Creative Textiles Machine Embroidery
Saturday 25th April 2026 - Cober Hill, Scarborough
Available spaces
Join us for a one-day Creative Textiles Machine Embroidery workshop hosted by North Yorks Art School and led by Holly Capstick. Holly is an experienced textile artist and teacher with over 15 years of instructing adults in innovative textile techniques. This beginner-friendly session welcomes all skill levels, guiding you to create a vibrant textile artwork using paints, dyes, free-motion machine embroidery, and reverse appliqué. You’ll explore creative ideas, layering fabrics and adding hand-stitched embellishments. With all materials and equipment provided, this workshop offers a supportive and creative atmosphere, ensuring you leave with a unique textile piece and the skills to continue this dynamic craft at home. Textile art, with roots in ancient civilizations like Egypt and China c3000 BC, has long combined functional and decorative purposes, from embroidered garments to tapestries. The 19th century invention of the sewing machine revolutionised embroidery, enabling free-motion techniques to create fluid, drawing-like stitches, while reverse appliqué, seen in Panama’s Kuna textiles, adds depth through layered cutwork. Modern textile art embraces paints, dyes and mixed media, producing wearable art, wall hangings or mixed-media pieces, with an eco-friendly edge using recycled fabrics. This workshop introduces you to the expressive world of creative textiles, empowering you to craft a layered artwork that blends colour, texture and personal creativity in a single, immersive day. Under Holly's expert guidance, you’ll master a condensed range of textile techniques, creating a stunning artwork in a hands-on session. The day begins with an introduction to example works and provided templates (e.g., floral, coastal or abstract designs) or your own black and white linear image. Holly will demonstrate how to use paints and dyes to create vibrant fabric surfaces, applying techniques like brushwork or resist-dyeing to prepare your base fabric. You’ll then learn free-motion machine embroidery, setting up a sewing machine to drop the feed dogs and using a darning foot to stitch linear outlines and shading effects. You’ll explore reverse appliqué, layering fabrics and cutting away sections to reveal dynamic designs. Saturday 25th April 2026 10am - 4pm with Holly Capstick This workshop takes place at: Cober Hill Cloughton Scarborough YO13 0ER Includes all materials, refreshments and lunch.
Cancellation Policy
All workshops are priced including VAT charged at 20%. By completing this purchase you are securing a place for a workshop or course which, unless stated, includes all materials, refreshments and lunch. We understand that plans can change, so we’ve outlined our cancellation and rescheduling policies for our residentials to ensure clarity and flexibility. At North Yorks Art School (NYAS), we incur a number of costs as soon as a booking is made — including venue, tutor, bank charges and administration fees. Unfortunately, due to the increasing number of cancellations, we now need to pass on a portion of these costs to customers when cancellations occur. Rescheduling Your Booking You can reschedule your booking up to 8 weeks before the start date of your workshop free of charge — (subject to availability). Reschedules outside of this time will be subject to a 10% booking fee. We will confirm the change in writing and transfer your place accordingly. Cancellations & Refunds If you choose to cancel your booking rather than reschedule, the following cancellation fees will apply: Over 6 Months 90% refund 4 to 6 months 80% refund 2 to 4 months 70% refund 31 to 60 days 50% refund 30 days or less No refund Refunds will be processed to your original payment method within 3–5 business days once the cancellation is confirmed. Your Right to Cancel (Cooling-Off Period) If you live in the UK or EU, you are entitled to a 14-day cancellation window from the date of booking. Within this period, you may cancel for a full refund without providing a reason. To exercise this right, contact us at info@bookaclass.org within the 14-day period. Refunds will be processed to your original payment method. For all booking-related enquiries, rescheduling requests or cancellations, please email: info@bookaclass.org