179 Courses

Get to know your sewing machine and make projects to practise basic sewing skills including French seams, top stitching, zips and buttonholes

Get to know your sewing machine and make projects to practise basic sewing skills including French seams, top stitching, zips and buttonholes

Learn to love your overlocker - AKA serger. Spend 3 hours playing with your overlocker to develop your knowledge and gain an understanding of how these work.

Ongoing fortnightly machine patchwork quilt course. Learn how to cut, sew, sandwich, quilt and bind to create your own patchwork quilt.

A lace making taster session - learn basic stitches and make a small piece of simple lace.

Summary of topics covered in the class: – Overview on leather types, tanning, finishings and best uses – Hand sewing / saddle stitching – Leather preparation, pattern placement, leather marking and leather cutting – Leather beveling and burnishing – Pattern making principles for hand sewn goods By the end of the tuition, you will have: – Learned to hand sew leather / saddle stitch leather and construct some three-dimensional shapes – Understood the proper use of hand tools related to hand sewing leather, as well as needle and thread types – Gained an understanding of leather types and the ability to select the correct material for your project – Worked with a variety of tools and various leathers, creating a catalogue of samples to take home – Developed confidence in utilising a wide range of specific tools for leather preparation, marking, finishing, cutting, and more – Understood the different methods of creating patterns for hand-sewn items compared to pattern making for other types of goods Included in the course: You will receive useful paper handouts containing: – A list of tools and materials used during the lesson(s), with descriptions and usage instructions – A list of recommended suppliers for leather and fittings, both in London and online – A glossary of leather types and characteristics All materials are included, there are no additional costs. Find all modules here: https://the-london-leather-workshop.cademy.co.uk/

4 day quilting workshop covering everything from tools, techniques, designing, measuring, cutting, stitching, wadding, binding, some history too. You will receive two feet for your machine, a book, and all the materials are included too

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.

A Stitching Kitchen Crochet workshop - get in the Christmas spirit with crochet Christmas baubles

Join the crafty fun at Stitching Kitchen for a machine Applique workshop, we will use a range of fabrics and embellishments to create a textured picture using a sea scape as inspiration.