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

*** The November dates will be Christmas Themed, making festive decorations and cards using free machine embroidery. *** Free-machine embroidery is a fun and creative way of ‘drawing’ with your sewing machine.

 I will show you how to set up your machine for free-machine embroidery, how to stretch fabric onto an embroidery hoop, and how to practise drawing with your sewing machine.
 At the start of the workshop I do a short demonstration of the techniques I teach, on my Bernina sewing machine.

 Suitable for complete beginners who haven’t used...

Weekly creative embroidery classes on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 10 am - 12.30 pm. Run by myself Dawn Ireland, a practising artist with over 25 years of experience working in textiles, mixed media, machine and hand embroidery. All my classes are relaxed and friendly and provide an opportunity to be creative, inspired and meet other like-minded people. Working at your own pace I will be on hand to guide and support you throughout the day. You are welcome to bring along your own project to work on, and/or try...

NEW in our Botanical Collection of floral inspired embroidery illustrations is 'Cosmos'. A lively little design featuring a fresh collection of blooms in a gorgeous blue and white colour palette. Made from a luxuriously soft linen panel, this pre-printed pattern comes without instructions so the finished product will be completely unique to you. Suitable for hand or machine embroidery, the end result can be framed in a hoop, in a traditional style frame and hung on the wall, or turned into a patchwork bag or cushion. The linen pattern is...

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...

In this fun and inspiring workshop you will learn how to really make the most of a sewing machine, using it to 'draw' and create a set of unique stitched samples. You have the choice of working from your own images (drawings and/or photos) or from some of mine. As the course is run for no more than 2 people at a time, it can be tailored very much to individual needs and requirements. By the end of the day you will have: - Learnt how to set up a...

In this fun and inspiring workshop you will learn how to really make the most of a sewing machine, using it to create a diverse set of samples and images with a range of visual effects, from 'drawn' to decorative. You can work from your own images (drawings and/or photos) or from some of mine. As the course is run for no more than 2 people at a time, it can be tailored very much to individual needs and requirements. By the end of the 2 days you will have:...

Felting and free motion machine embroidery workshops. Learn how to create watercolours in wool! Crafts in the Valley offers textile and fused glass 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...

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.

Free-machine embroidery has been described by Kirsty Allsopp as ‘the crack cocaine of the crafting world!’ and we have to agree – it is very addictive! Sarah’s workshop will introduce you to this fascinating art form – it can be described as drawing with your sewing machine. You will learn how to set up a sewing machine ready for free-machine embroidery and can have fun practising doodling and ‘writing’ onto fabric. Once you have mastered the basics, you will design and create your own framed textile picture using free-machine embroidery...