Workshops
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Upcoming workshops
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Knockout knickers
Tired of boring high street knickers? Sew your own instead! You’ll make a pair of briefs or thongs in class, then take home patterns and instructions to stitch briefs and thongs as well as boy shorts. You’ll learn to insert elastic, create the perfect bow, and have a go on overlocking machines to finish seams. All materials provided, including printed cottons, satins, and lace plus fancy trimmings.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a beginner’s workshop. You should already know how to wind a bobbin, thread a machine and sew a straight seam before coming to class. (If you haven’t sewn recently, please sign up for one of our Intro to Sewing Machine workshops: Cafe Apron, Cushion Cover or Tote Bags)
- Level: Intermediate
- Teacher: Ruka Johnson
- Course length: One 3.5-hour session
- Next date(s):
- Saturday 1 May, 11:00am—2:30pm
- Fee: £49.00
- Availability: 5 places left
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Cupcake decorating
If you’ve ever marvelled at custom cupcakes and wished yours could look as beautiful, here’s your chance to learn from an expert! Our instructor will teach you skills that you can do at home, using simple cake decorating tools. At the end of the workshop, you’ll take home a box of your own delicious creations!
You’ll learn to spread and pipe buttercream icing like a pro, use subtle and vibrant paste colours, roll and cut marzipan to create decorative shapes, and adorn your cakes with glitter, sprinkles and more! All materials provided, including plenty of unadorned cupcakes. You’ll also take home recipes for cupcakes and buttercream icing, plus tips for successful baking and decorating.
- Level: All
- Teacher: Louise Hill & Janine Rose
- Course length: One 2.5-hour session
- Next date(s):
- Sunday 2 May, 11:00am—1:30pm
- Fee: £47 (includes £17.00 materials fee)
- Availability: 2 places left
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Learn to sew! Tote bag
Learn how to use a sewing machine and take home a lovely tote bag – you chose the shape and the strap length! You’ll learn how to wind a bobbin, thread a machine and sew straight seams, plus get tips on choosing fabric, pinning, cutting and ironing. All materials included (choose your favourite fabric from our retail shop before class) plus you’ll take home a pattern so you can keep sewing at home.
This class serves as a prerequisite for our clothing workshops so once you’ve completed it you can learn to sew knickers, skirts, bags and more! (More about our sewing levels here.)
- Level: Absolute beginner
- Teacher: Ekaterina Ignatieva & Laurel Waldron
- Course length: One 3-hour session
- Next date(s):
- Monday 3 May, 6:30pm—9:30pm
- Fee: £43 (includes £8.00 materials fee)
- Availability: 3 places left
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Fashion-tastic biscuit decorating!
Channel your inner fashion goddess, ‘Sex and the City’-style, with a couture collection of biscuits, featuring handbags, glad rags, high heels, cocktails and more!
In this workshop, you’ll learn to roll parchment bags, pipe perfectly smooth ‘flooded’ royal icing, roll, cut, colour and style sugar paste, plus go decorating mad with dragees, sprinkles, edible glitter and more!
You’ll take home at least seven gingerbread biscuits (packed in a clear presentation box for gift giving – if you can part with your creations!) plus take home recipes and instructions to bake and decorate many more. All materials provided including an assortment of homemade biscuits, icing and decorations, plus use of specialist tips and tools during the workshop. (We’ll also have fashion cookie cutter sets for sale in our shop).
- Level: All
- Teacher: Danya Eltchelebi
- Course length: One 2.5-hour session
- Next date(s):
- Sunday 9 May, 11:00am—1:30pm
- Fee: £35 (includes £8.00 materials fee)
- Availability: 7 places left
