Summer School: Better Dressmaking
Wednesday 05/08/2020 - Friday 07/08/2020
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Learn tips and techniques to make your home sewing look less – well- ‘homemade’
This class is fully booked
Rags to Riches
Friday 14/08/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Textile recycling at its most glamorous! This workshop aims to teach you two different techniques to make your own unique fabrics from scraps.
This class is fully booked
Know Your Overlocker
Thursday 20/08/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Overlockers are amazing machines that can stitch, trim and neaten seams all in one operation and have lots of other functions. Yet so few owners use them to their full potential.
This class is fully booked
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Improve Your Dressmaking
Friday 21/08/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Learn some top techniques you can’t be without if you want to achieve a neat, professional finish to your dressmaking.
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Free Motion Embroidery
Thursday 27/08/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Free-motion machine embroidery is a fun skill for Textile Artists, Quilters and Felters, and needs only a basic sewing machine.
I recommend this workshop as an entry point into creative textile arts.
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I recommend this workshop as an entry point into creative textile arts.
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Cushions – Zips & Piping
Friday 28/08/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Learn how to make professional looking cushions to match your furnishings. You'll always have a stylish and coordinated home and you’ll never need expensive shop-bought cushions again
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add a zip in a cushion, cushion-making workshop, cushions zips and piping, home sewing, how to make a piped-edge cushion, how to make bias binding, how to sew a cushion, how to sew in a zip, how to sew piping, make a cushion, piped cushions, Sewing class edinburgh, sewing piping, sewing workshop Edinburgh, soft furnishings, unique soft furnishings
Rags to Bags
Thursday 03/09/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Textile recycling at its most glamorous! This workshop will show you how to make a unique evening bag from fabric scraps.
Tags:
bag making workshop, Bag-making, clutch bag, contemporary embroidery, creative embroidery, creative surfaces, creative workshops scotland, evening accessories, handmade evening bag, how to make a bag, how to make new fabric from scraps, how to use fabric scraps, machine embroidery scotland, rags to bags, Sewing class edinburgh, sewing classes edinburgh, sewing classes lothians, textile art, textile arts courses, textile design, textile recycling, textiles workshop
Beginners sewing day
Friday 04/09/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Learn to sew in just 1 day in this fun sewing class and make a lovely bag or cushion (projects vary)
Summer school: Beginners Intensive Sewing course
Thursday 10/09/2020 - Saturday 12/09/2020
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Summer school – Beginners Intensive Sewing course
Learn to sew like a pro in 3 days!
Monoprinting for Stitch
Thursday 17/09/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Monoprinting is a quick easy and cheap way of creating coloured and patterned papers and fabrics. You can then collage them together and embroider into them.
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Vintage Embroidery
Friday 18/09/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
learn hand embroidery and use vintage linens and lace to make a nostalgic hanging
