Textile art courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts in Essex

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Textile arts courses, live classes, kits and online workshops with UK makers. 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 mankind. Learn and discover techniques such as embroidery, batik, sewing, hand spinning, knitting, crochet, felting, rug making and weaving. A thriving modern art form, textile art abounds in the UK. Start your journey here.
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Weave a Tartan Cushion
6 hours
Next date: 21st Mar 2026
10 places left
(1)
£120.00
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Creative Stitch and Mend
3 hours
Next date: 26th Mar 2026
10 places left
(1)
£60.00
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Hand Stitch for Decoration
3 hours
Next date: 21st Mar 2026
10 places left
£60.00
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Storytelling through stitch
6 hours
Next date: 11th Apr 2026
10 places left
£120.00
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Weave a Textile Artwork
4 hours
Next date: 28th Mar 2026
8 places left
(1)
£60.00
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Crochet masterclass course + kit
7 items left
£78.00
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Macrame masterclass course + kit
6 items left
£78.00
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Christmas Macrame Bauble Kit & Course
5 items left
(1)
£24.00
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Christmas Macrame Wreath Kit & Course
8 items left
£36.00
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Dry Needle Felting - Seascape or Landscape
1 day
Next date: 29th Apr 2026
£85.00
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Print Your Own Fabric
1 day
Next date: 27th Mar 2026
£85.00
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Fabric Pinboard LEWES Make&Take Workshop
2½ hours
Next date: 12th Mar 2026
6 places left
£65.00
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Traditional Lampshade Making Workshop
2 days
Next date: 13th Mar 2026
(12)
£225.00
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Grow Your Own Cloth(es) in your Garden - an introduction to flax growing
3 hours
Next date: 21st Mar 2026
4 places left
£40.00
Working With Tissue - an introduction to mixed media textiles
£48.00
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Beginner's Secrets of Spindle Spinning
10 items left
(1)
£228.00
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Rag Rug Workshop - Full Day - Brighton
5½ hours
Next date: 12th Apr 2026
2 places left
(1)
£85.00
Black Silk Rose Choker Craft Kit
4 items left
£45.00
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The Art of Woven Tapestry
Next date: 15th Dec 2025
(2)
£75.00
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Kumihimo - the art of Japanese braid making
Next date: 15th Dec 2025
£60.00
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Indian block printing workshop
Next date: 15th Dec 2025
£85.00
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SAORI weaving taster session
2 hours
Next date: 2nd Jan 2026
5 places left
(22)
£40.00
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SAORI creative weaving day
1 day
Next date: 9th Jan 2026
4 places left
(24)
£90.00
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Burnt Fen Alpacas Natural Dyes Workshop
1 day
Next date: 12th Jun 2026
(2)
£115.00
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Learn to spin at Burnt Fen Alpacas
1 day
Next date: 15th Apr 2026
(2)
£105.00
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Transfer printing on fabric - Sublimation Printing using Disperse Dyes
6 hours
Next date: 23rd Jan 2026
(2)
£99.00
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Beautiful Batik on Paper and Fabric
6 hours
Next date: 31st Jan 2026
(9)
£99.00
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Beautiful Batik on Paper and Fabric - Sunflowers and Seedbeds
6 hours
Next date: 31st Jan 2026
(4)
£99.00
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