Hand Sewn Felt Projects - Newark Buttermarket - Adult Learning

Newark Buttermarket, Newark

Date	24 April - 22 May 2025
Sessions	Thursdays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Newark Buttermarket, Newark View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £35

About this course

On the course you will be taught different methods to construct and assemble your work, decorative techniques for embellishment and simple hand sewing techniques.

By the end of the course, you will have gained an understanding of:

Pattern Design & Application: designing and transferring paper patterns onto felt.
Basic Sewing Proficiency: Exhibit proficiency in basic sewing skills, including threading a needle, making knots, and hand sewing.
Felt Assembly Techniques: assembling felt designs accurately using basic hand sewing techniques.
Embellishment skills: utilizing buttons, beads and stitches to create design elements.
Basic Embroidery stitches: executing common stitches such as running stitch, blanket stitch, backstitch, and chain stitch.
Creative Design Implementation: creating unique and personalized felt designs that reflect individual creativity, effectively combining patterns, colours, and embellishments.

Resources required:

a selection of coloured felt pieces (a mix of other colours would be useful)
a selection of seed beads & small beads
a variety of sequins
some small white buttons
thin ribbon or ricrac
a pair of small or medium sized fabric scissors
a basic sewing kit with needles & pins
dressmakers’ thread (to match felt being used)
a selection of embroidery thread/silks (in colours similar to the felt being used)
an embroidery needle
a pencil

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: