Workshops
Check out our fabulous selection of workshops! We recommend booking before the show to avoid disappointment.
Please arrive to the workshop area at least 5 minutes before the start time. Please note tickets are non-refundable. Some workshops are unsuitable for under 16’s, if unsure please enquire before booking. Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult.
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VIP: CARTONNAGE CALENDAR with Mark Vardy, Pinflair/Silvar Design – Thursday 31st October & Saturday 2nd November 2024
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
ThursdaySaturday
Workshop times: 13.00, 14.00 and 15.00 45-minute workshop Discover the basics of cartonnage and make this useful calendar. Mark from...
Duration: 45 Minutes
VIP: PAPERCUT BAUBLES with Abie Arnold, Hive of Craftivity – Thursday 31st October & Saturday 2nd November 2024
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
ThursdaySaturday
Workshop times: 10.00, 11.00 and 12.00 45-minute workshop Abie from Hive of Craftivity will teach you how to make beautiful...
Duration: 45 Minutes
ARGENTIUM SILVER BUBBLE RING with Elizabeth Hunt – Thursday 31st October 2024 – 13.30pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £31.00 Participants will leave with a unique ring hand crafted using Argentium Silver. They will learn...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £31
BEGINNER CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE DECORATING with Kerry Hemms – Thursday 31st October 2024 10.00am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
2 hour workshop – cost £55.00 Are you a beginner looking to get into cake decorating? Join Kerry in these...
Duration: 120 Minutes
Cost: £55
BEGINNER HAND PAINTED CUPCAKE DECORATING with Kerry Hemms – Thursday 31st October 2024 12.30Pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
2 hour workshop – cost £55.00 Are you a beginner looking to get into cake decorating? Join Kerry in these...
Duration: 120 Minutes
Cost: £55
BEGINNER TEDDY BEAR PICNIC CUPCAKE DECORATING with Kerry Hemms – Thursday 31st October 2024 15.00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
2 hour workshop – cost £55.00 Are you a beginner looking to get into cake decorating? Join Kerry in these...
Duration: 120 Minutes
Cost: £55
BLOCK PRINTED CHRISTMAS CRACKERS AND CARDS with Anna Weatherley-Hastings, The Indian Block Print Co. – Thursday 31st October 2024 10.00am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £25.00 Join Anna from The Indian Block Print Co. and block print your very own Christmas...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25
BRUSH PEN ARTWORK with Vicky Daws, The Modern Calligraphy Co – Thursday 31st October 2024 09.45am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 This Christmas, share the joy with beautiful, handmade artworks for your friends! Join our fun...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
BRUSH PEN ARTWORK with Vicky Daws, The Modern Calligraphy Co – Thursday 31st October 2024 15.45pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 This Christmas, share the joy with beautiful, handmade artworks for your friends! Join our fun...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
CATHEDRAL WINDOW TOTE BAG with Kerrie Padmore, Living in Loveliness – Friday 1st November 2024 11.45am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
2 hour workshop – cost £36.00 Join Kerrie from Living In Loveliness for an enchanting journey into the world of...
Duration: 2 Hours
Cost: £36
CATHEDRAL WINDOW TOTE BAG with Kerrie Padmore, Living in Loveliness – Thursday 10.15am
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24
Thursday
2 hour workshop – cost £36.00 Join Kerrie from Living In Loveliness for an enchanting journey into the world of...
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: £36
CATHEDRAL WINDOW TOTE BAG with Kerrie Padmore, Living in Loveliness – Thursday 31st 0ctober 2024 13.45pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
2 hour workshop – cost £36.00 Join Kerrie from Living In Loveliness for an enchanting journey into the world of...
Duration: 2 Hours
Cost: £36
CHRISTMAS GNOME DECORATIONS with Angela Smith, The British Polymer Clay Guild – Thursday 31st October 2024 12.00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Join Angela for this fun workshop to create a colourful Christmas gnome decoration out of...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
CINNAMON MACRAME with Kim Gilbert – Thursday 31st October 2024 13.00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Make your own mini macramé decorations, using cinnamon sticks and macramé cord you will create...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
Craft Academy Full Day Workshop – Bespoke ceramic dog and cat sculptures with Ros Ingram
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
Bespoke ceramic dog and cat sculptures – Thurs 31st Oct 2024 – 9:30am This class offers a unique opportunity to...
Duration: 7 Hours
Cost: £160
CREATIVE THERMOFAX PRINTING with Alison Hulme, Eau Brink Studio – Thursday 31st October 2024 12:00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £25.00 Discover the captivating world of screen printing with Thermofax Screens in an immersive workshop led by the...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25
DRESSMAKING – SIZING AND PATTERN ALTERATIONS with Helen Rhiannon – Thursday 31st October 2024 15.00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £25.00 Based on Helen’s award winning book: Dressmaking. The Easy Guide, you will learn how to...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25
EMBROIDERED POPPY LEAF with Angie Hill, Dropped Stitch Artists – Thursday 31st October 2024 13.30pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Join Angie for a poppy leaf stitching-workshop where you will create a textured leaf inspired...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
ENGLISH PAPER PIECING with Susan Finlay, Sew Confident – Thursday 10.15am
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £25.00 English Paper Piecing is a method of patchwork where fabric is wrapped around shapes made...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25
FABULOUS WOODLAND SHROOM with Alex Hellawell – Thursday 31st October 12.30
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
Add a little woodland scene into your home, with a beautiful Shroom dome. In this 2-hour workshop you will be...
