Upholstery courses

You may also be interested in: Furniture making | Furniture restoration | Heritage crafts | Interior design | Leather work | Quilting & patchwork | Sewing machine | Upcycling

Upholstery courses and workshops can transform your home and add to your comfort! Get to grips with coil springs, stapling, sewing and cutting. Learning upholstery could give you a hobby which will see you collecting and re-inventing furniture for the rest of your life! Create beautiful and unique pieces, meet like minded people and enjoy the learning process with one of our expert upholsterers and tutors.

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Upholstery course - bring your own project

Upholstery course - bring your own project

Cornwall - Next course on 7th December 2019

We run regular weekend courses in upholstery and restoration. They are run by Polly, who has been in the industry for over 10 years and teaching in London for over 7 years so you'll be in safe hands. We try to ensure that all your needs are taken care of so you are free to relax, unwind, get hands on creative and to make new friends too. You can bring your own project and all levels are welcome, so don't worry if you're a total novice. We cover traditional and...

The Ottoman, three day workshop

The Ottoman, three day workshop

Greater Manchester

The ottoman, a large footstool can also double up as a coffee table. Students on the course will learn traditional and modern upholstery skills, including slip stitching and making the buttons. Paint techniques are also taught using Reloved vintage paints.

Bring your own upholstery project course

Bring your own upholstery project course

Greater Manchester - Next course on 9th December 2019

Have you got an upholstery project but don’t know where start? Get help and attend our brand new ‘Bring your own’ upholstery course hosted by Upholsterer and Creative Director, Simion Hawtin-Smith. Simion will provide you with all the advice and tools you need to give your piece of furniture, a new lease of life. Whether it is an Ercol chair, an armchair, a cocktail chair or even a footstool, you are guaranteed to create something special. Our ‘bring your own’ classes are small and limited to 4 people, so you...

Upholstery footstool course: The Ottomini

Upholstery footstool course: The Ottomini

Greater Manchester - Next course on 7th December 2019

Learn to upholster a beautiful footstool on a two day course in Stockport. BBC 1 Money for Nothing Upholsterer Simion Hawtin-Smith is now offering courses. Designed in the Reloved workshop, courses will teach students traditional and modern upholstery skills, paint techniques, and much more. Based at Reloved Works in Bredbury, Greater Manchester studio, classes will be small and friendly. Students will have plenty of time with Simion, helping them to gain valuable knowledge to begin their making journey. Learn the basics of upholstery and take home your very own ottomini...

Upholstery and upcycling furniture and interiors

Upholstery and upcycling furniture and interiors

Derbyshire - Next course on 10th December 2019

Whether you want to upholster an old foot stall, recover and revise a lampshade and stand, use decoupage to create a quirky chest of drawers or desk, make a roman blind or simply learn to use a sewing machine....this is the workshop for you! Lucy has oodles of skills and ideas to inspire you! From decoupage, paint effects, fabric application and quirky design concepts, this workshop will give you the skills and inspiration to transform your interior product. As well as learning many skills and techniques from Lucy you will...

Weekend upholstery courses - Oxfordshire & Berkshire Borders

Weekend upholstery courses - Oxfordshire & Berkshire Borders

Berkshire - Next course on 18th January 2020

Learn about traditional materials and sundries, e.g. tacks, webbing, springs, hessian, horsehair, wadding and calico. Learn about traditional methods, e.g. ripping out, to web, apply hessian, hair stuffing, stitched edges, apply calico, apply top cover fabric and trimmings. Modern methods also taught. Suitable for beginners and improvers. Small classes - maximum of 7 (seven) students. Bring your own furniture. Beginners should ring or email tutor for advice on what will be suitable. Upholstery materials and sundries will be available to purchase during each course. Experience working in a real workshop...

A taste of interior design

A taste of interior design

Derbyshire - Next course on 15th January 2020

Royal college of Art Graduate Lucy Renshaw has 15 years experience in Interiors and Design. Lucy runs her workshops, interiors, upholstery and design coaching business from her 17th Century colourful home in the idillic Derbyshire Dales. From her beautiful studio, overlooking fields, she also hosts workshops for other practitioners based around her ethos of: Reclaim, Seek, Remake...ranging from fashion, cooking and well being. A taste of interior design: an inspirational workshop mixing both theory and practical activities, to inspire and find your inner style! Whether you are looking to re-design...

Furniture restoration and related skills at Craven Conservation & Restoration in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Furniture restoration and related skills at Craven Conservation & Restoration in Newmarket, Suffolk.

At Craven Conservation, join a one day furniture restoration course which is flexible to meet the needs of students. We can tailor the course for total beginners to more experienced students. You can learn a new skill, meet new people and relax by doing something different from your day job. We have facilities for all aspects of furniture restoration and decorative arts. This includes subjects like general restoration, cabinetmaking, upholstery, surface finishing, woodturning, marquetry and gilding, to name but a few. The course is run by qualified tutors in a...

Upholstery Workshop - learn to make and upholster a footstool in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire - by The Boho Shed

Upholstery Workshop - learn to make and upholster a footstool in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire - by The Boho Shed

Cheshire - Next course on 21st February 2020

Learn the wonderful craft of upholstery (no previous experience needed) by making and upholstering a lovely footstool from scratch in one day to take home with you whilst make some new like minded friends in a relaxed and supportive environment. Come along to one of our one day (10am to 3pm) fun and friendly Upholstery Workshops at the gorgeous Grappenhall Heyes Walled Garden, Warrington, Cheshire. Spend the day in the bright and airy schoolroom and glass house whilst looking out onto the spectacular gardens. On sunny days, we can get...

Upholstery skills - from basic to advanced, traditional and modern styles

Upholstery skills - from basic to advanced, traditional and modern styles

West Yorkshire - Next course on 6th January 2020

The course is taught by Jan and Angela; both are City and Guilds qualified and have previously taught upholstery and sewing for Kirklees College. Students work in small groups of mixed abilities and ages. New students are encouraged to begin with a small item of furniture such as a drop in seat, a small footstool, or even a headboard. All equipment is available to use, but students are welcome to bring their own tools if they prefer. Advice and teaching is very hands on and practical and students will learn...

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