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Join this fun and inspiring course for just a session, a handful or all 6 weeks. Love Maker's Cafe will be exploring a new embroidery technique each week, from the whitework and drawn threadwork of the Regency to the blackwork of the Tudors, we will discover Sashiko from Japan and Pepenado from Mexico as well as the best stitches to add lettering to your clothes.

All premium quality materials and tools included; each session is 2 hours long, 7pm to 9pm from Tuesday 5th May to 5th June at the Bruton Avenue Community Hall, Bear Flat in Bath.

‍Tuesday 5th May: Regency Whitework

Elegant and dainty (much to the dismay of many an Austen heroine), nowadays the classic embroidery techniques beloved by the Georgians are often modernised with colour and creative license to bring personality to textiles of all sorts

Tuesday 12th May: Lettering

There are numerous options for sewing letters, and they depend on many things - we will consider them all before having a go at a few of the most useful techniques for you to carry on at home.

Tuesday 19th May: Sashiko

The stunning Japanese craft of building up surprisingly complex patterns from the humble running stitch

Break for 1 Week (half term)

Tuesday 2nd June: Blackwork

A fun but fiddly embroidery technique that has been traced as far back as c13 Egypt, made famous in the UK by Holbeins the Elder and Younger due to their incredibly intricate portraits of Tudor royals and aristocrats. Neat, occasionally double-sided and often incredibly intricate, traditionally worked in black silk on linen.

Tuesday 9th June: Bordado Pepenado

A traditional rural craft from the villages of pre-colonial Mexico, embroidery styles varied widely between communities. Deeply iconographic, pepenado embroidery emulates pre-colonial weaving patterns with long lines of running stitches creating pagan symbols and shapes as well as flora and fauna.

Tuesday 16th June: Drawn Threadwork

Deceptively simple, elegant and surprisingly robust, this decorative technique was traditionally practiced on simply woven linen and hemp. Use it to add a touch of class to table linens or plain clothing.

Pick and choose or come for all 6!

Prior Booking Essential, No Walk-ins Please