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

In-person course

Dorset - Next course on 9th January 2021

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

In-person course

Dorset - Next course on 16th January 2021

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...

Art to stitch textile - 4 week course

Art to stitch textile - 4 week course

In-person course

Worcestershire - Next course on 26th October 2020

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...

Introduction to Frame Loom Weaving

Introduction to Frame Loom Weaving

In-person course

Hampshire - Next course on 7th November 2020

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...

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

In-person course

South Yorkshire - Next course on 7th November 2020

***Stitched up and fleeced studios are an independent learning provider. We have followed government guidelines to ensure safety measures including hand sanitiser to be used on arrival and available at each table, masks must be worn when entering and moving around the building, and social distancing with seating two metres apart is in place at the studio.**** 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...

Needle felting course with FURZIE at Trumpet Corner Tea Rooms, Ledbury, Herefordshire

Needle felting course with FURZIE at Trumpet Corner Tea Rooms, Ledbury, Herefordshire

In-person course

Herefordshire - Next course on 26th October 2020

Needle felting is a wonderful craft, even if you don't think you are creative, the wool somehow inspires you to create. The course is suitable for beginners or those with some experience of felting already. You will be taught the basics of needle-felting, how to make a wire armature structure for your animal and how to sculpt with wool. For the course cost you can choose which animal you would like to make (within reason!), but pick something you love and you are familiar with how it looks, bring photos...

Fabulous felt picture 2 day masterclass near York

Fabulous felt picture 2 day masterclass near York

In-person course

North Yorkshire - Next course on 7th November 2020

This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with felting experience. It is limited to 6 places so everyone gets individual attention and the coaching they need to make their picture. You will be working from an inspirational image that you have brought with you, I will walk you through all the processes you need to know to create your Felt Picture. Day 1 Is all about building your picture, using a combination of pre felting, dry felting and wet felting techniques, tailored to your pictures requirements. Really exploring how...

Needle felted animals or pictures

Needle felted animals or pictures

In-person course

Staffordshire - Next course on 15th November 2020

I am teaching a maximum of 4 people around my large farmhouse kitchen table until Christmas. There is enough space between students - 1 1/2 metres apart. - Wear face coverings. - French doors open etc. - All government guidelines followed. Please enquire for further information. Where: Stafford ST16, Staffordshire. During this half day workshop you will create a small needle felted mouse or a picture of your choice. We will be using various wool fibres and a barbed felting needle to knit the fibres together, by the end of...

Inspirational course covering wet felting and Nuno techniques in the beautiful Forest of Dean

Inspirational course covering wet felting and Nuno techniques in the beautiful Forest of Dean

In-person course

Gloucestershire - Next course on 26th October 2020

Experimental felt-making day-course covering basic flat felt and Nuno techniques: Designing and making images and patterns, pre-felts, layering and all you need to get started as a felt maker! You will be shown how to design your own pattern or picture from an image or source of your own choice (don't worry if you haven't got any ideas, I've got lots of books and samples to inspire you) for either a wall hanging, cushion, scarf, or piece of fabric to be later made into something such as a bag or...

Make a needle-felt Herdwick doorstop, 2 wise owls or a gorgeous bunny at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns

Make a needle-felt Herdwick doorstop, 2 wise owls or a gorgeous bunny at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns

In-person course

Cumbria - Next course on 24th November 2020

Since 2005, ‘Quirky Workshops’ in Greystoke has been offering an eclectic and unrivalled range of arts, crafts and heritage skills courses. We now run over 140 ‘Quirky Workshops’ each year from our pretty 17thC farmhouse on the fringes of the beautiful Lake District and Eden Valley in Cumbria. In July 2020 we opened a lovely new, listed & spacious 'Covid-secure' teaching studio - the 'Swallow Barn', which now enjoys consistently excellent feedback; please see below for all details. Our new programme for each year is sent out at the end...

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