Monthly Courses. (please scroll down for day courses)
| Date | Venue | Description | Time |
| Story Scroll Hand Embroidery Wednesday Jan 2nd Feb 6th Mar 6th Apr 3rd May 8th June 5th |
Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
In this class, you will be embroidering on a continuous length of fabric to make a scroll that could be rolled up and kept as a memory of a special occasion or it could be hung as a long panel to display your skills. The embroideries worked will be a personal journey and will tell your own story or unique event. You could focus on a different subject each month where you use the technique being taught to produce a series of different embroideries each month. Whatever you choose to do, I will be on hand to help, support and guide you through your chosen topic. |
10 am to 4 pm |
| Secret Garden Hand Embroidery Tuesday Jan 8th Feb 5th Mar 5th Apr 2nd May 7th June 4th |
Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
In this exciting monthly class, you will hand embroider your way through the front gate of a garden. Each month you will explore different stitches and new creative products to produce a bok of twelve scenes from inside your garden. Patterns will be available but you will be encouraged with my help to design and develop your own scenes which could be worked from your own garden photos or from your imagination. Topics covered will be the rockery, the veg patch, window boxes and hanging baskets, the pond and winters embrace to name but a few. Suitable for all levels. | 10 am to 4 pm |
| Advanced Creative Mixed Media Machine Embroidery Wednesday Jan 9th Feb 13th Mar 13th Apr 10th May 15th June 12th |
Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
This class is where you will be introduced printed backgrounds, painted surfaces, dyeing and many other fabric changing techniques to blend and enhance your machine embroidery skills. Machine embroidery is not just about thread, it is also about creating textured and innovative backgrounds to support the stitching. This class is where you will able to learn new techniques to create a base for your creative machine embroidery skills. |
10 am to 4 pm |
| Machine Embroidery Monday Jan 14th Feb 11th Mar 11th Apr 8th May 13th Jun 10th |
Bee Crafty, Thrapston Road, Brook Farm, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE28 0AE (Website) |
Machine embroidered applique using plain cotton fabrics, elevating them to the next level using simple shapes and variegated thread work to add shape, direction and texture. | 10 am – 4 pm |
| Marvellous Machine Embroidery Wednesday Jan 16th Feb 20th March 20th Apr 17th May 22nd June 19th |
Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
Do you have some experience? Then this class will push you further to understand your sewing machine and its creative capabilities under your creative hands. You will look to grow your skills with new machine embroidery techniques whilst being encouraged to turn them into personal items, gifts and presentations. I will demonstrate and assist in teaching you how to put your own mark on your individual embroideries. |
10:30 am to 4:30 pm |
| Introduction to Machine Embroidery Tuesday Jan 22nd Feb 19th Mar 19th Apr 16th May 21st June 18th |
Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
Each month you will be taught a machine embroidery technique and produce a small item to make sure you are totally comfortable with the procedure. This course is designed for people who are keen to learn how to use their sewing machine in a creative manner and to learn how to create unique and individual machine embroidered pictures, journal coverings, boxes and designer fabrics. | 10 am to 4 pm |
Day Courses
| Date | Venue | Description | Time |
| Saturday 2nd February | Bee Crafty, Thrapston Road, Brook Farm, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE28 0AE (Website) |
Machine Embroidery with Soldered Applique Another fun workshop learning just what you can produce with organza, threads and a soldering iron!! |
10:30 am – 4:30 pm |
| Saturday 16th February & Saturday 23rd March | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
Goldwork (2 Day Mini-Course) Come along and learn or brush up on your gold work skills. You will be working on a golden book cover to fit a hard backed book of your choice. On the 1st session you will look at the book you are going to cover and you be shown how to work out a design to fit the book. You look at new techniques that you may not have tried before and you will continue at home to be ready for the 2nd session where you will assemble or discuss how to assemble your embroidery using beads and stitching. Several patterns will be provided but if you wish to have a go at designing your own pattern Kathleen will be on hand to help you with this. |
10am to 4pm |
| Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd February | Textiles East Swavesey Village College Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambs, CB24 4RS |
A diverse and good cross section of students work will be on display from Kathleen’s classes delivered through Tudor Rose Patchwork, Oakley, Bedfordshire. | 10 am to 4:30 pm (Sat) 10 am to 4 pm (Sun) |
| Friday 1st March | Coles Sewing Centre, 90 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham NG1 1EH. |
Home Sweet Home House Boxes Kathleen has diverted into digitising and will be teaching her second project designed using her software programme. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Thursday 7th March | Nimble Thimble 1D Well Street, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1EW |
