Name: Grimbarians Studio: CreativeTextiles
Start: 2025-03-21T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-21T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Grimbarians C.I.C.

Get ready to unleash your creativity with Grimbarians Studio: Creative Textiles - where fabric meets imagination!
About this Event

Join us on this amazing Creative Textiles (Free-motion Machine Embroidery) workshop that will allow you to explore a range of creative textile processes using dyes, inks, paints, surfaces and stitch. Taking a mixed-media approach, you will be given opportunity and support to explore unusual creative combinations to create exciting textile artwork.
In this session you will:

Explore the use of dyes, inks and paints to create background surfaces. Taking an experimental approach to create exciting backgrounds to work on later in the session
Experiment with free-motion embroidery - learn how to use a machine in free-motion mode to create simple linear stitch drawings from your own artwork or using some of our template images
Create a plan for your piece, with the option of exploring repeating pattern and adding paint base layers
Stitch your artwork to your background using free-motion embroidery and optional hand embroidery

Holly will provide you with support and guidance throughout – even if you have never done anything like this before, you will love the experimental approach. Holly has been teaching for over 15 years and can help you to create an artwork to be proud of.

All materials and equipment are provided. PPE is provided, but inks and dyes can stain so please wear appropriate clothing.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided. Please bring your own lunch.

This is an adult course.
No experience required.

Please note this venue has stairs access only.

This workshop is run for Grimbarians C.I.C. by Thread and Press CIC who are a Community Interest Company based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, providing arts workshops, classes and projects for adults and children. Established by two experienced art teachers, we have been operating since 2020, providing many workshops and sessions across East Riding and surrounding counties. Sessions are delivered by a qualified teacher with Enhanced DBS. Thread and Press CIC are ERMOS registered.