Classes 2018

NB:As usual we will email a form for you to pick your choices at the end of June! Morning - 3 hour workshops. You will be able to choose one of these.

Our most popular workshop from 2017 is back by popular demand! Cutting without a ruler to create bold, modern, abstract waves and shapes. Break out of the block! You’ll learn to cut and sew gentle curves creating positive/negative strips. A machine sewing class which is ideal for intermediates and improvers wanting to try a new style of piecing.

Try your hand at some tiny piecing and make a row of mini houses and buildings in this absorbing workshop. We will be freeing up our cutting and piecing to produce unique little pieces of art that can be framed or used on pouches or for tiny quilts. And the best thing about experimenting with improv on such a tiny scale is that you don’t have to worry about wasting fabric! This is a machine sewing class for intermediate students (must be used to using a rotary cutter).

Learn how to make this stunning African mini quilt with Sarah Ashford. Using a combination of solid fabrics, improv piecing and appliqué, create the powerful image of a lone lion against the backdrop of a striking African sky. Once you’ve learnt the technique, you can take it further by designing and creating modern landscapes and seascapes of your own. (NB. I shall have two other samples to share with the group as well). A machine sewing class suitable for all levels.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to create beautiful florals to compliment a handmade gift? Well this workshop with Lisa Dolson will be a relaxing and creative class learning a variety of embroidery techniques to create beautiful posies and bouquets of flowers. This fun and therapeutic session will have you hooked on creating roses, leaves and little sprays of buds. The rose stitch is a versatile method which allows you to create beautiful groupings of flowers of various sizes and textures. Lisa can show you how to incorporate some felt leaves, and even add a little beading. A hand sewing class for all skill levels.

In this workshop, you will learn all the skills needed to lino print onto fabric, including making design choices, creating and cutting your design and printing onto fabric. You will be able to experiment with repeat patterns and all over designs as well as different paint colours and fabrics. An optional kit will be available for purchase once classes have been allocated. Suitable for everyone.

Afternoon - 2.5 hour workshops. You will be able to choose one of these.

A fun and effective technique for a large cushion or full on quilt! Make a bold statement with just two fabrics or play with the rainbow. A machine sewing class suitable for beginners who have mastered the quarter inch seam and improvers.

Spend a relaxing afternoon with Jo hand stitching the cutest little blue tit. Learn turned-edge applique techniques plus a little embroidery. Enjoy some slow stitching as you watch your bird come to life. Once finished this can be used as the centre piece to a quilt block or framed as a picture. Suitable for all, though some hand stitching experience would be helpful.

The weebrawbag is a Scottish term for a little container used for carrying things. Also recently associated as a handy object for holding your most precious crafty items! It's an easy make - beginner friendly, fully lined and even reversible. It comes in two sizes, a "wee one" and a "larger one for the knitter in you". A machine sewing class suitable for all levels.

In this improvisational class we will be using different shapes to make beautiful flowers using English Paper Piecing. Lucy will guide you in creating your own geometric and curved blooms in various combinations, which can be used to make an appliqued cushion or quilt! A hand sewing class suitable for all levels.

Techniques of patching, darning, along with decorative sashiko stitches will be introduced in this workshop, all of which are transferable for a variety of items of clothing. Just bring along an old frayed pair of jeans or similar garment along with a patch of fabric to fill that hole and we will slow stitch your garment back to life! A hand sewing class for all levels.