North West

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Craft

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Textiles

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Sewing and Embroidery

Hand Embroidered Brooch Workshop

Enjoy a chilled time day creating your own unique brooch at this embroidery class in Warrington.

The Textile Studio

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3 hours

1 to 6 £30

North West

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Craft

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Textiles

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Sewing and Embroidery

What you'll do

If you've always wanted to learn embroidery, this feel-good class is a brilliant place to start with this fun and useful craft.

Working with experienced textile artist Linda Foley, you'll be learning some expressive free-hand embroidery techniques, working within a circular boundary to create a unique hand-embroidered brooch to take home and wear with pride.

Don't worry if you've never used a needle and thread before, as you'll have all the support you need as you create your brooch step-by-step. Linda will be on hand throughout the class to answer your questions and make sure you're learning, happy and having fun.

Whether you're coming along solo or bringing a few friends or family members for a crafty catch-up and cuppa, you'll leave the class with your beautiful brooch, as well as some nifty new sewing skills to practice at home.

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Knowledge required

Suitable for beginners!

What you'll get

Threads, fabrics and brooch pin available or bring some of your own favourite colours. Include as little or much of the above as you feel fit.

What to bring

Please bring sewing equipment including a small embroidery hoop about 4-6 inches if you have one.

Location

The Textile Studio in The Old School - The Textile Studio, The Old School, Fairfield Street, Warrington, WA1 3AJ

Your teacher

The Textile Studio

My life is grounded in textiles, design and craft. I have an innate sense to share ideas, knowledge and inspire. Predominantly (like many) I am drawn to nature for inspiration within my own design work. However I am driven to pursue the idea that it can be reinvented and unique. Which is why I have an experimental approach to creating and designing textiles and it’s what leads me to draw on a variety of techniques and media. From freehand design development and computer aided drawing; free machine and computer aided stitch, paint, ink, photography, to experimental materials like liquid silicone. Having multiple skills and resources has led to a dynamic and diverse creative practice. Incorporating computer generated illustrations; bespoke stitched commissions; developing and making my own fabrics & handbags; through to supplying a freelance agent with pattern collections as well as teaching in an HE and FE settings.

I believe that you can reinvent, stun and wow people with textiles, part of that idea is not being afraid to explore and experiment; to stretch the boundaries and the definition of textiles. However as a designer/maker and teacher I also believe that we need to be sympathetic to the issues of our modern world.

In 2017 I started developing short courses and workshops incorporating contemporary stitch, surface manipulation, experimental textiles, print, and image transfer. I run a facebook page that documents what we get up to in the studio in Warrington... @HangingbyathreadCreativeTextileClasses

Over the years I have taught in Further and higher education and worked for myself. I have a Certificate in post compulsory Education in Textile Design, underpinned by a BA Hons and an MA.