1120 Arts & Crafts courses

A mindful embroidery workshop by Manchester embroidery artist Hoop & Fred! The perfect wholesome activity for a hen do, work event, or community get together!

Improving with stretch fabric - next steps with your overlocker / serger. Spend 3 hours playing with your overlocker to develop your knowledge and get to grips with Seaming, Flatlocking, Blind Hems, Pintucks, Lettuce edging, Rolled Hems and Complex fabric handling e.g. velvet/chiffon/spandex

Bring your jewellery making to the next level with our Silver Clay Workshop! We're offering an indulgent, one-to-one workshop that will allow you to really get your hands dirty. You'll learn how to set stones in silver clay, as well as how to create filigree and patina your pieces. You've been playing with silver clay for a while now, and you're feeling confident in your current skills. You have a vision in your head of what you want to create, but you don't know how to make it come to life. This is a great opportunity for intermediate jewellery makers who want to take their skills to the next level—or for those who are just starting out and want some guidance from an expert.

Are you ready to make your own silver clay ring? We'll give you the skills, tools and the space to manipulate, join and decorate in silver clay. Choose from 4 styles of rings to create your own unique design. In this workshop you will learn how to make a ring from scratch. You can develop your own design for a special occasion or just for fun! Have you got that special someone in your life or want to make a statement ring for yourself? Whoever the ring is for you'll make a ring that's completely unique. It's the perfect gift for any occasion—and an experience that will last long after the day.

Our solid silver jewellery making courses run for half a day or a full day and include all materials, tools and training required to make your very own piece of solid silver jewellery.

This one-day course will focus on the construction of some beautiful Moroccan geometric patterns using the traditional geometers' tools of compass and straightedge. Daniel Docherty will lead the class in a gently guided, step-by-step manner suitable for both beginners and experienced alike.

Learn to Macrame - for beginners, learn three knots and make a plant hanger.

Dive deeper into floristry with our Floristry Foundation Course. Master floral design, create stunning arrangements & explore sustainability. Sign up today!

Masterful use of shape can take your work to new heights, add vitality and energy to your work with improvised free cut shapes is the goal of this workshop. Exercises will focus on sharpening your awareness of the role shape can play in your work. Ideas will be developed by using fused fabric studies. Fabric compositions will be developed using piecing and raw edge fused collage. Learn to use shape and colour confidently by fusing, appliqueing, piecing or stitching them to add movement and direction to your work. Working with a variety of shapes you will learn how to add a new graphic quality by stitching or overlapping colour to make an individual free-form composition.  You may choose to work by hand or machine or both.

Learn fused glass, stained glass and enamelling in 1 fun day, including lunch.