Artisan Stitch
Artisan Stitch was founded in 2015 to provide expert sewing tuition and creative textiles art workshops for adults and children. It started in the beautiful coastal village of Cockenzie, East Lothian but is now based in Studio 6.03A St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh.
Jen Skedd is a degree-trained textile designed and lifelong sewist. She obtained an HND in Stitched Textiles and Fashion from Edinburgh College. Then she studied Textile Design BA (Hons) at Heriot Watt University, Galashiels campus in the Scottish Borders. This was the former Scottish College of Textiles and is renowned world-wide for excellence in textiles.
In Jen’s final year she sold knitwear designs to Italian Fashion label Valentino. Jen has also sold embroidery work and exhibits widely with the Embroiderers Guild and Group Twelve Textile Artists.
Upcoming Events
- Dressmaking course - Wednesday 24/07/2024 - Friday 26/07/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Family sewing day - Wednesday 31/07/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Know Your Overlocker - Thursday 01/08/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Overlocker Projects (T-shirt Transformations) - Friday 02/08/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Better Dressmaking - Wednesday 07/08/2024 - Friday 09/08/2024 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Dressmaking course - Wednesday 14/08/2024 - Friday 16/08/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Beginners Intensive Sewing course - 3 days - Wednesday 28/08/2024 - Friday 30/08/2024 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Print Collage Stitch - Thursday 05/09/2024 - Friday 06/09/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Beginners Sewing Course XL - Tuesday 01/10/2024 - Tuesday 05/11/2024 - 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Clothes-making course - Tuesday 01/10/2024 - Tuesday 05/11/2024 - 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
- Clothes-making course - Wednesday 02/10/2024 - Wednesday 06/11/2024 - 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Clothes-making course - Wednesday 02/10/2024 - Wednesday 06/11/2024 - 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
- Beginners Sewing Course XL - Wednesday 02/10/2024 - Wednesday 06/11/2024 - 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm
- Know Your Overlocker - Friday 04/10/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Free-motion Embroidery - Friday 11/10/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Botanical Gel Printing - Friday 18/10/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Beginners Sewing Course XL - 2 days - Friday 25/10/2024 - Saturday 26/10/2024 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Cushions – Zips & Piping - Friday 01/11/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Curtain-making - Friday 08/11/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Scrappy Patchwork Cushion - Friday 22/11/2024 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm