Exploring a new embroidery technique each week, from the whitework and drawn threadwork of the Regency to the blackwork of the Tudors, as well as Sashiko from Japan and Pepenado from Mexico, and the best stitches to add lettering to your clothes. All premium quality materials and tools included; book individual or multiple sessions.
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Inspired by Zandra Rhodes: A Life in Print RSN Parnership Class at The Holburne
A workshop in partnership with the Royal School of Needlework. Channel Zandra Rhodes’s fearless use of colour and signature prints to embroider your own motif, inspired by a beautifully intricate garment featured in the exhibition. Ticket price includes museum entry and all bespoke materials kit.
Fearless Fashion: customise a Zandra-inspired jacket
“…a fearless approach to colour, print, fashion and creativity.” Using this quote as an attitude and a manifesto for creativity, Alice and Karen from ‘Let’s Make Art’ will lead an inspiring, vibrant jacket customisation workshop inspired by Zandra Rhodes’s unique way with colour and pattern. Each participant will receive a handmade, bolero style jacket with...
The Quilts of Gee’s Bend at the American Museum
Collection of textile works celebrating African American culture and heritage celebrating the extraordinary work of a group of African American women from a remote river island community in Alabama which embodies a 200-year tradition of making quilts that hold both profound artistic and political significance. With skills and traditions passed down primarily from mother to...
How to Use Your Sewing Machine with Bath Share & Repair
A hands-on workshop for beginners and those who haven’t used their machine for a while to guide you through setting up and how to get the most from your machine, including learning to wind the bobbin and thread your machine, understanding the various functions and stitches and simple problem solving. Bring your own machine and...
Beginner Machine Sewing Workshop at Flourish
Get to know your way around a sewing machine and learn the basic techniques to help build your confidence and skills. Includes threading and setting up your machine, creating different stitches, inserting a zip, boxing corners, making and joining pieces of a simple pattern. You’ll spend the day learning how to make a variety of...
Beginner Machine Sewing Workshop at Flourish
Get to know your way around a sewing machine and learn the basic techniques to help build your confidence and skills. Includes threading and setting up your machine, creating different stitches, inserting a zip, boxing corners, making and joining pieces of a simple pattern. You’ll spend the day learning how to make a variety of...
Beginner Machine Sewing Workshop at Flourish
Get to know your way around a sewing machine and learn the basic techniques to help build your confidence and skills. Includes threading and setting up your machine, creating different stitches, inserting a zip, boxing corners, making and joining pieces of a simple pattern. You’ll spend the day learning how to make a variety of...