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

Dorset - Next course on 26th April 2020

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...

A mixed media concertina book at Cowshed Creative in the Lake District

A mixed media concertina book at Cowshed Creative in the Lake District

Cumbria - Next course on 4th April 2020

Check out our 2020 Cowshed Creative workshop programme on OUR website (purple tab above). A great opportunity to experiment with mixed media techniques and create a concertina book based on memories, which can also be displayed as a wall piece. Using layering techniques, with images and text, papers and fabrics, these will be fused together with wax. You will be able to embellish your work with embroidery, buttons, ribbons or lace. A lovely keepsake or gift; maybe for Easter or Mothers day. You can bring photocopied images from your personal...

Hand Embroidery with The Stitchery Works

Hand Embroidery with The Stitchery Works

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

Greater London - Next course on 24th May 2020

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...

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

Worcestershire - Next course on 20th June 2020

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,...

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

South Yorkshire - Next course on 18th April 2020

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

Worcestershire - Next course on 14th June 2020

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...

Embroidered landscape with words, with Julie Brand at Tigley Textiles in Worcester

Words are funny things- people either love them or hate them, a bit like marmite. But sometimes, those carefully selected words can really resonate and bring a tear to the eye. In this slow stitching day, you will choose from boxes of enticing fabrics, and stitch your applique fields on first. Then choose which style of tree to stitch, and embellish with embroidered fields of flowers, anything that takes your fancy. You may choose to add some meaningful words and hand embroider those on too. They could come from a...

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

Worcestershire - Next course on 12th June 2020

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...

Architectural homage freehand machine embroidery or drawing with thread workshop

Architectural homage freehand machine embroidery or drawing with thread workshop

Kent - Next course on 16th May 2020

Join Artist Stacey Chapman for this one day course where we explore the craft of freehand machine embroidery. You will learn and find confidence in using appliqué, choosing the correct fabric to help depict your artwork plus all of the basics of freehand machine embroidery. After the stunning initial results produced on this course, I am so happy to offer another day on this theme. If you would like to come along and start your own building or return for a second day to finish off your piece, either way,...

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