114 Embroidery courses

Join us at Loopy's Place in Sheffield, UK, for the Olivia Owl Applique Class, where you'll create a cushion cover featuring an applique owl and free-motion embroidery. Materials are included in the class price, making it a perfect opportunity to explore your creativity.

Taking our inspiration from everyday objects, (cups, bowls etc) collections  of natural forms (shells, feathers, leaves) or other types of personal memorabilia as a starting point for developing themes we will create our own layered, collage and stitch ‘Still Life’ or ‘Landscape/Nature Study’

Learn to applique, learn what tools and tricks you need to really make this work for you. Also get to grips with the really free and artistic free motion machine embroidery technique. Set your machine free to draw with it, combined with applique you can make stunning art! This is a very practical and hands on class which will see you appliqueing & free motion stitching in no time, the techniques are easily mastered so you can spend your time creating. Part of a 4 day quilting course, but suitable as a stand alone course too.

Experimental knitting workshop, combining neon yarns with simple geometric designs to create a bold statement!

Experimental knitting workshop using free knitting techniques to explore colour, and dyeing your own yarns using Procion MX dyes.

Learn how to care for your sewing machine.

What you'll learn Build and frost square or rectangular cakes smooth with sharp edges. Create re-usable surfaces to practice decorating techniques. Learn how to pipe and use a brush to create buttercream embroidery. Discover how to transfer templates to buttercream cakes. Learn how to paint with buttercream and color gels. Create natural scenes by understanding how to build layers. Pipe small, medium, and large buttercream flowers. Pipe leaves, stems, and filler plant material such as berries and buds. Achieve deep and rich icing colors with Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Build unique cake shapes to creatively display buttercream floral arrangements. Requirements This an intermediate level course which requires an understanding of basic cake decorating skills such as frosting a cake, simple piping, and baking cakes. A list of equipment and resources is included with the course. Plain, baked cakes in your choice of flavor. Size requirements are included in the course. If you are a beginner, I recommend completing my introduction to cake decorating course before enrolling in this one. This course demonstrates techniques with Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Recipe included in the course. Who this course is for: Students who have mastered basic decorating concepts and wish to build on those. Cake decorators looking to learn new skills. Business owners searching for new looks and skills to add to their offerings. Cake decorating career seekers wanting to build their portfolio. Intermediate level decorators. This is not a beginner level course. Introduction- Welcome! Introduction- Welcome! 00:02:00 Preparation 00:30:00 Practice Surfaces 00:04:00 Building Rectangular or Square Cakes Building 00:06:00 Crumb Coat 00:03:00 Frosting Smooth 00:10:00 Brush Embroidery Cake Practice 00:05:00 Pattern Design 00:03:00 Transfer the Design 00:04:00 Piping on the Cake 00:06:00 Finishing Touches 00:05:00 Wildflower Cake Misty Watercolor 00:06:00 Green Meadow 00:05:00 Painting Trees 00:05:00 Adding Luster 00:03:00 Painting Flowers 00:06:00 Piping Stems 00:02:00 Piping the Wildflowers 00:04:00 Piping Little Leaves 00:03:00 Piping the Crown 00:03:00 Finishing Touches 00:04:00 Piped Flowers Piped Flower Design 00:05:00 Tools for Piped Flowers 00:03:00 The Rose 00:06:00 Peony Buds 00:03:00 The Dahlia 00:09:00 The English Rose 00:04:00 Piped Leaves 00:05:00 Piped Flower Cake Building the Cake 00:05:00 Placing Flowers 00:07:00 Trailing Stems 00:02:00 Berry Clusters 00:03:00 Adding the Leaves 00:04:00 Final Touches 00:04:00 Conclusion Thank You! 00:02:00 Resources 00:01:00

Attending a Maker Space session will give you an informal and enjoyable introduction to Computer Aided Design and Digital Manufacturing. We use only open source design software, that you can download and use at home for free. We have 3D Printers, a CNC Router, a Laser-cutter, a digital embroidery machine, and a 3D scanner, and all of them are available for you to use. Small groups and expert tuition ensures everybody leaves with something they have designed and made. For more information go to https://cnccraft.co.uk/digital-fabrication/maker-space/. We look forward to seeing you here one Saturday. Aaron

Knit your own imaginary creature, while exploring both colour and texture using simple knitting techniques!

Create a log cabin patchwork cushion using up cycled fabric - bring your own sentimental fabric to make a memory cushion. Sewing machine project.