Quilting can add movement and creativity to your beautifully pieced quilt tops. Under the expert guidance of Lis Binns you will learn techniques such as free motion quilting, trapunto or quilting with rulers (depending on which workshop you attend) that can help add an extra layer of creativity and interest to your quilts.
~Technique Tuesday~ This session we will be focusing on inserting a zip using your sewing machine. Spend the evening making a cute purse complete with zip fastening – perfect for storing your sewing supplies!
In just a couple of hours you can create your very own unique lampshade to brighten a corner in your home, sewing room or office.
Spend a fabulous day under the guidance of Tilly Rose who will show you how you can preserve your treasured keepsakes, be they jewellery, trinkets, photographs or maps, in the company of a little creativity, colour, texture and design in the form of a wonderful stitched journal.
Spend a peaceful day in the presence of Tilly Rose who will guide you through creating a slow stitched wrap – a beautiful way to create a visual diary full of colour, stitch and treasured memories.
If you love dressmaking, patchwork, embroidery, knitting, felt making, card making, cake decorating and more this is the trip for you. With exhibitions by national and international textile artists there is so much to see and do, it is arguably the BEST show in the North.
Create a beautiful fabric heart that is full of texture and depth. Kate will demonstrate traditional and modern fabric manipulation techniques that introduce volume and interest allowing you to create your very own stunning piece of art.
In this relaxed workshop Janet will show you how to make your very own tiny stitched garden using free motion machine embroidery combined with reverse applique and finished with hand stitch.
Let Diane Jones inspire you with colour and guide you through the techniques of working on a silk screen to make mono prints using procion dyes.
The piece displayed was made on a past workshop by Gill which she went onto embellished with stitch.
Create your very own fabric ‘story book’ with pages of layered fabrics including recycled fabric, felt, scrim and lace all beautifully embellished using applique, needle felting and hand stitching. A workshop where you can really let your imagination free!
Spend the day learning lots of skills to create your very own beautiful roomy tote bag complete with pockets, a zip closure and shoulder straps.
Master the basics of a machine sewing, from how to thread up the machine to sewing in a straight line! You’ll get lots of practice with your sewing machine creating a variety of easy to sew projects.
