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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Batik painting using hot beeswax

Batik painting using hot beeswax

Staffordshire - Next course on 26th January 2020

We will cover batik painting and make a picture to frame. Using hot beeswax and adding batik dyes. This will be a fun creative day where you will learn how to use hot wax as a relief to block out areas of cotton fabric using tjanting tools as well as brushes and sponges etc. Then we will use the special batik dyes to create your beautiful masterpiece, you will iron out the wax before you take your picture to frame at home. Your piece of wall-art approx will be 16''x16''...

Textile landscape workshop in Dorset

Textile landscape workshop in Dorset

Dorset - Next course on 25th January 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...

Fascinator making in Melbourne, Derbyshire

Fascinator making in Melbourne, Derbyshire

Derbyshire - Next course on 28th February 2020

Imagine going to an event and proud as punch wearing your fascinator, telling everyone, "I made this!" Create your very own fascinator in this one day workshop. You can learn lots of techniques using a fabulous material called sinamay, available in loads of gorgeous colours, as well as veiling, beads and wire and crinoline. You can learn how to make: Roses Lillies Bows & loops Leaves Buttercups 'Feathers' All materials will be provided, plus a lovely hat box to take your finished design home with you! Suitable for beginners &...

Textile Still Life Workshop

Textile Still Life Workshop

Dorset - Next course on 1st February 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...

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...

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...

Learn to crochet with Country Garden Workshop

Learn to crochet with Country Garden Workshop

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

Printology Block Printing Surface Design

Printology Block Printing Surface Design

Buckinghamshire

Colouricious Printology is a 3 day block printing course for textile surface design. Learn how to block print on a Colouricious Printology residential textile workshop teaching you how to block print onto fabric and paper, gelli printing & stencil art. All 3 days will be timetabled and structured. You will cover: Pattern theory, layering techniques, masking, block printing, gelli printing, decolourant, stencils & sewing projects.

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 1st March 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. In Spring we will be making Bunnies, Blue Tits, Ducklings, Owls and Spring wool paintings. Workshops sell out fast so please book early to avoid disappointment. Please enquire for the latest information via "contact" button - please provide your telephone number and email address. Please visit this page frequently as new dates are...

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

Free-machine embroidery workshops in Sheffield S11

South Yorkshire - Next course on 1st February 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...

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