School is nearly out for summer and cooler days are here - hoorah!

Another fun packed week here at Stitch!

Good news, knowing that things aren't easy at the moment for households we are running, until September 4th, a group offering booking of 3 (instead of 4)or more customers booking together getting 10% off the cost of a class. Come and enjoy a few hours spent with people who share your passion for crafting. 

There are plenty of spaces left on our 2-part Sashiko workshop-
Learn the art of visible mending! Saturday 30 July, 10:30 - 12:30pm and Saturday 6th Aug, 10:30 - 12:30pm, £50.00
Give your garments a longer life and learn how to repair them using the practical and beautiful Japanese art of visible mending: Sashiko. You will then be able to use your new skills whenever required.

Sashiko (刺し子) means "little pokes" or "small piercing". It is a form of functional embroidery that originated in Japan. Originally it was used to mend worn clothes with multiple tiny stitches used to stabilise the worn fabric. It is now also popular as a decorative stitch in modern Sashiko quilts and Boro clothing. Join us at Stitch to learn this useful, mindful and beautiful technique.
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Sashiko-Learn-the-art-of-visible-mending-Saturday-30-July-10-30-12-30pm-and-Saturday-6th-Aug-10-30-12-30pm-p461466260

CLASSES UPDATE 

PLACES AVAILABLE!

If you are looking for activities for teenagers in the summer holidays we have some spaces available on our Teenage Sewing Club - 3 day course: 9th, 10th and 11th August and 23rd, 24th and 25th August 12-2pm, £70.00. Kids can choose a project that interests them and our experienced teacher will support them.

https://www.stitch.org.uk/kids-crafting

And in September we are really excited to be starting our first Teen Crochet Club, a 6 week course every Tuesday from 13th September, 4.30-5.30pm, £70 with Kay Dudman, a brilliant introduction for teenagers to learn to crochet. Crochet has been proven to have therapeutic and stress relieving benefits and a fabulous, creative hobby (no previous experience is necessary).
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Teen-Crochet-Club-6-week-course-every-Tuesday-from-13th-September-4-30-5-30pm-p474738260

Plenty of spaces left on our Blackwork embroidery on Thursday! S lovely one off class with Kay, all materials provided where you will learn the Holbein stitch, back stitch, stem stitch (to create outlines) and a variety of filling stitches. As well as being decorative, it also served a practical function of reinforcing cuffs and collars.
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/An-introduction-to-Blackwork-Embroidery-Thursday-28th-July-6-30-8-30pm-p466774056

Here is our full list of classes coming up below this summer and September-
 

FULL TIMETABLE!

SEWING & PATCHWORK

Weekly Knit & Natter, Tuesday 26th July, 10.30-12pm, FREE
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Weekly-Knit-&-Natter-FREE-Tuesday-12th-July-10-30-12pm-p448402270
Make new friends in Stitch! Bring your knitting or sewing project, make new friends and enjoy a cup of tea/coffee and biscuits. This session is free. You could book online or just drop in on the day.

Sew and Make With Seamstress Pat, next session Wednesday 27th July, 12-1.30pm, £30
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Sew-and-Make-with-Seamstress-Pat-Wednesday-27th-July-12-1-30pm-p464100642
Come along with a simple item or garment you are currently making, adjusting or starting and that you need help from Pat with. This is a continuous running class which you can book week to week. We have Janome sewing machines for you to use, cutting mats, scissors and rotary cutters. 

Introduction to Patchwork with Pat (every Thursday) Thursday 28th July, 12-2pm, £35
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Introduction-to-Patchwork-Thursday-28th-July-12-00-2-00pm-p464098865
This is an introduction to patchwork course for sewers/ quilters starting out or continuing your journey in patchwork machine sewing. In this course you will learn the basics of how to make a patchwork cushion, wall hanging or lap quilt. You will ideally be proficient on a sewing machine.

Sashiko - Learn the art of visible mending! 2-part workshop- Saturday 30 July, 10:30 - 12:30pm and Saturday 6th Aug, 10:30 - 12:30pm, £50
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Sashiko-Learn-the-art-of-visible-mending-Saturday-30-July-10-30-12-30pm-and-Saturday-6th-Aug-10-30-12-30pm-p461466260
Are your favourite garments becoming unwearable with holes and frays? Are you keen to learn how to repair them rather than buy new ones? We are all learning more about the resources required to make our clothes and the problems of ‘fast fashion’. Give your garments a longer life and learn how to repair them in this 2 part workshop using the Japanese art of visible mending: Sashiko.

