Free motion and machine embroidery courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

Felting and free motion machine embroidery workshops. Creating watercolours in wool! Crafts in the Valley offers these creative textile workshops at the Creative Chameleon Studio in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire. Full day workshops start at 10.30am and finishing at approximately 4.00pm. In this full day workshop you will have the opportunity to experiment with a range of textiles skills including wet felting, needle felting, hand embroidery and free motion machine embroidery. By the end of the day you will have created a beautiful piece of felted artwork. You...

Upon booking this online course I will post out the materials and colour instructions required to make up the Humming Bird Linen Panel with free machine embroidery. The five videos (emailed to you ) will all be accessed anytime from the date of purchase. I will take you through step by step how I approach such a textile project. Participants will achieve a beautiful machine embroidered wall panel designed to go in a 10-inch hand embroidery hoop to be mounted on the wall or within a boxed frame.  In this...

Free motion machine embroidery is a very addictive technique which is becoming very popular. Learn how to draw in stitch using your sewing machine, and take home a finished piece of textile art all ready to hang on your wall. This workshop focuses on producing a piece of work based on the theme of seed heads, grasses and flowers. I will start the day by going through the basic techniques, including how to set up your sewing machine. I will then guide you through the process of choosing your composition,...

If you have heard of the very addictive technique of free motion machine embroidery (where you draw with your sewing machine needle) and have always fancied having a go, then this one day workshop will introduce you to the basics of the technique. You will learn how to set up and control your sewing machine for free motion sewing. Then you will have plenty of opportunity to practice the technique producing an abstract piece of work where there is no right or wrong. I will then move on to using...

Now teaching free motion embroidery live online! This is a 2 hour introductory course which will teach you all about free motion embroidery by using fabrics, threads and applique. Free motion embroidery is a technique holly specialises in create bespoke pieces with machine embroidery to personalise these. The technique is much like drawing just with a sewing machine. It can be such a fun technique once you've got the hang of it. You will finish your workshop having created many samples and having gained lots of knowledge surrounding this technique.

Work in a small group with qualified textile artist and adult teacher, Helen Moyes The workshop can include: - Painted backgrounds and textile collage - Transfering images to fabric - How to set up the sewing machine for freehand embroidery - Practice at using embroidery hoops to “draw” with the sewing machine. - Learning how to applique - Stitching over applique - Writing in stitches - Using water soluble fabric to create stitched items - Quilting designs - Making designs 3D - Time to be creative with the techniques learned...

We're delighted to welcome back guest tutor Janie Burnett-Bleach of Janie's Originals, who will guide you through making a beautiful embroidered and beaded butterfly brooch. In this workshop you will start by learning how to draw simple shapes on wadded fabric with your sewing machine. As we progress you will learn how best to guide fabric through your machine and gain confidence with speed and smaller patterns. You will learn all the stages involved in producing a finished embroidered and beaded brooch. We will work on a 9cm butterfly in...

Free-motion stitching is addictive! Add a unique touch to your sewing projects with freestyle stitching - think creative doodling with a sewing machine. Learn the techniques of free machine embroidery, including hints and tips Make a unique flower design incorporating fabrics and coloured threads. Your appliqued design can be added to a tote bag, which is included in your workshop. Please bring: - Basic sewing kit of needles, scissors, pins, thread - 8-10" embroidery hoop - Your sewing machine with a darning or embroidery foot. You will need to have...