A Delicate Wall Hanging
Fri, 17 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
During this workshop under the guidance of Claire Humphries, you will create a unique, delicate wall hanging using a whole variety of textile techniques. Using techniques including trapping threads, gold flacks, paper and...
£95
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1 spaces available
Wet Felted Sheep Picture - Painting with Fibres
Sun, 2 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop is for anyone who loves all things sheepy. If you love sheep and the beautiful look and texture of wool, in this workshop, Liz Emery literally combines the two! You will...
£95
Register InterestAll Levels
0 spaces available
Loom Weaving - Classic Tartan Weaving Patterns
Fri, 6 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy a wonderful day weaving a tartan scarf using a four shaft table loom. Explore classic tartan weaving patterns and go home with a lovely scarf. This course is a perfect...
£95
Register InterestNovice
0 spaces available
NEW
Woven Textile Wall Hanging Using a Frame Loom
Thu, 26 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and try this traditional, straightforward weaving method and make a gorgeous textured wall hanging using a frame loom. This workshop is perfect if you're new to weaving. Using a frame loom, you...
£80 £95
Novice
5 spaces available
Dressmaking - Build Your Skills (6 x 3 hr morning)
Wed, 2 Oct 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
MORNINGS: Wed 02, 09, 16, 23 October 2024 and 06 & 13 November 2024 Join Claire's group of enthusiastic dressmakers to build your dressmaking and tailoring skills and let your skills and confidence...
£210
Info & BookAll Levels
2 spaces available
Dressmaking - Build Your Skills (6 x 3 hr afternoon)
Wed, 2 Oct 2024
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
AFTERNOON: Wed 02, 09, 16, 23 October 2024 and 06 & 13 November 2024 Join Claire's group of enthusiastic dressmakers to build your dressmaking and tailoring skills and let your skills and confidence...
£210
Info & BookAll Levels
3 spaces available
NEW
Traditional Hand-Sewn, Mohair, Jointed Teddy Bear
Fri, 4 Oct 2024 - Sat, 5 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join tutor, Lindsay Lowe, for this 2 day workshop where you will hand sew and create a traditional mohair, fully jointed teddy bear. You will learn how to work with German mohair fabric,...
£190
Info & BookAll Levels
2 spaces available
Sewing Skills: Unlock Your Overlocker!
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you wish to build skills and confidence you need to unlock and get the most from your overlocker, this is the day for you! Saddle up your overlocker and join Claire Humphries...
£95
Register InterestIntermediate
0 spaces available
Sew an Upcycled Patchwork 'Woodgie' Cushion
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Durham based artist Betty Brown for a fun day breathing new life into colourful second hand fabrics. Betty's "Woodgie" Cushion creation is the comfort cushion to end all comfort cushions! It's quite...
£80 £95
All Levels
6 spaces available
Introduction to Freehand Machine Embroidery
Sat, 19 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Anyone who has a sewing machine can have a go at freehand machine embroidery. Kirstie Allsopp called it "the crack cocaine of the crafting world" so prepare to get hooked! It is quick...
£95
Info & BookNovice
6 spaces available
Yarn Hooking - "Bertie the Sheep" Picture
Fri, 8 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy a relaxing day of yarn hooking with Carole Rennison. Learn about yarn hooking, how it differs from traditional rag rug hooking and what gorgeous, finely detailed creations you can make. ...
£95
Register InterestAll Levels
0 spaces available
Hand Embroidery + Textile Winter Landscapes
Sat, 9 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Be inspired by the wintry seasonal landscapes that surround us and learn how to create a stunning hand stitched and embroidered textile landscape, with Textile artist, Louise Goult. Inspired a place you love,...
£95
Info & BookAll Levels
2 spaces available
Creative, Visible Mending
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Visible mending is the art of repairing a garment or piece of fabric, yet keeping the repair visible, creating a piece of work that expresses your personality and results in a completely unique...
£95
Info & BookAll Levels
5 spaces available
NEW
Make a Rag Rug Table Mat
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Karina for a fun, relaxed workshop to create your own small table mat. Learn techniques and tips of the traditional heritage craft of rag rug making. There will be plenty of time...
£95
Info & BookAll Levels
5 spaces available
Textile Taxidermy - Fabric "Trophy" Heads
Fri, 22 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hand stitch and stuff your own unique “trophy” head in textiles. Typically, you can create a festive Scandi-style Rudolf complete with antlers, or go off-piste and stitch up your favourite animal – hares,...
£95
Info & BookAll Levels
1 spaces available
NEW
Sew a Cross-Backed Reversible Apron in a Day
Thu, 5 Dec 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The cross-backed apron is the perfect cover-up apron - just the think for painting, crafting, gardening, cooking and it could even be the ideal Christmas gift. Pick the fabric suits the apron's function...
£95
Info & BookAll Levels
1 spaces available