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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January 2025

Twenty’s plenty

January 25 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

A quick and easy quilt made with 20 fat quarters. You'll be amazed at how quickly the quilt will come together. With Hilary Saturday 25th January 10am-3pm £35 Please bring 20 fat quarters of fabric and you will need to have some experience of measuring, cutting and sewing with a quarter inch seam. Call us on 0191 4100868 to reserve a place.

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Binding a Quilt

January 28 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

This is run by Zoe of Zoe In Stitches, more details/booking via her website. Are you confident in patchwork and quilting but struggle with binding your quilts beautifully? This workshop is for you! Whether you’ve finished just a few quilts or are an experienced stitcher, this one-day workshop will help you perfect the finishing touches for your projects. You’ll learn two different methods (double fold and faux-piped) for binding your quilts with precision and finesse, turning your creations into professional-looking…

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February 2025

Six Squared

February 22 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

A fun and addictive quilt block. Eileen Cuthbertson Saturday 22nd February 2025 £35 You will need some basic patchwork experience and be able to measure, cut and sew with a quarter inch seam. Please bring 8 coordinating fat quarters.

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A talk on Medieval Embroidery

February 25 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Tanya Bentham A talk on Medieval Embroidery. This is the rearranged date - Tuesday 25th February 2025 (two talks, 10am - 12:30 pm and 1:30 - 4pm) If you already have a ticket for the event that we recently cancelled, please let us know if you would like to attend the new date or if you would prefer a refund

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March 2025

Simple Circles

March 12 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Reverse appliqué method - you'll never be daunted by circles again. Mary Turner Wednesday 12th March 2025 1.30-3.30pm £20 to include materials (Machine sewing)

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Needle-Felting

March 22 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Make your own Spring Bunny with Madison Walsh Saturday 22nd March 2025 10am-2pm £30 materials included Please bring a packed lunch.

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Medieval Embroidery – Couch work Beastie

March 25 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Work with renowned embroiderer Tanya Bentham to produce your very own medieval embroidery in this fun one day workshop.

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Stress-Free Sampler Quilt

March 28 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:30 pm on Friday, repeating until March 28, 2025

Begin your Patchwork and Quilting here and you'll have a quilt in time for Christmas. A weekly class running through the autumn term, beginning Friday 20th September. 1.30pm - 4pm £15/session Jayne and Louise will gently teach you one block per week. Bring along your sewing machine and you will learn to create a sampler quilt using lots of different techniques from start to finish. Pop in or phone to reserve a place 0191 4100868

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Stumpwork Dragonfly

March 29 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Following on from the stump work butterfly and bee, we are delighted that Kay will be teaching a dragonfly in stump work. This workshop is suitable for confident embroiderers. Kay Allan Saturday 29th March 2025 10am-3pm £35

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April 2025

Independent Sewing pm

April 2 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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An event every 2 weeks that begins at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until April 2, 2025

A fortnightly group for independent sewing in our cosy workroom.  

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Hand Quilting

April 9 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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One event on April 9, 2025 at 1:30 pm

A block in 2 afternoons Begin your hand-quilting journey in a "no-stress" group with Kathryn Jones Wednesday 26th March and Wednesday 9th April 1.30pm-3.30pm £35 Please note - your block will not be as complex as this beautiful example by Eileen Swart.

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Closed for Stocktaking

April 13 - April 21
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