Textile art courses

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Textile arts courses, classes and workshops taught at locations all across the UK. Is your eye caught by bright and beautiful fabrics? Your gaze held by the allure of a perfect loom? Do you long to plunge your hand into sackfuls of fine merino wool? Textile art is as wide and varied as the numerous fibres available to man-kind. In this section you will find courses and workshops run by experienced dedicated textile artists, who will help you develop your own potential. You can learn techniques such as embroidery, batik, sewing, hand spinning, knitting, crochet, felting, rug making and weaving. A thriving modern art form, textile art courses are available up and down the UK, as short workshops, weekly clubs, weekend retreats or longer evening courses.

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Textile landscape workshop in Dorset

Textile landscape workshop in Dorset

Dorset - Next course on 5th April 2020

On this one-day course, the techniques of layering and stitching fabrics that I have developed will be used to build up a landscape. Learn how to use colour and texture to create depth, using a simple running stitch on either an electric or hand sewing machine. No specific sewing skills or sophisticated machines are needed for this technique but by incorporating drawing and painting, you will be sure of making original and unique work as well as learning a new approach. Please bring your own sewing machine if possible as...

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...

Crochet workshops - The Lemon Hound - Kent

Crochet workshops - The Lemon Hound - Kent

Have you ever wanted to learn to crochet, or maybe brush up on an old skill? You have come to the right place. My crochet workshops are designed to inspire and ignite creativity, from beginner classes through to teaching advanced students. Wherever your skills lie there will be something for you. Classes vary from teaching the complete beginner, to days teaching the art of the granny square (and there are many, many beautiful designs out there to choose from!) I also offer courses staged over a few weeks to help...

Art to stitch textile - 4 week course

Art to stitch textile - 4 week course

Learn from textile artist Ruth Parkinson-Johns the art of stitch techniques and textile manipulation. This is a 4 week course running throughout the year on Friday afternoons at Inkberrow Design Centre now based in Bromsgrove B61 7DL. Learn textile drawing & sketching with visiting textile artist Ruth Parkinson-Johns. This is a course for those who are passionate about creative textiles. You will work with mixed media techniques, fabric decoration to include some dyeing and printing followed by stitching with free hand machine embroidery and combined with experimental techniques. The beginning...

Family art course

Family art course

Hertfordshire - Next course on 16th April 2020

Join our friendly, talented tutors for a packed two-day family art course during the Easter holiday! Parents/carers will be joined by their children to enjoy creative activities together. This will include designing mandalas, which will be used to decorate small canvas drawstring bags, and making dreamcatchers. The course is heavily subsidised by Hertfordshire Adult and Family Learning Service

Learn to crochet with Country Garden Workshop

Learn to crochet with Country Garden Workshop

Hertfordshire - Next course on 25th April 2020

This learn to crochet morning is a great way for a beginner to get started in understanding and learning the simple basic techniques of crochet. You will learn to - Hold the yarn and hook - How to cast on - Double crochet / treble crochet / slip stitch and sewing in ends A great workshop to learning the basics, which will enable you to go away and start your very first crochet project! 9.30am - 1pm

Needle felting with The Lady Moth in Cambridge - animals & wool paintings

Needle felting with The Lady Moth in Cambridge - animals & wool paintings

Cambridgeshire - Next course on 5th April 2020

Needle felting classes suitable for beginners and improvers. Run by Żenia, an experienced teacher, designer and fibre artist known as The Lady Moth. The content of each course varies from date to date & projects change seasonally. During the upcoming workshops we will be making Birds, Bunnies and Barn Owls. Workshops sell out fast so please book early to avoid disappointment, I take only 7 students per class. 26th of April is fully booked now. Please enquire for the latest information via "contact" button. Please visit this page frequently as...

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...

Needle felting workshop - Harry the Hare, Frankie Fox or Billy Badger

Needle felting workshop - Harry the Hare, Frankie Fox or Billy Badger

Warwickshire - Next course on 11th May 2020

As featured in Country Living Magazine - fun and inspiring beginners needle felting workshops, in the beautiful surroundings of Crafty Gal HQ, Needle Felting Studio in Marlcliff, near Bidford on Avon. Whether you’ve seen needle felting on TV, had a little go or just fancy trying something creative and different - this course is for you. An introduction to the magic of dry needle felting incl. all the basic techniques, step by step, to get you started and to create a beautiful woodland creature of your very own. Makes a...

Introduction to Frame Loom Weaving

Introduction to Frame Loom Weaving

Hampshire - Next course on 18th April 2020

Learn how to weave using a wooden frame lap loom. Students will learn how to make their own fabric, warp their own loom, finish and create their own woven wall-hanging or decorative fabric. The project will have a focus on texture, pattern and colour where all materials will be included. The workshop will run 10am-4pm. Meet the Tutor Alice Hume is a Textile Artist who graduated from Winchester School of Art with a degree in Textile Design: Woven Textiles. She also had the opportunity to study Woven Design at the...

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