Textile art courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

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Textile landscape workshop in Dorset

In-person course

Dorset - Next course on 2nd December 2021

£99

Take inspiration from the 16th century mill and its peaceful surroundings on the River Stour in North Dorset. Set in water meadows and surrounded by trees, it has hardly changed since Thomas Hardy, who lived across the fields ,often visited it over 100 years ago. Working from patterns or your own sketches if preferred, you will be shown the various stages used to build up a landscape incorporating the layering techniques that I have developed and my own techniques of using colour and texture to create depth. No specific sewing...

Take inspiration from the 16th century mill and its peaceful surroundings on the River Stour in North Dorset. Set in water meadows and surrounded by trees, it has hardly changed...

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Needle felt a robin - live online workshop

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Needle felt a robin - live online workshop

Live online course

- Next course on 4th December 2021

£30

Join me for an online needle felting workshop where you can make your own little felted robin. You will be sent a kit containing all the materials you need ahead of time. ***The Friday Workshops run from 12 noon until 2.30pm and the Saturday workshops run from 3 to 5.30pm (GMT).*** Classes are taught via zoom, allowing you to have a crafty couple of hours from the comfort of your own home 😊. Zoom is easy to use. I will set up a meeting and will send you a link...

Join me for an online needle felting workshop where you can make your own little felted robin. You will be sent a kit containing all the materials you need ahead...

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Textile Still Life Workshop

In-person course

Dorset - Next course on 9th December 2021

£99

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, scissors, fabrics that particularly inspire you(I will also have a good supply of fabric available) and, of course, items that you...

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...

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Christmas felted Mistletoe sprig with Purr & Wag It, Tabletop Workshops

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Christmas felted Mistletoe sprig with Purr & Wag It, Tabletop Workshops

Live online course

- Next course on 28th November 2021

£50

No previous experience is necessary. The fast fix way to make a sprig of my covetable Everlasting Mistletoe. NB: When thinking of a date remember I will need to post your kit to you. Please note this workshop needs a minimum of 2 people to run. You'll learn how to create the branches from floristry wire and 100% wool and cut the leaf shapes from the 100% wool felt provided. Then we'll attach the berries and leaves by hand stitching and add a final flourish with a piece of red...

No previous experience is necessary. The fast fix way to make a sprig of my covetable Everlasting Mistletoe. NB: When thinking of a date remember I will need to post...

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Hygge Christmas craft workshop at Hautbois Hall

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Hygge Christmas craft workshop at Hautbois Hall

In-person course

Norfolk - Next course on 19th December 2021

£45

Our Hygge Christmas Workshop is just the thing to get you ready for the festive season. With one of our team being Danish, we just couldn’t resist bringing a bit of Hygge into our Christmas workshops this year. The workshop will be hosted in the Great Barn of the beautiful Hautbois Hall. Our Christmas workshop has an informal structure allowing you to work at your own pace on the projects of your choosing. We will be creating; A variety of Christmas decorations in different mediums, you’ll love them so much...

Our Hygge Christmas Workshop is just the thing to get you ready for the festive season. With one of our team being Danish, we just couldn’t resist bringing a bit...

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Nalbinding Starter Kit: Nidavellnir's Nalbinding for Beginners Complete Craft Kit (nålbinding, naalbinding, nalebinding, needlebinding)

Craft kit

£62

Nalbinding is the historical name used to describe the earliest form of wool craft that predates modern knitting and crochet. There are many different cultural types of nalbinding; Nidavellnir specialises in this craft during the Viking Age in the British Isles, North Atlantic, Scandinavia and Northern Europe. All the items you see within the shop are handmade by yours truely , using 100% wool, Rare breed British wool and Icelandic wool. The Nalbinding for Beginners: Starter Kit by Nidavellnir is HERE! This Kit is the first of its kind in...

Nalbinding is the historical name used to describe the earliest form of wool craft that predates modern knitting and crochet. There are many different cultural types of nalbinding; Nidavellnir specialises...

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Textile art & applique

Live online course

- Next course on 1st December 2021

£37.50

This lovely 10-week course will enable you to learn how to construct textile art, and how to use applique and a variety of stitches to create a landscape, which you will be supported to design yourself. It is heavily-subsidised by Hertfordshire's Step2Skills, and because of this, only people living in the county are eligible to apply for this particular course.

This lovely 10-week course will enable you to learn how to construct textile art, and how to use applique and a variety of stitches to create a landscape, which you...

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Rag Rug Workshop - Brighton - Half Day

In-person course

West Sussex - Next course on 4th December 2021

£40

Have fun turning old t-shirts and forgotten favourites into recycled works of art with the age-old skill of rag rugging. In our full day and half day classes you will learn all the skills you will need to be able to make unique rag rugs, cushions and art to spice up your home. Careful though, it’s addictive! In these workshops, which are run at the Yellowave Beach Sports Venue on Brighton beach you will have the chance to start either a rag rug flower in a half day class or...

Have fun turning old t-shirts and forgotten favourites into recycled works of art with the age-old skill of rag rugging. In our full day and half day classes you will...

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Introduction to Frame Loom Weaving

In-person course

Hampshire - Next course on 11th December 2021

£85

Learn how to weave using a wooden frame 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 Swedish...

Learn how to weave using a wooden frame loom. Students will learn how to make their own fabric, warp their own loom, finish and create their own woven wall-hanging or...

Free-machine Embroidery Workshops in Sheffield S11

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Free-machine Embroidery Workshops in Sheffield S11

In-person course

South Yorkshire - Next course on 16th January 2022

£65

*** 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...

*** 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...