110 Embroidery courses

Create a simple needle felt picture on a Spring theme. A snowdrop, tulip or daffodil flower, an Easter egg  or a duckling design. Images are created on a 10cm embroidery hoop.

Short online course showing creative methods of using dissolvable fabric in Art Textiles.

Creative textiles skills workshop for textiles enthusiasts and teachers

A Whiter Shade of Pale with Chris Yates Using mono-printing techniques, stamps and stencils, and your chosen colours of paint, you will create an individual background which can then be used to create positive and negative images. These can then be stitched with hand embroidery resulting in a truely indivdual piece (or two). A word of warning this technique is addictive.

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.

Learn how to care for your sewing machine.

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.

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