Fashion & accessories courses

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Millinery workshop: make a trilby/fedora millinery weekend

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Millinery workshop: make a trilby/fedora millinery weekend

In-person course

Worcestershire

£190

Workshop details: Create your own felt trilby or fedora style hat on this two day millinery course with Kerry Kernan Millinery. You could decorate your new hat with a variety of trimmings after the workshop or why not book onto one of my other millinery workshops to create your own special embellishment? This hat making workshop will show you how to block the hat, stiffen the fabric, how to wire the edge and how to trim the edge with Petersham ribbon. This weekend is perfect for those hats that take...

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2 day millinery masterclass: learn how to create your very own headdresses and fascinators

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2 day millinery masterclass: learn how to create your very own headdresses and fascinators

In-person course

Greater Manchester

£250

Join us at our first Masterclass in the UK! Would you like to learn how to create your very own headpieces, fascinators… transforming them into unique jewel headresses? …or perhaps you’re passionate about hats, fascinators, headdresses and would like to start learning more about the art of millinery! Who is this course for? This course is suitable for all abilities: • Beginners who would like to make headdresses for an upcoming event • People who would like to start out in the world of millinery • Professionals in millinery and...

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Stitchless bags workshop - learn how to craft your own leather bag with no stitching

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Stitchless bags workshop - learn how to craft your own leather bag with no stitching

In-person course

Bristol

£85

Make your own small shoulder bag from leather with no stitching. Using only rivets and lacing techniques this is a great introduction to leatherwork. You will be able to choose from a selection of Italian vegetable tanned leather and to emboss it with your name or other words to personalise it. The bags are small shoulder style bags, made from hard vegetable tanned leather and are unlined. You can also make stitchless small leather goods - choose from a simple purse a card holder, a glasses case, a travel pouch,...

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Painting with wool and silk fibres: Pictures, Slippers, Scarves, Bags & more

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Painting with wool and silk fibres: Pictures, Slippers, Scarves, Bags & more

In-person course

Staffordshire

£80

You have the choice of making a unique nuno felted scarf, a warm woolly scarf or a piece of wall-art. Beginners welcome. Scarf option: during this fabulous felting day, we will make a scarf using soft merino wool and incorporating a beautiful 100% silk scarf and silky fibres to give it a shimmer effect if desired. Sarf included in price. By manipulating a thin layer of wool through a fine woven material, we will make a scarf with characteristics which are quite different from a traditional felt and is much...

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Platinum AWARD

Willow handbag / shoulder bag

In-person course

South Yorkshire - Next course on 30th May 2020

£100

Make a handbag or shoulder bag using beautiful natural coloured willow and weaves. The handbag will have a hazel or a driftwood handle and the shoulder bag a leather strap. There will be a range to choose from on the day or you can bring your own. You will be using a pre-prepared base which will give you the time and space focus on control of shape/form and producing accurate and aesthetically pleasing weaves. Suitable for those with no/some previous experience. Please let us know if you have any specific...

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Leather messenger bag 2 day course with Catherine Edwards West Yorkshire

In-person course

Yorkshire

£160

We’re very happy to welcome back Catherine Edwards to teach another 2 day leather bag making workshop. Create your own beautiful leather Messenger Bag with solid brass or chrome buckle and fittings. Spend two creative days producing and personalizing your own Messenger Bag in a smooth natural hide. Small, and friendly group, supervised by Catherine, this workshop is a great way to introduce yourself to working with leather and will teach you important basic skills, original ideas and creativity are encouraged as you are individually tutored. Try a range of...

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Gold AWARD

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Make a leather bag in a day workshop

In-person course

Bristol

£165

Join Esther Keen from Leather Needle Thread in Bristol to make a leather bag in a day. There is a choice of bucket bag or tote bag and a wide choice of beautiful coloured vegetable tanned full grain leather as well as metallic leather. Learn how to craft your own leather bag using a semi industrial sewing machine. You will be able to mix and match leather colours and tweak the designs to make the bags more your own and to emboss the bag with your name or any other...

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Gold AWARD

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Glove making workshop

In-person course

Greater London - Next course on 30th May 2020

£395

This course provides a great opportunity to learn the difficult techniques and processes of glove making. Learn to stitch a glove. You will get the glove already cut and prepared to stitch and finish. You will be able to design the glove as you required. This course is popular in UK and abroad as well. We had many local and international students travel to UK specially to participate in this course. Starting from selecting leather, stretching, cutting to final finishing, you will learn the whole process of glove making, including...

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Introduction to pattern cutting at the Mary Ward Centre (concessions available)

In-person course

London

£199

This course will teach you the essentials of flat pattern cutting such as how to lay a block on paper and to make pattern adaptions to realise your own designs. This course has different elements in each term: Term 1 - skirt block. Term 2 - trouser block. Term 3 - bodice block. Who is this course for This course is for anyone who has an interest in fashion who wants to learn to make their own blocks and patterns for dressmaking. It is beneficial to have some sewing machine...

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Gold AWARD

Zero to sewing hero - make-a-skirt with Craft My Day

In-person course

Greater London

£150

Starting from a basic introduction to the sewing machine, learn how to adjust commercial patterns and make a skirt. This 4 week course will take you from complete novice to confident dressmaker! The first week includes our get to know your machine at our 'Beginners Workshop' - A complete introduction to sewing on a machine. We will cover threading, overview of stitches, seams, hemming and loads of useful tips. You will make a reusable shopping bag during this session - fabric will be provided for this. During Week 2 you...