Workshops

Three women standing indoors, each holding a large, colorful, spherical art piece hardwood stool they have made at a workshop, smiling at the camera. The background includes shelves with rolls of colored yarn or fabric and some framed artwork.

Tufted Stool Top Workshop

Put your own colour and design onto a stool of your choice.

2 day workshop £225 per person plus the cost of your stool

Two women in a yarn art studio, one standing and the other sitting, working on large fabric canvases with colorful textile designs making tops for hardwood stools in a workshop. The room has yarn spools on shelves and abstract artwork on the walls.

The first day is the tufting day, a full day, from 9:30am until about 4:30pm, when you will make a template for your stool top, finalise your colours, draw up your design and tuft this to completion as the rubber latex to fix the wool to the backing fabric has to dry overnight for the next morning.

The second day you will shear the tufted surface of your work, perhaps carve into it for design effect, tack it onto your stool top and final trim your work. The second day will finish around 2:30pm, not as long a day as the first day,

I can provide you with a stool to cover or you can bring a stool of your own. Below are images of stools I can order for you, with prices, and I will treat the wood in agreement with you.  If you wish to cover a stool of your own please send me an image and dimensions in your email to me, so I can gauge if tufting and tacking will be possible. 

Feedback tells me that a bit of preparation on the design and colours will get the first day off to a good start. Please let me know if you have an idea of what colours and design you have in mind for your tufted piece? A bit of planning will help a lot towards you taking home something you are very proud of and that sits nicely with your intended space.

Workshops are for two to four people. Please message me letting me know your preferred dates, whether you want to buy a stool from me or use your own stool. We can then begin talking colours, design, etc.

Three people at a workshop standing inside a room, holding up colorful art rugs they created, with art supplies and spools of thread on the table in front of them.
A woman with gray hair holding a colorful textured abstract art piece she made at a workshop that features a red circle, a black shape, and other geometric forms against a background with teal, cream, and yellow sections.

Tufted Wall Hanging Workshop

Design, make and finish your very own wall hanging or small rug.

2 day workshop from £225

A tufted wall hanging, or small rug, workshop costs £225 per person and will take two days. All materials are included.

The work will measure about 60cm x 40cm depending on the complexity of design and how long tufting and finishing will take. We can discuss what you want to achieve before the workshop and the size of the work that will be possible over the two days depending on the colours and design you have in mind. A bit of planning will help a lot towards you taking home something you are very proud of.

On day one you will draw up your design, finalise your colours and tuft. I’m told tufting is harder work than people imagine so please note that a certain amount of physical resilience and co-ordination is needed. On day two you may have more tufting to do before backing your work and shearing the tufted surface, perhaps carve into the tufted surface for design effect.

Workshops are for two to four people and can be a mix of covering a stool making a wall hanging. Please email me using the form to let me know your preferred dates.

Four happy smiling women holding colorful abstract art hand tufted wool pile textiles they made at the workshop in a room with large windows.
Two women standing holding hand tufted textile designs they created in a tufting taster workshop. The room is filled with spools of wool cones and tufting supplies.

Tufting Taster

Learn how to prepare your frame, tuft in cut and loop pile, finish the back and surface of your textile and take home your small tufted work with insight into where to source quality materials. £150 for one, £250 for two.

A woman with red hair, wearing a green sweater and checkered pants, using a hand tufting gun tool on a large white fabric wall in a craft room.

I’ll show you what I know to enable you to set up tufting for yourself or problem solve any issues you are having. £150 for one person, £250 for two people for a long morning, or afternoon, as long as it takes.