Under The Sea Hand Embroidery Course with Kathleen Laurel Sage
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5 sessions in hand embroidery: Thursdays 16 July, 20 August, 17 September, 15 October and 3 December 2026.
This course is aimed at the student learning, developing and mastering many traditional and modern hand embroidery skills and stitches. The culmination of your work will be a beautifully textured and 3-dimensional open display triptych box. You will make five panels one for each month of the course and will present your newly learned skills of textural stitches constructing a personal and unique under the sea aquarium of reeds, coral and tropical fishing swimming amongst ancient wrecks and sunken treasures. In an enchanted undersea world beneath the waves
This comprehensive 5 session multi-disciplinary course guides students in creating a 3D "Under the Sea" (open-type box) diorama. Combining textile art with sculpting and painting, this course is designed for embroiderers looking to blend traditional hand embroidery with modern mixed-media techniques to create a textural masterpiece.
Over five sessions participants will design and construct 5 bespoke, high-end "Under the Sea" scenes to turn into a book nook display. Students will master a variety of textured embroidery stitches each session to create coral reefs, stitch dimensional marine life, apply mixed-media paint techniques to fabric, and sculpt raised 3D elements (fish, jellyfish, seahorses) using air-drying paper clay. The final piece will be a stunning, multi-layered, textural delight to the eyes showcasing a vibrant, textured underwater world of pure stitchwork.
Session 1: Design, Planning, and Background Textures
Session 2: Creating 3D Clay Elements (Paper Clay
Session 3: Textural Embroidery & Surface Manipulation
Session 4: Assembly and Structural Depth
Session 5: Techniques: Edging, securing the final composition, and adding any final, small-scale details to the sea floor.
Kathy has been passionate about crafts from a young age, starting with card-making before learning to crochet and sew. She later developed her skills through college courses, achieving City & Guilds qualifications in patchwork, quilting, and embroidery, as well as an OCN Diploma in Textiles.
Inspired by flowers and foliage—particularly from her own garden—Kathy creates intricate 3D textile pieces using layered fabrics such as organza, combined with machine stitching. Her work often features beads, wire, stumpwork, and heat techniques.
Kathy teaches a range of techniques, including hand and machine embroidery, goldwork, heat-based methods, and contemporary textile art.
Good to know:
The venue has parking. Upon arrival, park in the car park at the front of the shop. Unload your vehicle into your classroom. Staff will then advise you where to park your car for the day at the rear of the complex.
There is disabled parking and ramps allowing access to all areas. There is a disabled toilet.
Staff will help anyone in need of assistance. Shop on site selling an enormous range of goods relating to crafting: dressmaking, patchwork & quilting, knitting & crochet, sewing machines and furniture.
There is a coffee shop on site called O for Coffee. Attendees at our classes are visited by coffee shop staff regularly throughout the day to take any orders. Anything consumed during your day is sold at a 10% discount. As well as a large choice of hot and cold drinks, the menu comprises savoury choices including sandwiches, paninis, jacket potatoes and soups. For those with a sweet tooth, there is a selection of cakes and scones made in-house with gluten-free and vegan options.
This course is aimed at the student learning, developing and mastering many traditional and modern hand embroidery skills and stitches. The culmination of your work will be a beautifully textured and 3-dimensional open display triptych box. You will make five panels one for each month of the course and will present your newly learned skills of textural stitches constructing a personal and unique under the sea aquarium of reeds, coral and tropical fishing swimming amongst ancient wrecks and sunken treasures. In an enchanted undersea world beneath the waves
This comprehensive 5 session multi-disciplinary course guides students in creating a 3D "Under the Sea" (open-type box) diorama. Combining textile art with sculpting and painting, this course is designed for embroiderers looking to blend traditional hand embroidery with modern mixed-media techniques to create a textural masterpiece.
Over five sessions participants will design and construct 5 bespoke, high-end "Under the Sea" scenes to turn into a book nook display. Students will master a variety of textured embroidery stitches each session to create coral reefs, stitch dimensional marine life, apply mixed-media paint techniques to fabric, and sculpt raised 3D elements (fish, jellyfish, seahorses) using air-drying paper clay. The final piece will be a stunning, multi-layered, textural delight to the eyes showcasing a vibrant, textured underwater world of pure stitchwork.
Session 1: Design, Planning, and Background Textures
Session 2: Creating 3D Clay Elements (Paper Clay
Session 3: Textural Embroidery & Surface Manipulation
Session 4: Assembly and Structural Depth
Session 5: Techniques: Edging, securing the final composition, and adding any final, small-scale details to the sea floor.
Kathy has been passionate about crafts from a young age, starting with card-making before learning to crochet and sew. She later developed her skills through college courses, achieving City & Guilds qualifications in patchwork, quilting, and embroidery, as well as an OCN Diploma in Textiles.
Inspired by flowers and foliage—particularly from her own garden—Kathy creates intricate 3D textile pieces using layered fabrics such as organza, combined with machine stitching. Her work often features beads, wire, stumpwork, and heat techniques.
Kathy teaches a range of techniques, including hand and machine embroidery, goldwork, heat-based methods, and contemporary textile art.
Good to know:
The venue has parking. Upon arrival, park in the car park at the front of the shop. Unload your vehicle into your classroom. Staff will then advise you where to park your car for the day at the rear of the complex.
There is disabled parking and ramps allowing access to all areas. There is a disabled toilet.
Staff will help anyone in need of assistance. Shop on site selling an enormous range of goods relating to crafting: dressmaking, patchwork & quilting, knitting & crochet, sewing machines and furniture.
There is a coffee shop on site called O for Coffee. Attendees at our classes are visited by coffee shop staff regularly throughout the day to take any orders. Anything consumed during your day is sold at a 10% discount. As well as a large choice of hot and cold drinks, the menu comprises savoury choices including sandwiches, paninis, jacket potatoes and soups. For those with a sweet tooth, there is a selection of cakes and scones made in-house with gluten-free and vegan options.
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