Free Motion Embroidery
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Free Motion Flowers
This workshop will enable you to adjust your sewing machine to create free motion embroidery
You will use embroidery threads, bobbin fill, open toe embroidery foot and dropped feed dog to create this wonderful flower cushion
Cost of Course:
£49
Duration: 6 hrs / Session
Weekends and Holidays
Level: Basic Sewing Machine Skills
Doodle and Draw
Another form of free motion embroidery. You will be guided from start to finish in this stimulating technique enabling you to "draw" with your sewing machine.
Create tote bags or pillowcases, but the most fun is that you can design your own pictures.
Cost of Course:
£40
Duration: 5 hrs / Session
Weekends only
Level: Basic Sewing Machine Skills
Thread Art
Create a wonderful piece of art on your sewing machine using just thread and water soluble stabilizer.
Your work can be used as art or can be appliqued onto a garment or quilt. Several designs and threads to choose. £49 including materials
You will create a small sample to begin with, before starting on a larger design which you will complete at home
Cost of Course:
£49 including materials
Duration: Full Day
Weekends only
Level: Complete Beginners
Free Motion First Steps
An introduction to Free Motion
If you are new to free motion and would like to try it, this is the course for you. You will learn how to adapt your machine for free motion and learn how to move the fabric to create basic patterns.
Cost of Course:
£49 per session including all materials
3 hours
Mon, Tue, Weds (Mornings 10 - 12.30am) | Sat - all day
Level: Basic Sewing Machine Skills
Free Motion Next Steps
In each session you will draw your design, practicing going round the design with the paper on the machine and then free motion on quilted fabric.
Circles and stippling, Feathers in a heart, Leaves and flowers, Free motion mini quilt – put all your preparation in a mini quilt.If using your own machine, you will need an open toe embroidery foot and your feed dogs must drop.
Requirements: must be able to use a sewing machine
Cost of Course:
£55 per session (materials included. Full day session
Mon, Tue, Weds (Mornings 10 - 12.30am) | Sat - all day
Level: Basic Sewing Machine Skills
Stitch and Paint
Create this exciting piece by using free motion embroidery to outline your picture and then using starlight fabric paints to add colour.
The panel can then be used to add onto a cushion, front of a tote bag or part of a quilt
Cost of Course:
£40 including all materials
6 hours
Saturdays 10am-4pm
Level: Basic Sewing Machine Skills
Free Motion Mushroom Village
Create your own little mushroom village using fabric shapes and glue.
Once you have stuck the mushrooms in place on the backing fabric, you will use variegated thread for outline and creating grass.
Cost of Course:
£49 including all materials
6 hours
Saturdays 10am-4pm
Level: Basic Sewing Machine Skills
Beach Huts with Texture
This is a great workshop for people that like playing with fabric and texture.
You will be using free motion embroidery, bondaweb together with xpanda paint to create this fun piece of stitching.
All materials are included.
Cost of Course:
£65 including all materials
6 hours
Saturdays 10am-4pm
Level: Basic Sewing Machine Skills
Free Motion Elephant/Tea Pot
Come and learn how to free motion and create this cute elephant and Teapot.
This is a great workshop for beginners.
All materials are included.
Cost of Course:
£28 including all materials
2.5 hours
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