Stitching Kitchen

Contact Name: Hannah Thompson

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9 Waynflete Avenue
Brackley
Northamptonshire
NN13 6AG

Stitching Kitchen

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About Stitching Kitchen

Stitching Kitchen was created by Hannah Thompson, a textile artist who loves to create in fabric and thread. She teaches various textile art related courses from her kitchen - and provides home made cakes and teas/coffee. The courses run regularly and also by arrangement, she also travels to other locations for clubs, shops and for parties.

Stitching Kitchen's Courses

Embroidery - learn a stitch or two

Embroidery - learn a stitch or two

Northamptonshire - Next course on 9th October 2019

Join a small group of stitchers learning some basic (or more advanced) embroidery stitches. Hannah is on hand to teach you every thing you need to know to complete your project at home after the two hour session. You can pick a design from florals, birds, animals and letters. You can use any stitches you like to decorate the piece, running stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, french knots, feather stitch, lazy daisy stitch...... you will be surprised the effects you can achieve with the most simple stitches. Your tutor will...

House Applique, fabric collage at Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Bucks, Oxon border

House Applique, fabric collage at Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Bucks, Oxon border

Northamptonshire - Next course on 10th October 2019

Using one of my designs or perhaps sketching a house you know well we will cut out pieces of fabric from the Stitching Kitchen Stash and apply them to the background using a combination of iron on adhesive and stitch. Further embellishment using a variety of threads and beads, buttons and sequins can be added by either hand or machine stitch. The finished piece can be framed to hang on a wall or incorporated into another project. Your tutor will be Hannah, the owner of Stitching Kitchen. She set up...

Indian block printing at Stitching Kitchen: Northants- Oxon- Bucks borders

Indian block printing at Stitching Kitchen: Northants- Oxon- Bucks borders

Northamptonshire - Next course on 13th October 2019

Join us at Stitching Kitchen to experiment with Indian block printing, at the end of the session you will have some beautiful printed fabric and a couple of decorated items to take home. No stitching required for this workshop – do bring an apron and wear older clothes, we will be working with fabric paints which don’t wash out!!! This will be a lovely relaxed session, you will find you can create some lovely images using the Indian carved blocks and let your imagination run riot with the fabric paints....

Needle felting animals at Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Bucks, Oxon borders

Needle felting animals at Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Bucks, Oxon borders

Northamptonshire - Next course on 7th October 2019

Spend a relaxed afternoon or evening learning the basics of needle felting in three dimensions, make your choice of animals with all materials provided and help on hand to kick start your skills with this highly addictive craft! This course is suitable for complete beginners but as you can work towards your own goals too more experienced felters are also welcome. Teens and older children are welcome to join us too. You will learn the art of three dimensional needle felting, working from a woollen bundle then felting coloured wool...

Rag rug making - Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Bucks, Oxon borders

Rag rug making - Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Bucks, Oxon borders

Northamptonshire - Next course on 6th October 2019

Join us to learn the basic skills of rag rugging. This old English tradition is the ultimate in up-cycling, using rags, fabric strips and clips of old fabric to create rugs, cushions or wreaths to adorn your home. Together we will learn the basics of the techniques - and prepare your fabrics ready to get rag rugging! Your tutor will be Hannah, the owner of Stitching Kitchen. She set up the business in 2017 to share her passion and skills in all things involving textiles, fabric and threads. Her courses...

Weaving - experimental - Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Oxon, Bucks borders

Weaving - experimental - Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Oxon, Bucks borders

Northamptonshire - Next course on 8th October 2019

Have fun with a variety of wool, fibres, threads, string and fabric. You will use a simple loom or frame to weave a textured piece during the workshop, you may use this in your home or perhaps it could be the start of something larger. We will cover the basics of weaving, warp and weft – and creating simple patterns too. I will also show you how to add texture to your weaving with Rya knots, Soumak and loops. With a range of textures and colours in the yarn box...

Wet felt flower at Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Oxon, Bucks borders

Wet felt flower at Stitching Kitchen, Northants, Oxon, Bucks borders

Northamptonshire - Next course on 4th October 2019

We will spend a couple of hours to create a beautiful flower from scratch using wool roving (unspun merino wool). The magic of wet felting uses hot water and soap to magically convert wool into a beautiful felted flower - which you can stitch or add to your next craft project or just wear it! Your tutor will be Hannah, the owner of Stitching Kitchen. She set up the business in 2017 to share her passion and skills in all things involving textiles, fabric and threads. Her courses are relaxed...