Needlework courses

Sub-categories: Appliqué | Cross stitch | Free motion & machine embroidery | Hand embroidery | Lace making | Punch needle | Quilting & patchwork

You may also be interested in: Bag making | Knitting, crochet & macrame | Mother's Day | Sewing | Sewing & sewing machine | Sewing machine

Needlework courses, workshops and classes all across the UK. Browse through our appliqué, crochet, embroidery, knitting and patchwork & quilting courses to find your ideal creative outlet!

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Textile Still Life Workshop

Textile Still Life Workshop

In-person course

Learn the techniques that I have developed and use in making my still life textile work. Make your own patterns from favourite objects that you bring along (or from objects in my collection),working with painted and printed fabrics, layered and stitched in place to create vibrant and intricate arrangements. As in my landscape courses, no specific sewing skills or sophisticated machines are necessary but please bring a machine if possible, fabrics that particularly inspire you(I will also have a good supply of fabric available) and, of course, items that you...

Hand Embroidery with The Stitchery Works

Hand Embroidery with The Stitchery Works

In-person course

Take your first steps in embroidery with this one-day course where you will be making a pretty addition to your sewing kit with this scissor keep/key tassel. You will learn how to turn basic stitches into an intricate design as well as how to make a twisted cord and tassel.

Quilting workshop with Craft My Day

Quilting workshop with Craft My Day

In-person course

Skills building blocks - classes help you to create a patchwork block in one of three methods. There are tips on getting an accurate finish, using a rotary cutter and quilting ruler Classes will rotate between traditional piecing, foundation paper piecing and impro so a booking of three classes will include one of each. Each month we will create a 12x12 inch block which you can save up to incorporate into a quilt, frame as artwork, make a place mat or incorporate into a tote bag pocket or other craft...

Embroidery "Stitch for the Soul" with Julie Brand at Tigley Textiles in Worcester

In-person course

This is a lovely slow stitching day. Hand stitch some meaningful words and spend the day embellishing your panel. You will select your colour palette, then pick bits of fabric from boxes of colourful vintage fabrics and hand dyed lace. Decorate with vintage buttons and some embroidered flowers, a house or just birds and hearts. Feel free to bring scraps of meaningful fabric and bits and pieces of your own. Anything goes. Take home a completed panel which you can finish off to hang or frame or stitch onto a...

Machine embroidery - stitch doodling with Julie Brand at Tigley Textiles in Worcester

In-person course

Machine embroidery is now such a popular art form and can be done in so many different ways. You will learn several techniques and use fabric and paint during the day. Julie aims to show you many ways that machine embroidery can be used with plenty of examples to inspire you. Suitable for beginners, and sometimes it's even easier if you are a beginner, as you have to forget everything you’ve previously learned about precision and just go with the flow. You will need to bring your own sewing machine,...

Patchwork and quilting with Green Man Quilts - online course

Patchwork and quilting with Green Man Quilts - online course

I have taken my fabulous face to face classes online - and it is FUN!! Join us for a 10 week course creating a small quilt or wallhanging. Choose from Curvy Flying Geese, Modern Improv Wallhanging and Friendship Star Quilt. Printed course materials together with short videos will be sent to you weekly and you will be able to access support via the Facebook group throughout the 10-week duration. You will need a reasonable internet speed to download the videos. Courses are suitable for beginners and those with some experience....

"Plant a seed and watch it grow with machine embroidery" workshop with Julie Brand at Tigley Textiles in Worcester

In-person course

For those of you who already have some experience of machine embroidery, you may like to come and dabble with a bit of paint and learn different ways to embellish your background. If you fancy learning how to think a bit more creatively, and want to learn a few new techniques, then this is the workshop for you. You may choose to add some hand embroidery too. You will learn how to create a distressed, shabby chic background, and will design your flowers or seed heads as you go. Julie...

Hand embroidered flowers with Julie Brand at Tigley Textiles in Worcestershire

In-person course

This is a lovely creative embroidery workshop for those of you who would like to come and play for a day. You will work on a small piece of good quality linen as a base fabric. You will choose your colour scheme first then select fragments of fabric and lace, snipping and tearing to stitch interesting backgrounds. Then using Julie's mini books as inspiration, will choose your stitches and add different flowers onto each of the 8 squares. You choose whether to take away your finished flowers as one whole...

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

In-person course

South Yorkshire

Free-machine embroidery is a fun and exciting way of ‘drawing’ with your sewing machine. Suitable for complete beginners who haven’t used a machine before to experienced sewers who would like to have a go or refresh their skills. I enjoy teaching and encouraging others to try a new art form, or to develop their existing skills with fabric and stitch. During the workshop in my new studio space at the ‘Stitched Up and Fleeced’ studios, we will experiment with free-machine embroidery 'drawing with stitch'. I will show you how to...

Embroidery - garden borders with Julie Brand at Tigley Textiles in Worcestershire

In-person course

This is a hand embroidery, slow stitching workshop for all those people who need to escape from their everyday chaotic life and completely lose themselves in this addictive hobby. Many garden border samplers will be shown as examples and once you have chosen your colours and fabrics and threads, you will be guided through each stage. You will be shown how to layer fabrics successfully and use stitches to build up textured flowers and foliage- sometimes the most simple stitches are the most effective! This is suitable for a complete...

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