Description
Fri 2 May
10am – 4pm
Join artist Jessica Grady for a relaxing and creative day-long exploring colourful doodle stitching workshop as part of Dunblane Ecofest 2025. Creating a doodle stitched cloth is a lovely way to experiment with hand embroidery stitches, different yarns, wools, threads and creating patterns and doodles on your fabric background. It’s a fun way to stitch as there is no set pattern, and the doodle stitching evolves and grows as you add your stitches and threads to the fabric, it’s about enjoying the process of hand stitching!
The day will begin by preparing your doodle stitching background with some patterns on fabric bases using paints, stencils and mark-making tools. This gives you a starting point for stitching later on in the day! Then whilst the backgrounds are drying Jessica will demonstrate a variety of her most used, simple yet versatile embroidery stitches for you to try on a small sampler. Hand embroidery stitches taught will include: straight stitch and variations, couching, ruffle couching, french knots, blanket stitch, chain stitch and needle weaving. Then when you move onto your main doodle stitching fabric, Jessica will give you her best tips and tricks for layering your stitches, building patterns and textures on the surface, and doodling with your needle and thread to create a unique doodle stitch artwork. Jessica will have lots of her artist samples and doodle cloths to inspire you throughout the workshop, and will also be bringing along her selection of recycled threads, ribbons and yarns for stitching with. This class is suitable for all abilities whether you are completely new to hand stitching, or someone who would like to experiment and try out something new! You will leave the day with your own colourful doodle cloth that you can continue to grow and work into after the workshop. All materials for the class are included.
About Your Tutor
Jessica Grady is an award winning embroidery artist, educator and author from West Yorkshire, England. Her work is a colourful and creative exploration of hand stitch and mixed media, and she utilises waste and recycled materials, which are transformed into exciting embellishments. Jessica is passionate about playing and exploring materials to create fun artworks that take otherwise discarded materials and turn them into embellished treasure. She creates detailed sculptures and wall framed artwork all showcasing her intricate signature style. Jessica’s work has been exhibited in the UK, Europe and Asia, and she shares her skills across the UK and beyond through workshops and lectures. Her first book – Stitched Mixed Media was published in 2023 with Crowood Press.
- All tools are provided for use at the Colourful Doodle Stitching workshop and materials are included in the course cost
- Tea and coffee are provided but participants should bring their own lunch and utensils
- All of our classes are suitable for over 16s, 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. We will add extra dates to our most popular workshops too, join the mailing list to be the first to know
- All of our workshops are held in our accessible studio at Craft Central, High Street, Dunblane, FK15 0EE
- If you need to cancel or reschedule your workshop we need at least three weeks notice and an administration fee will be applied. Please read our cancellation policy before booking
