Fashion & accessories courses

Sub-categories: Bag making | Dressmaking & tailoring: clothes making | Millinery (hat making & fascinators) | Scarf & glove making | Shoe making

You may also be interested in: Crochet | Felt-making (wet felting) | Knitting | Knitting, crochet & macrame | Nuno felting

Be inspired by leather, fabrics, feathers, flowers and even straw to make your own hat, gloves, shoes, bag, purses, scarves and more! Learn traditional skills from the professionals.

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Make your very own crossbody/messenger bag

Make your very own crossbody/messenger bag

Greater London - Next course on 20th November 2019

Our Leather Craft Workshop Days are designed to be all about you…. getting hands on and making your very own crossbody bag from a selection of our premium grade leathers. On our workshops we don't operate with pre-cut bag templates, but we do have suggested largest sizes for each style of bag and this is solely to ensure you will have enough time on your workshop day to actually complete all the preparation, saddle stitching and bag straps. Approx dimensions are 32cms wide x 23cms tall to fit an A4...

Nuno Scarf or Pictures- Designing with silk and wool

Nuno Scarf or Pictures- Designing with silk and wool

Staffordshire - Next course on 24th November 2019

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 a silk scarf, incorporating a beautiful 100% silk scarf and silky fibres to give it a shimmer effect if desired. 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 thicker....

Two day leather work course - bag making

Two day leather work course - bag making

Lancashire - Next course on 20th November 2019

As featured on Made in Great Britain on BBC2, learn traditional leatherwork skills at Diamond Awl Workshop. On our two day leather bag making course you will have the choice of making either a messenger bag, tote bag or postal bag. No prior leatherwork experience is needed as you will learn all the core leatherwork skills plus additional techniques that are relevant to the more complex process of leather bag making. You will leave the course having made your very own bag using high quality vegetable tanned leather and metal...

Special offer: flower crown workshop & bubbly in Brighton

Special offer: flower crown workshop & bubbly in Brighton

East Sussex - Next course on 15th November 2019

What we’ll do: On arrival, you will be greeted with a glass of bubbly and a tropical apron. Adorn your heads with beautiful flowers, create something delicate & demure or bright & colourful to wear at a hen do, baby shower, music festival, just for fun, or the love of Frida Kahlo. This creative workshop is perfect for hen parties and is suitable for beginners as I will be guiding you through the hands-on process of making your own beautiful crown, one step at a time. A fun and friendly...

Make your very own Tote bag

Make your very own Tote bag

Greater London - Next course on 16th November 2019

Our Leather Craft Workshop days are designed to be all about you…. getting hands on and making your very own classic Tote bag from a selection of our premium grade leathers. For our Tote bag workshop we're also adding a growing colour range of suede leathers in a good weight so your bag can remain unlined so you get a great look and feel on the inside and out. On our workshops we don't operate with pre-cut bag templates, but we do have suggested largest sizes for each style of...

Corset making: Victorian / Beginners

Corset making: Victorian / Beginners

North Somerset - Next course on 21st March 2020

Come along to make a fully fitted, boned, lined, and back-laced corset in a material of your choice, in my informative weekend workshops. The corset provides excellent support and bodyshaping. These corsets are created to be worn as outer or under garments and can reduce your waistline by up to 5 inches. I encourage all sizes from XXS to XXXL plus. Nobody is too large or too small. Over the two day workshop you can opt to create an overbust corset or underbust style ‘waspie’ corset sometimes used as a...

Weave a scarf in a day - handloom weaving

Weave a scarf in a day - handloom weaving

In these beginner workshops you will be expertly tutored by Central Saint Martins trained weaver Anne Crowther using Ashford looms, which are suitable for those new to weaving. I have 6 looms available, so each workshop is delivered to a small group which means everyone is fully supported throughout the day. 'Weave a scarf in a day' is a full day workshop. You will design your scarf, create a warp and thread your own loom and weave your own unique scarf to wear by the end of the day! (The...

Millinery workshop: make a hat day workshop

Millinery workshop: make a hat day workshop

Worcestershire - Next course on 16th November 2019

Come and use the selection of hat blocks available at Kerry Kernan Millinery on this one day millinery workshop. This millinery course will enable you to create your own hat in a style that you would like. There are many styles that you can complete in a day but if you wish to create a design that would take longer I can book you in for a follow up day or your could book onto one of my hat making weekends (see my other listing). You can decorate your new...

'Bag in a Day' practical leather course - Mini Bucket bag

'Bag in a Day' practical leather course - Mini Bucket bag

Oxfordshire - Next course on 14th March 2020

Make a Bag in a Day - Craft it Yourself! This course is ideal for all, from beginners to confident makers. You will learn the basics of leather craft for accessories and be introduced to techniques including machine stitching on leather, hand finishing and hand cutting. You will also be working with the full spectrum of leather types from soft leathers and suedes to a hard sturdy veg tanned leather. This is a perfect introductory course to start your journey into leatherwork and bag making as you will experience the...

One Day Leather Bag Making Workshop

One Day Leather Bag Making Workshop

Come along and make a complete leather bag in one day! On the course you will learn about different types of leather and how to select the right type for the right type of bag. Choose from either a tote bag or fold over clutch bag design. You will also learn how to insert a lining, create an internal, zipped pocket as well as how to make and attach handles. If time allows, you may also emboss your initials onto the bag for that personal touch! Please contact me when...

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