Textile Artwork Stitching Workshop

Use applique and patchwork techniques to build your stitch imagery with Royal College of Art graduate Lisa Vaughan.


Karina Thomas
Karina Thomas
5.0 (1)

6 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public classes), 5 to 10
  £135 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

This workshop is taught by Royal College of Art graduate Lisa Vaughan.
Discover how fabric and thread can be used to tell stories in this immersive hands on embroidery workshop.
Storytelling Through Stitch is a full day class exploring hand stitch and appliqué techniques to help you translate ideas, memories and imagery into expressive textile artworks.
Guided through a range of simple yet effective stitching methods, you’ll learn how to draw with thread, layer fabric and build a narrative through texture and colour. We provide a set of easy to use templates for appliqué patches, stitch outlines and samplers to spark inspiration and support your creative journey. Whether you’re new to embroidery or looking to expand your practice, this workshop is designed to be relaxed, encouraging and creatively fulfilling.
By the end of the day, you’ll leave with a finished, one of a kind artwork and the confidence to continue exploring stitch as a storytelling technique.
This workshop takes place in Black Swans studio, formally the cow shed on Culverton farm, near the Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire.
What you'll get
What’s included:
  • Expert guidance in hand stitch and appliqué techniques.
  • All materials and embroidery equipment provided.
  • Creative templates to inspire your design.
  • A welcoming, supportive learning environment.
Feel free to bring along any favourite fabrics or threads you’d like to incorporate into your work.
Tea, coffee and homemade cake will be available throughout the day along with a light lunch of home made soup and focaccia
Knowledge required
basic stitch knowledge
What to bring
Favourite threads or fabrics if desired
Location

Black Swans Studio, Culverton Farm, Wycombe Road, Princes Risborough, Bucks HP27 0EU

The studio is 10 minutes walk from Princes Risborough train station, there is parking on site

Your teacher can also travel within 40 miles of Princes Risborough, to a venue of your choice for a private class.

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Karina Thomas
Karina Thomas

5.0 (1)
female Women-owned

Black Swans Studio is a multi discipline art and design studio set in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Created by Karina Thomas and Lisa Vaughan, who met whilst studying textiles at The Royal College of Art, to share teaching skills and experience from their design backgrounds. Come and join the workshops here and enjoy this inspiring design space; a place of learning and retreat. Monthly classes are presently run in stitch and weave with other workshops planned from guest designers to offer a creative mix of craft and design courses. Our studio is based in the cow shed, one of a series of converted farm buildings at Culverton Farm.
This area of Buckinghamshire has historically been linked to the crafts industry. Wood turners, bodgers and furniture makers, lace and needle makers. As you travel around the hills and valleys of the county, wardrobe lane and needle makers house are evidence of this past craft lineage. Our workshops reflect this rich cultural history and aim to keep people connected to these skillfull craft traditions.

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