Duration: 120 Minutes
Cost: £36
FELTED FLOWERS with Ursula Westwood – Thursday 31st October 2024 10.00am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
90 minute workshop – cost £30.00 At this fun workshop you will learn how to create a beautiful flower using...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £30
FESTIVE BRUSH PEN CARD-MAKING CALLIGRAPHY with Vicky Daws, The Modern Calligraphy Co – Thursday 31st October 2024 11.15am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Spark your creativity this Christmas with beautiful, handmade card designs to share with your friends....
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
FESTIVE CARD-MAKING CALLIGRAPHY with Vicky Daws, The Modern Calligraphy Co – Thursday 31st October 2024 14.15pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Get into the festive spirit by joining our sparkling Christmas calligraphy workshop! Learn how to...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
FESTIVE FLORA AND FOLIAGE INSPRED FREE-MOTION EMBROIDERED DOODLE with Ruth Parkinson-Johns – Thursday 31st October 2024 09.45am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
2-hour workshop – cost £36.00 Enjoy the rhythm of free-motion embroidery in this fabulous workshop to create a festive flora...
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: £36
FLORAL FUSION WALL HANGING with with Ruth Holmes, Dropped Stitch Artists – Thursday 31st October 2024 12.00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Floral Fusion is a workshop where you’ll explore the enchanting world of recycled and natural...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
FREE MOTION QUILTING FOR THE TERRIFIED with Sarah Payne – Thursday 12.45pm
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £25.00 Have you ever fancied learning how to free motion quilt, but just don’t know where...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25
FUSED GLASS CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS with Julie Bowden, Kiln Time – Thursday 12.15pm
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24Glasgow SEC Oct '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £31.00 A festive fused glass workshop where you can create your own Christmas-themed decoration. Enjoy a...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £31
GEL PLATE PRINTING with Hannah Blowes – Submerge Art – Thursday 31st October 2024 14.00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £30.00 Explore a variety of Gel Plate Printing techniques. Experiment with layering colour and texture using...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £30
GLASS FUSION CHRISTMAS WREATH with Katharine Wright, Leicestershire Craft Centre – Thursday 31st November 2024 15.15pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60 minute workshop – cost £26.00 In this workshop you will learn how to make a fused glass Christmas Wreath...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £26
HAMSA FINE SILVER PENDANT with Tracey Spurgin – Thursday 10.15am
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24
Thursday
90 minute workshop – cost £36.00 [Max 16 people] Join master silver clay artist, Tracey Spurgin, as she guides you...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £36
HAMSA FINE SILVER PENDANT with Tracey Spurgin – Thursday 31st October 2024 15.00pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
90 minute workshop – cost £36.00 Join master silver clay artist, Tracey Spurgin, as she guides you through this great...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £36
INTRODUCTION TO BEAUTIFUL BATIK with Shree Desai – Thursday 31st October 2024 09.45am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
2-hour workshop – cost £36.00 Ready to step into our time machine – which takes you back over 2000 years?...
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: £36
LEARN PUNCH NEEDLE WITH THE MODERN CRAFTER with Rachel Lawson, The Modern Crafter – Thursday 12.15pm
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £28.00 [Max 16 people] Learn how to punch needle with Punch Needle book author, Rachel from...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £28
MACHINE DOODLES with Jenny Drew, Sew Confident – Thursday 14.45pm
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Learn to use your machine to doodle and sketch on fabric and find out why...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
MACRAME ANGEL DECORATION with Laura Mitchell, Sew Confident – Thursday 13.45pm
Thursday
Glasgow SEC Oct '24Glasgow SEC Oct '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60-minute workshop – cost £18.00 Learn the art of macramé to make this beautiful Angel decoration for your Christmas tree....
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
MOSAIC CHRISTMAS BIRD with Anne Tyson – Thursday 31st October 2024 12.15pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60 minute workshop – cost £18.00 Join Anne Tyson from Flowerpot Mosaics for a fun introduction to the world of...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
NEEDLE FELTED AMIGUWOOLLI PENGUIN with Steffi Stern, The Makerss – Thursday 31st October 2024 10.00am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
90 minute workshop – cost £25.00 Learn how to needle felt this miniature super cute Penguin on his sparkling icy...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25
POPPY PETALS with Anita O’Neill, Eau Brink Studio – Thursday 31st October 2024 14.15pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £25.00 Join Anita for this ‘Poppy Petals’ workshop and discover the art of poppy-inspired machine embroidery....
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25
PYROGRAPHY CHRISTMAS TREE with Hannah Harrison, Leicestershire Craft Centre – Thursday 31st October 2024 13.45pm
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
60 minute workshop – cost £18.00 A lovely introduction to the art of Pyrography, burning designs into wood. Hannah will...
Duration: 60 Minutes
Cost: £18
QUILTED PRESENT POUCH with Katharine Wright, Leicestershire Craft Centre – Thursday 31st October 2024 11.45am
Thursday
Birmingham NEC Nov '24Birmingham NEC Oct Nov '24 (Simply Christmas)
Thursday
90-minute workshop – cost £25.00 Learn to quilt and make a cute origami-style pouch perfect for putting little gifts and...
Duration: 90 Minutes
Cost: £25