Upcycling Embroidery Workshop - Romantic Couching

London

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Craft

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Textiles

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Sewing and Embroidery

Upcycling Embroidery Workshop - Romantic Couching

Learn embroidery techniques to help you upcycle your clothes in this London class.

Ashley Jess Knight

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1.5 hours

5 to 12 £40

London

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Craft

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Textiles

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Sewing and Embroidery

What you'll do

Embark on a creative journey in this London embroidery workshop, hosted in a cosy weaving studio by experienced teacher Ashley Jess Knight.

You'll craft a heart-themed piece of textile art as you learn the couching stitch and explore ways to upcycle your clothes. This hand-embroidery technique involves securing a 3D material onto fabric for a unique and decorative result.

Start your embroidery journey by learning some basic embroidery stitches before moving on to picking a heart patch made from recycled materials. Unleash your creativity with an array of upcycled beads, sequins, and embellishments to customise your art to your style.

At the end of this workshop, you'll be guided through finishing off the edges of your embroidery hoop, leaving you with your very own artwork.

This beginner-friendly class is ideal for crafters on the hunt for a Valentine's Day activity in London or a hen party with a sprinkle of creativity. Your teacher can even bring the fun to you with travel within London and across the UK to be arranged at additional costs.

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Knowledge required

Participants do not need to have attended the basic couching workshop or have previous embroidery experience to attend this workshop, however they may find it useful.

What you'll get

Your stitched heart artwork to take home.
Embroidery hoop, deadstock base denim fabric and a variety of coloured and textured yarns that are deadstock or weaving waste from Ashley's weaving studio alongside a variety of beads, sequins and embellishments.
Variety of cotton embroidery threads, large eyed needles, needle threaders and scissors provided.

Suitable for

This class is great for a birthday or hen do.

Location

South East London

Exact location is masked for privacy. You'll automatically get the specific address after booking.

Your teacher can also travel within 200 miles of London, to a venue of your choice for a private class

Upcycling Embroidery Workshop - Romantic Couching location

Your teacher

Ashley Jess Knight

Ashley is an award winning upcycler, weaver and textile designer based in South East London whose work focuses on colour, texture, joy and sustainability!

Ashley started her textile business in 2021 after winning the Cockpit Arts x Clothworkers award which allowed her to establish her London studio where she creates handwoven samples and designs alongside her namesake fashion brand where she creates upcycled jackets and accessories using her own handwoven fabrics woven from discarded materials such as wedding dresses, denim and deadstock materials.

Ashleys strong passion in keeping both the materials and memory from going into landfill has led her to running upcycling workshops allowing participants to create beautiful upcycled artworks, learn more about upcycling and sustainable fashion and learn useful upcycling skills that can be used after the workshop.

Ashley has run workshops and demos for organisations such as; The British Textile Biennial, New Designers, London Borough of Culture, Cockpit Arts, Arts for Dementia and Art fund-funded projects.

Ashley's workshops focus on upcycling skills focusing on the embroidery technique of couching, allowing participants to upcycle weaving waste into textured and 3D art pieces which can be simple technical swatches or more complex themed art pieces.