We have a growing team of tutors, carefully chosen for their own creative talent and ability. Each tutor has extensive sewing experience and will guide you, patiently, through a wide range of projects. You will be encouraged to develop your own “style”, to choose your own colour and fabrics and to produce your own original work.

One Day Workshops

One day workshops are frequently held on Saturdays. These will be focused on a particular skill, design or project.
Please check through to see if there is anything that appeals to you and get in touch by email or telephone to let us know if you’d like to come.


Regular Workshops

Join one of our weekly on-going classes and extend and develop your sewing skills. Our teachers have extensive sewing experience and will guide you through a wide range of projects. In any class – you will be encouraged to use your own colour schemes to produce your own individual work. Please view our schedule below, for upcoming workshops and classes.


Sit and Sew

Come along to one of our sit and sew groups. There is no formal teaching but they are friendly, sociable and a great source of help.

Please read our workshop policy


Layering Up

Do you need help layering up a quilt? If so, we can help. Call the shop to book an appointment. £20.

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May 2025

Beginner’s Needleturn – A short course.

May 14 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Over three afternoons you will learn the basics of the art of needle turn appliqué. This course is a "must do" class if you are considering making a Baltimore Quilt. Wednesday 14th May Wednesday 28th May Wednesday 11th June 1.30 pm-3.30 pm Tutor - Jayne Kirkwood £45

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June 2025

Free Motion Quilting

June 25 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Bring along your sewing machine with a free-motion foot and we will set you off on your free-motion journey. In a no-stress class you will learn how to set up your machine to sew a selection of free-motion patterns. Tutor - Hilary

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Half-Square-Triangles HSTs Basic Beginners Patchwork

June 28 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Can you sew in a straight line? Do you want to begin to learn some patchwork skills? This may be the workshop for you. You will learn to use a rotary cutter to cut squares of fabric. You will make half-square-triangle blocks and we will construct a patchwork block with them. Tutor - Hilary

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July 2025

English Paper Piecing EPP A workshop for beginners.

July 26 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

A traditional patchwork technique that can be as varied as your imagination. Join us to learn this simple skill and you'll go on to make a myriad of incredible quilts. Tutor - Hilary

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If you’d like to enquire about one of our workshops or classes or if you just want more information about our shop, please contact us.