185 Courses

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.

Drop in sewical session, open studio come and sew to your hearts content. No tutor just a sit and stitch.

Mindful hand stitching with Linen and vintage lace fabrics to create a simple abstract piece. Adorn your piece with buttons from the plentiful button jars at Stitching Kitchen

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.

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

An intermediate sewing workshop - making your own knickers, pants, undies. Create underwear to suit you and for your comfort.

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.

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.