Weekend Workshop // Sat & Sun November 15th & 16th // 10am-4.30pm // Level: Experienced Beginner // Cost: £195 // Places Available: 8 // Instructor: Cassandra Belanger // Projects: Cushion Cover, Wall Hanging, Zippered Pouch
Discover the art of patchwork quilting in this hands-on weekend workshop. Learn the fundamentals of cutting, piecing, and quilting with playful squares and half-square triangles, then transform your new skills into a cushion cover, wall hanging, or zip pouch. A creative, relaxing way to stitch something beautiful, meaningful and uniquely yours.
About this course
Across the weekend, you’ll explore essential patchwork techniques, from accurate cutting and pressing to piecing and quilting. Guided step by step, you’ll gain confidence working with colour, pattern, and design. By the end, you’ll finish a small project of your choice—practical, decorative, and a lasting reminder of your new skills.
Topics Covered
Fundamentals of patchworking and how it differs to sewing clothing
Tools and equipment
Choosing fabric and where to source them
Making colour and pattern choices
Making patchwork blocks
Machine assembling the quilt top layer
Quilt wadding and layering-up
Machine quilting
Making and applying a binding (edging)
Hand-finishing techniques
Project Choices
Cushion Cover
Wall hanging
Zipped pouch
Skill Level
This sewing course is for ‘experienced beginners’ and improvers, which means it’s suitable for returning students, or anyone with previous experience of basic sewing.
Course Cost Includes
3 x 6-hour lessons
Use of 230DC Janome computerized sewing machine each with quilting table, ¼ inch foot, walking foot and free-motion foot
You Will Need to Bring
Fabric (we will advise on suitable fabric and suggest retailers after booking)
Thread (available to purchase at the studio)
A basic sewing kit (we will advise after booking)
Booking your Place
To book your place on this course, you will pay a non-refundable Booking Deposit of £50 + fees through Eventbrite which goes towards the total course cost. The remaining balance is due no later than 14 days PRIOR to course start. Once you’ve booked a place on the course, you will receive the details to bank transfer the final amount. We divide course costs in this way to avoid additional external fees. Please familiarise yourself with our Terms & Conditions before making your booking.
You can pay by PayPal or any major debit/credit card. NOTE: You do not need a PayPal account to make a booking. Simply click on the link which says "pay with a debit or credit card". It looks like this.
Subsidised Places
In response to the cost of living crisis, we offer one subsidised seat per class to ease the burden on our community. If you are committed to learning and experiencing financial hardship, please reach out.
More Info:
During class tea and coffee will be available.
All of our classes are suitable for over 18s, younger crafters may be accommodated if accompanied by a participating adult but please contact us before booking
If the workshop you were looking at is fully booked drop us an email and we’ll add you to the waiting list.
If you need to cancel, we need at least two weeks notice. Please read our cancellation policy before booking.
Any Questions?
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
The Stitchery operates under a business model of full transparency. If you have any questions about how we cost our courses and what the breakdown of costs is, please feel free to get in touch for more information.
Cancellation & Course Fees Refund
Because of the popularity of our courses and the limited number of spaces available, we've now introduced a Cancellation & Refund Policy. If you cancel your booking 14 or more full days before the start date of your course or workshop, you will be refunded the balance of your fees. This is equivalent to your full course fees minus your non-refundable deposit.
If you decide to cancel your place in less than 14 days before the course start date or during the course, a refund is not guaranteed. In this situation we shall review the circumstances of the cancellation before deciding on an appropriate solution.
If for any reason you change your mind and need to cancel your booking, please email us (info@thestitcherystudio.com) immediately so that we can release your place to someone on the waiting list.