Threads & Techniques Workshop: Get More from Your Sewing Machine with Anita O’Neill

Discover how to get much more from your sewing machine in this practical, creative full-day workshop at Eau Brink Studio.

Led by Anita O’Neill, this hands-on session is designed to help you move beyond basic stitches and explore the creative potential already built into your machine. You’ll work step by step through decorative stitches, specialist threads and surface techniques, creating a stitched sampler as you go.

You’ll experiment with metallic and variegated threads, explore using more than one thread through a single needle for extra texture, and learn how small changes in thread, stitch and tension can completely alter the result.

In the afternoon, you’ll be introduced to free-motion embroidery, bringing together the techniques explored during the day to create more expressive and individual stitched work.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with a collection of stitched samples and far more confidence in using your sewing machine creatively.

During the workshop you will:
• Create a machine-stitch sampler
• Explore decorative stitches
• Experiment with metallic and variegated threads
• Learn how to use multiple threads for added texture
• Explore tension and stitch adjustments
• Learn the basics of free-motion embroidery
• Build confidence using your machine creatively

🕙 Time: 10am–4pm
💷 Price: £60 per person

Bring your own sewing machine, or use one provided in the studio.

If your threads and sample materials are included, I’d add:

All threads and specialist materials used during the workshop are included in the price.