In this workshop, you will learn the slow, meditative practice of laying and anchoring ribbon, cord and yarn onto fabric using embroidery thread. You will be guided through the process from formulating your own idea and learning techniques to create your design, to completing your project. You will be taught a minimum of 3 basic embroidery stitches or more depending on where your stitching takes you. We will focus on enjoying the process and intuitively developing your piece. You will leave with a work in progress or a complete project that is both stitched and displayed in an embroidery hoop. All materials will be provided, however if you have any ribbon, cord or yarn that you would like to use to make your creation more personal, please do bring it along. Absolute beginners to more experienced embroiderers welcome.

This workshop is part of Oxford House’s Do it Club!, this is our summer programme of creative activities, led by inspiring artists and practitioners. Each week we will have a different activity encouraging you to try new things and unleash your creativity. Newbies are warmly welcomed! Tickets will be released a few weeks before each club so if this workshop is sold out please look to try a different club on another day.

Safety at our Venue:

This performance will take place indoors at Oxford House. We operate a Covid Secure venue and will have a number of measures in place to welcome visitors back safely. This includes:

Reduced audience capacities and social distancing during all performances and workshops

Ticketing all Performances and workshops – no ticket, no entry

Clear safety signage and one-way systems

Providing Hand sanitiser to all visitors

Enhanced Cleaning

Oxford House is legally obliged to take part in the NHS Test and Trace service. This means that we will need to collect information about audience members and building users, which will only be used to this purpose.

All Visitors Must:

Purchase their tickets in advance. No Ticket, No Entry.

Wear Face Coverings. Unless medically exempt

All food and drink must be eaten while seated

Remain seated throughout the duration of the performance (unless using the loos)

Follow social distancing measures when inside our venue

Please maintain social distancing and wear a facemask when using going to toilets.

Visitors must follow current government restrictions on ‘the rule of 6’ and household restrictions.

Last but not least, we encourage all visitors to arrive on time and to let us know in good time if they cannot attend. Please do not attend our venue is you are showing any Covid 19 symptoms.

We are a small venue and are trying our best to make events work and ensure that visitors,  artists, staff and our community can enjoy themselves after an incredibly difficult year. Please bear with us as some things may change last minute or be a little bit more complex than we are all used to. We will all work together to figure it out and look forward to finally welcoming you back!

Any questions? 

Email: events@oxfordhouse.org.uk