We hold regular workshops throughout the year for our members. Some are with invited speakers and workshop professionals and others are provided in-house by our members.
Members will receive an email once booking open. Your place will then be confirmed by email or your name will be placed on a waiting list if the workshop is full.
No advance bookings can be made and multiple bookings are not permitted to ensure fairness of access.
Any remaining workshop places available will then be opened to people on our membership waiting list. Following this, we open bookings to the general public via our Eventbrite page. If you are not a member but interested in our workshops, please follow us on Eventbrite to be alerted when places become available and for payment details.
Venue:
St. John the Baptist Church Hall
Robin Hood Lane,
Kingston Vale, SW15 3PY
Workshops are usually held on a Saturday, and normally run from 10.30am–4.30pm
(Please note day and times may vary so look at the details supplied for a specific workshop)
2026–27 workshop programme
Micheal Brennan-Wood
24th October
Grounds for expression – bespoke surfaces for textiles
Create a single or series of smaller bespoke personal grounds. We will consider various technical approaches as to how to structure, layer, distort, articulate and shape fabric in a largely non-traditional form.
Fabrics and threads will be utilized alongside non-textile media, wood, metal, paint, and plastic.Participants will be shown samples and experiment with riveting, moulding, wiring and other methods of construction. Surfaces imbued with personal meaning that feel part of an idea from the onset, a visual landscape to explore.
Dorothy Tucker
13th & 20th January 2027
Going Around in Circles
9:30–11am. Online workshop using Zoom 2 x 1.5hrs
Part 1: Exploring exploring and sampling kantha and sharing work as a group. You will be asked to do some preparation beforehand.
In between – hand stitching and sending in progress.
Part 2: Sharing work and ideas which could lead into creating aseries of samples or a decorative panel or work which expressesan idea.
Hanny Newton
27th February 2027
Metal Threads: An Introduction to Creative Approaches to Goldwork Embroidery
Explore the creative possibilities of metalthreads. For embroiderers of all levels of stitch experience.
Goldwork techniques of couching and cutwork/chipping.
Balance of technique and experimentation, leaving plenty of ‘breathing space’ for stitchers to find their own response to the historical techniques of goldwork.
Clare Spender
20th March 2027
Landscape Shapes
Suitable for all levels.
Use a heat press and transfer papers to create printed backgrounds on calico and scrap fabrics based on a real or imagined landscape.
Embellish with machine or hand stitch to add details.
Lesley Wood
24th April 2027
Cloth Reborn
Reworking fabrics using a range of painting, printmaking, transfer and hand embroidery techniques to create a mixed media textile collage.
Julie Heaton
29th May 2027
Drawn to Thread
Explore how to use your sewing machine as a drawing tool. How to set up your machine, adjust tension to blend layers, and build layered effects with stitch.
Transferring designs onto water soluble fabric. Time to practice and experiment with the techniques.
Deena Beverley
24th July 2027
Written in Stitch
Developing practical skills and confidence in adding handstitched text to textile art, using a variety of simple techniques. Primarily hand stitch workshop, but for confident free motion machine embroiderers keen to create expressive stitched text using your own machine, therewill be some opportunities to explore this.