Introduction to Gold Work In this workshop, Kathleen will take you through the more traditional gold work but with a modern twist. Spaces on this workshop are selling out fast! |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Friday 15th March | The Bramble Patch West Street, Weedon Northamptonshire NN7 4QU (Website) |
Fairy Houses Machine embroidered felt fairy houses that will take a led candle to light them or use as a box. Ideal for using all those machine-programmed embroidery patterns or express yourself with free motion stitching. A fun workshop and achievable at all levels. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Thursday 4th April | Sew Much To Do 7 High Street Passage, Ely, Cambs CB7 4NB |
Machine Embroidered and Soldered Flower Panels Layer organza between water soluble and machine embroider your design before working reverse applique on it and finally removing and decorating fabric using a soldering iron. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday 6th April | North Kent Embroiderers Guild Venue: Southfleet Village Hall, Gravesend, Kent DA13 9NX |
Dynamic Dorset Buttons Make several traditional Dorset buttons using Traditional patterns. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Monday 15th April | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
A Taste of India Come and have a go at block printing onto sheer fabrics. Overlay them onto organza fabrics and Lutradur. You will then stitch in the details before working reverse applique and using a soldering iron to decorate them and attached the blocks to each other to produce a textile wall hanging with a rich Indian flavour. |
10 am to 4 pm |
| Monday 29th April to Wednesday 1st May | The Royal Bridlington, Bridlington, North Yorkshire | Organza Waterfall, Organza Bowls and Layered and Sketched Flower Fabrics Come and play for 3 whole days with layered organza, water-soluble techniques and use of a soldering iron. |
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| Saturday 4th May | Newbury Embroiderers Guild | To be decided | |
| Friday 10th May | The Bramble Patch, West Street, Weedon Northamptonshire NN7 4QU (Website) |
Free Motion Wonky House Madness Have enormous fun designing and stitching these delightful little wonky houses made from felt and wonky free motion stitching with hand embroidered embellishments of beads and buttons. A real feel-good workshop that is suitable for all. |
10 am – 4 pm |
| Friday 17th May | Stitch Creative Group | To be decided | |
| Saturday 18th May | Kidlington Roundabout Quilters, Oxford | Machine Embroidered and Soldered Floral Panels Layered organza fabrics with machine embroidery and reverse applique followed by using a soldering iron to add details and remove fabrics. |
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| Monday 20th May | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
Painted & Heat Zapped Mosaics On this workshop, you will be working with Lutradur and the rich colours of acrylic paint to make a panel that resembles a mosaic design. Once painted you will machine embroider into it and maybe add some organza and other materials that melt. Finally, you will apply heat in and around the painting to achieve that mosaic look. Patterns will be available but you are very welcome to get adventurous and work on your own design. |
10 am to 4 pm |
| Thursday 30th May | Coles Sewing Centre, 90 Lower Parliament Street Nottingham NG1 1EH. |
Dolly Doodles. Freemotion for the terrified. Comes and play with small cameos of the Dolly Doodle character and homespun little pics that use simple applique shapes to help and guide you in learning to negotiate and add detailing with free motion stitching. |
10 am to 4 pm |
| Saturday 1st June | Cosy Cabin, The Risby Barns South Street Risby Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6QU |
Machine Embroidered and Soldered Panels Layered organza fabrics with machine embroidery and reverse applique followed by using a soldering iron to add details and remove fabrics. |
10 am to 4 pm |
| Saturday 8th June | Tudor Rose Patchwork, Unit 1 Oakley Park, Station Rd, Oakley MK43 7RB (Website) |
If You Go Down to the Woods Today This is a contemporary workshop where you will create a piece of modern art from plastic and a laminator. You will produce a woodland scene that feels and looks like stained glass. Your sewing machine will be used to stitch in details and sheer fabrics will be incorporated to create the see-through feel to your modern woodland panel. |
10 am to 4 pm |
| Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd June | Broadly Patchwork, Wroxham Barns, Norfolk |
Classes to be decided but save the date or pre-book here. | |
| Friday 5th to Sunday 7th July | East Yorkshire Embroiderers Society | Residential Weekend Wonky Houses and Fairy Houses |
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| Saturday 13th to Sunday 14th July | Coles Sewing Centre, Nottingham | Digitising Weekend Mandalas and Elephant Chains Lets’ play machine embroidery units with Marvellous Mandalas and Follow the Leader Elephant Chains |
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| Friday 19th to Sunday 21st July | Rutland and Stanford Summer School | Residential Heat zapped and soldered surfaces |
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| Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August | Festival of Quilts, Birmingham | Kathleen will be running 1 hour classes on the Learning Curve and giving demos. Dolly Doodles free motion § hour workshops and Glistening Mini Artist Panels |
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