Monthly Regular Group Classes – Contact the venue directly for more information and availability.
| Date | Venue | Description | Time |
| 1st Tuesday of each month. | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford | Modern Approach to Hand Embroidery (Monthly Class)
Looking at techniques, stitches and products to create different textures and small works to showcase your individual styles. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| 1st Wednesday of each month | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford | 3-Dimensional Hand Embroidery (Monthly Class)
Working in a 3-D manner to produce free-standing embroideries depicting structures, sculptures and small installations. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| 2nd Wednesday of each month | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford | Beginners Machine Embroidery
Get to grips with your sewing machine and learn the basics and fundamentals of creative machine embroidery. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| 3rd Tuesday to each month | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford | Marvellous Machine Embroidery
Advance your new-found skills with advanced and mixed media techniques to produce a personal body of individual embroideries. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| 3rd Wednesday of each month. | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford | Advanced Creative Machine Embroidery Ideas
Advance your skills to cover a large variety of advanced techniques to produce your own personal project with tutor mentoring to help you achieve your goals |
10 am – 4 pm |
| 2nd Monday of each month. | Bee Crafty, Thrapston Road, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE28 0AE
Tel: 07788 204655 www.beeingcrafty.co.uk |
Machine Embroidery Monthly Class Come and join our happy group of machine embroiderers where you will learn the basics in machine embroidery to work on towards |
10.30 am – 4.30 pm |
DateVenueDescriptionTime
Day Courses
| Date | Venue | Description | Time |
| Saturday 11th January | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | Goldwork Hare Under The Moon Learn the traditional techniques of goldwork to work this Stunning hare sitting amongst the grasses starring up at the moon |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 25th January | Bee Crafty, Ellington, Huntingdon (Website) | Goldwork Bumblebee Learn the traditional techniques required to work this beautiful life-like bumblebee. |
10:30 am – 4:30 pm |
| Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th January | The Royal Bridlington Hotel, Bridlington Email: info@royalhotelbrid.co.uk Tel: 01262 672433 |
The Royal Bridlington Retreat Soldered reverse applique. Heat zapped mosaics Dolly doodle free-motion adventure |
Daily plus evening sewing |
| Saturday 15th February | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | Gilded Golden Glamour Baubles Learn the traditional techniques required to produce modern golden baubles for the festive years ahead or as all year round ornaments. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 7th March | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | Pretty fabric wrapped string bowls, vases, table mats and coasters | 10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 14th March | Needle and Thread Workshops, Chapel Grey Barn, Eagle Hall, Lincoln, LN6 9HZ (Email) | Heat zapped backgrounds and expander print Layered, machine and embroidered and heat zapped backgrounds with expander print embellishments to enhance. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Sunday 15th March | Needle and Thread Workshops, Chapel Grey Barn, Eagle Hall, Lincoln, LN6 9HZ (Email) | Mixed Media Machine Embroidered Scrolls Make a freestanding mixed media scroll using textured fabrics and ripped papers enhanced with machine embroidery and stiffened with Powertex. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Monday 23rd March | Coles Sewing Centre, 90 Lower Parliament St, Nottingham NG1 1EH | Mixed Media Machine Embroidered Scrolls Make a freestanding mixed media scroll using textured fabrics and ripped papers enhanced with machine embroidery and stiffened with Powertex. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 28th March | Busy Bees Patchwork, The Craft Units, Tredegar House, Newport, NP10 8TW | Loving Lutradur Explore what can be done with this versatile spun bound vilene that accepts paint and dyes, can be cut and shaped and be soldered and heat distressed. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Friday 3rd April | Bee Crafty, Ellington, Huntingdon (Website) | Gold Work Day Learn traditional goldwork techniques. |
10:30 am – 4:30 pm |
| Friday 15th April to Sunday 19th April | Keep on Sewing Group Contact: Pam Neave (Email) |
Keep on Sewing Weekend Retreat | 10 am – 4 . pm |
| Thursday 23rd April | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | Learn how to make this fluffy bumble bee using tufted turkey stitch and stumpwork techniques | |
| Wednesday 29th April | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | Goldwork Hare Under The Moon Learn the traditional techniques of goldwork to work this Stunning hare sitting amongst the grasses starring up at the moon |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Monday 18th May | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | One Block Print, Many Outcomes
Come and learn how to block print your own fabrics to make cushions, tablecloths and home accessories. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Friday 29th May | Coles Sewing Centre, 90 Lower Parliament St, Nottingham NG1 1EH (Website) | To be decided | 10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 13th June | The Old Bank Studio, 19 King’s Quay Street, Harwich, Essex. CO12 3ER (Website) |
Machine Embroidered and Soldered Sea Horse Panel
Machine embroidered through water-soluble, reverse applique and soldered panel. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Sunday 14th June | The Old Bank Studio, 19 King’s Quay Street, Harwich, Essex. CO12 3ER (Website) |
Sketched and Layered Floral Panels | |
| Saturday 20th June | Busy Bees Patchwork, The Craft Units, Tredegar House, Newport, NP10 8TW (Website) | Machine Embroidered and Soldered Floral Panels Machine embroidered through water-soluble, reverse applique and soldered panel. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Friday 3rd July | Rutland Sewing Centre, Unit 1A Rutland Village, Rutland Garden Centre, Ashwell Road, Oakham, LE15 7QN (Website) |
Goldwork Butterfly and Flower Cameo Goldwork couched butterfly and flower using traditional and modern techniques and embellishments |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Friday 10th July | Bee Crafty, Thrapston Road, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE28 0AE (Website) | Goldwork Day Learn the traditional techniques of goldwork to create stunning golden embroidery. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 11th July | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | Goldwork Rearing Stallion Learn traditional and contemporary techniques to work this stunning stallion. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Friday 31st July – Saturday 1st August | Festival of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham | I will be teaching on the Husqvarna Learning Curve Stand. | |
| Friday 14th August | Coles Sewing Centre, 90 Lower Parliament St, Nottingham NG1 1EH (Website) | To be decided… Watch this space! | 10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 5th September | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedford (Website) | China Teacup Miniature Embroideries Embroidery in a teacup using dimensional and textural stitches to create little embroidered scenes. |
10 am – 4 pm |