If you love dressmaking, patchwork, embroidery, knitting, felt making, card making, cake decorating and more this is the trip for you. Exhibitions by national and international textile artists. There is so much to see and do, it’s arguably the BEST show in the North.
On Saturday, Sian will teach you the process of sun printing, working on paper initially using flowers, buttons, seeds and haberdashery objects to make lovely prints. Sunday will be a day of stitch working on your lovely prints with Linda
Two days of wonderful embroidery with Sarah, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 2nd & 3rd April 2019. Working in layers of stitch you will produce a raised bird or animal to apply to a background fabric. A wonderful way of producing a sculptured, life-like work of art.
Transfer printing
Tuesday evenings, 6.30 -9pm beginners hand embroidery course, over the 8 weeks learn a variety of lovely hand embroidery stitches then with step by step guidance embroider yourself a beautiful flower garden.
Sumptuous silks, cool cottons, warm velvets and lace if you love fabrics, beads and embroidery this Crazy Patchwork course is perfect for you. Eight weeks of stitch indulgence to include ribbon work, Tuesday mornings between 10 and 12.30 are mornings just for you… Dates are – 27th Feb, 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th March & 10th, 17th, 24th April 2018
Take the challenge of minimal materials – to create a charming Birdy stitched collage canvas using a collage technique and hand or machine embroidery to finish
Working from an inspirational image we will create a stitched garden border that will be ‘drawn’ over with your sewing machine and further hand embellished with lovely threads buttons and beads.
On this 2 day workshop create a miniature 3D festive winter wonderland on a teacup. Enter the world of Murgatroyd & Bean; stitch a wooded scene of a winter landscape atop a vintage teacup using felt, fabric scraps and embroidery.
Make a beautiful machine embroidered handbag mirror from organza and silk with a matching silk case.
Working in layers of stitch you will produce a raised bird or animal to apply to a background fabric. A wonderful way of producing a sculptured, life-like work of art.