Learn to make a Kimono, Saturday 6th August, 10:30-2:30pm, £55
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Learn-to-make-a-Kimono-Saturday-06th-August-10-30-2-30pm-p472237267
Summer is coming and what better way to update your wardrobe than with an airy, breezy Kimono. In half a day you will learn this easy design, enhance your garment sewing skills and the end result will be that you have a beautiful kimono that can be used any time of the year.

Beginners Quilting One Day Workshop! Sunday 18th September, 10.30am-4.30pm, £75
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Beginners-Quilting-One-Day-Workshop-Sunday-18th-September-10-30am-4-30pm-p440246927
In this 6 hour workshop you will learn skills that include choosing which fabrics are suitable, rotary cutting, creating a patchwork, layering the quilt, quilting the layers together and finishing off with adding a binding. The design will be based on a patchwork made of squares. It is recommended that you are experienced with using sewing machine. Otherwise, no previous quilting experience is required.
 

EMBROIDERY

An Introduction to Blackwork Embroidery, Thursday 28th July 6:30-8:30pm, £50
http://https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/An-introduction-to-Blackwork-Embroidery-p466774056
With the talented Kay Dudman you will be taught this historical form of stitching that dates back centuries. Historically, Blackwork has also been known as “Spanish work” as it was popularised by Katherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII. Portraits of Jane Seymour and Elizabeth I show that Blackwork continued in popularity for some time, and it was commonly used on the garments of the ladies and gentlemen at court. As well as being decorative, it also served a practical function of reinforcing cuffs and collars.

KNITTING & CROCHET 

Stitching Circle, next session Wednesday 27th July, 7-9pm, £5 (then runs every other week)
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Social-Stitching-Circle-Wednesday-22nd-June-7-9pm-p435761361
Join our bi-weekly Stitching Circle community for some lovely knitting and crafting chat - and share your knitting and sewing projects in a welcoming environment with wine, tea, coffee, biscuits.

Borders and finishings for Crochet and Knitting projects, Saturday 30th July, 10:30am-12:30pm, £40
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Borders-and-finishings-for-Crochet-and-Knitting-projects-Saturday-30th-July-10-30am-12-30pm-p467209206
In the session with Kay, you will learn:
- Different methods for joining seams
- How to invisibly weave in ends
- Sewing a button onto knitwear and making a worked loop
- A variety of decorative borders

Teen Crochet Club! 6 week course every Tuesday from 13th September, 4.30-5.30pm, £70
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Teen-Crochet-Club-6-week-course-every-Tuesday-from-13th-September-4-30-5-30pm-p474738260
Stitch! now has a beginners teenage crochet club starting this September! This 6 week club, with Kay Dudman, is a brilliant introduction for teenagers to learn to crochet. Crochet has been proven to have therapeutic and stress relieving benefits and a fabulous, creative hobby (no previous experience is necessary).

Crochet for Beginners or Refreshers, 2-part workshop, Saturday 17th September 1-3pm & Saturday 24th September, 1-3pm, £70.00
https://www.stitch.org.uk/shop/Crochet-for-Beginners-or-Refreshers-2-part-workshop-Saturday-17th-September-1-3pm-&-Saturday-24th-September-1-3pm-p479747942
Over the 2 weeks you will learn how to get to grips with the hook and yarn, work the foundation chain, double crochet, treble crochet, turning chain, simple pattern reading and basic finishing techniques. At the end of the course you’ll take away some small, fun items that you will have made.
 

GROUP BOOKINGS DISCOUNT
3 or more customers booking together get 10% off the cost of a class! Please email hello@stitch.org.uk to make a group booking.
 

USE OF SEWING MACHINES!

Our M100 Janome sewing machines are available for use at certain times in the shop at £8 an hour. Please email Suzanne at hello@stitch.org.uk if you would like to book a slot to use. 

OPENING HOURS

Tuesday and Thursday 10-5
Wednesday 10-2
Friday 9-2
Saturday 10-3

THE SHOP WILL BE CLOSED FOR A WEEK FOR A SUMMER RECESS FROM TUESDAY 16TH- SATURDAY 21ST AUGUST, REOPENING TUESDAY 24TH AUGUST.

Have a lovely, sunny weekend everybody!

Warm Wishes Suzanne and the team at Stitch!