We offer a diverse array of classes and workshops to cater to your specific requirements. Our commitment is to deliver each class with a warm smile, ensuring your utmost satisfaction.
Friday 9th May 2025
All class and workshop tickets must be accompanied with a valid admission ticket.
Please note all tickets are subject to a £1.50 transaction charge.
List of Services
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Lucinda McKee – “Tulips from Amsterdam”: “ Pizza and Prosecco”, 7-9pmList Item 1
Lucinda McKee will be your host and tutor during this evenings class, after enjoying a glass of Prosecco with your pizza supper.
Come and join Lucinda from Lulu’s Craft Barn – Prosecco, pizza and fabric flowers , what a perfect way to spend an evening !
All materials will be provided for this fun class – flowers are hand sewn and will look lovely in a vase in your home – lots of fun, laughter and possibly mayhem!
Restaurant, Everglades Derry/Londonderry.
Price: £25.00.
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 23 per class.
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Nancy Moreland Masterclass: Inktense Fabric Painting, 10.30-12.30.
Join Nancy for one of her very popular Inktense classes, a unique learning experience at Quilt Fayre North West. A sell out each time this class is scheduled in Belfast, this will be a real treat as Nancy introduces a new design for Spring . Full instructions and materials will be provided.
Price: £25.00,including kit
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 10 per class.
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Louise Kelly Masterclass: Tweedy McNutt Teddy Bear,1pm-4pm
You asked for this class again, and we are delighted to have arranged for Louise to teach this beautiful little bear class for you all. A sellout last time, this will be a unique opportunity to learn with Derry’s well known toy maker Louise Kelly, how to stitch this heirloom tweed bear.
Price: £40.00, including kit, hand sewing or bring own sewing machine.
Please bring a small sewing bag.
Max, 10 per class.
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Early Bird, Thérèse Kelly:Heritage Embroidery,Country Garden Sampler, 9.00-10.00am.
Join the very talented Thérèsefor her popular embroidery class, learning the basics to enable you to create your own Irish wildflower embroidery. In a small class of 12 people, this is the ideal environment to learn what often appears to be difficult or intricate stitches, but with the careful help of Thérèse you will soon master the skills.
Price: £18.00.
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 12 per class.
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Louise Kelly Masterclass: Pocket Bear,10.30-11.30
Join Louise in this quick and easy class and make yourself a little “pocket bear” to keep with you at all times. This little bear will become your constant companion, or you might like to make more than one for friends and family – everyone needs their own little companion bear!
Price: £18.00.
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 12 per class.
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Lucinda McKee: Chicken Scratch, 12.00-1pm.
Learn this beautiful retro stitch – Lucinda will share her skill with you as you undertake a beautiful stitchery and learn the history of this iconic Colonial craft stitch. Stitching intricate stiches on classic gingham fabric you will be delighted with the end result that you take home. Join Lucinda from Lulu’s Craft Carn and learn the gentle art of chicken scratch embroidery. All materials will be provided.
Price: £18.00, including kit, hand sewing or bring own sewing machine.
Please bring a small sewing bag.
Max, 12 per class.
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Margaret Lee:Vintage Bangle Pin Cushion,1.30-2.30pm
In this quick and easy hour long class you will create your own unique pin cushion re-cycling a vintage bangle and topping it with hand dyed wool tweed – the combination is beautiful and you will make a little treasure.
Price: £18.00.
Please bring small sewing bag.
Max, 12 per class.
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Henny Aarts: Textile landscape – Little Irish Landscape, 3-4.30pm.
This slightly longer class will enable you to stitch a textile landscape reminiscent of the rolling hills, seashore and big skies of Donegal. Henny is a well known textile artist who specialises in creating beautiful landscapes using textiles, yarn and lots of imagination.
You will be hand stitching in this class.
You will have time to mount your work ready to take home for framing, and this little Irish landscape will be a beautiful addition to your home.
Price: £25.00.
Please bring small sewing bag.
Saturday 10th May 2025
List of Services
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Nancy Moreland : Candlewicking, 12.00-1.00pm.
Candlewicking is a contemporary needlework with its roots in American history. In early America, trade limitations made decorative yarns and threads difficult to purchase. Resourceful Colonial housewives learnt to decorate their homes with the fibres they had at hand, which included calico. The cotton wicking used in candle making was embroidered onto the calico to create magnificent texturd bedspreads.
Join Nancy for this fascinating class. Please bring a 6” embroidery hoop to this class, all other materials will be provided.
Price: £18.00,including kit
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 12 per class.
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Thérèse Kelly Haas Crafts Masterclass:Wildflower embroidery, 1.00-3.00pm.
Join Thérèse for this extended Masterclass and learn how to stitch her beautiful Wild Flower Meadow sampler.
You will use a variety of simple stitches to create this lovely design and the class is suitable for both beginners and anyone with more experience. Wile away two hours with some beautiful slow stitching in convivial company and learn from one of our most experienced embroidery teachers.
Price: £25.00, kit and materials provided.
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 10 per class.
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Orna Doherty:Japanese Indigo Wave Workshop, 1.30-2.30.
Inspired by Hikusai’s famous wave and using a sashiko inspired stitching technique on upcycled denim, you will embroider a serene landscape with different weights of cotton thread in this one hour workshop. Perfect for beginners and seasoned stitchers alike, this workshop offers relaxation, creativity and the chance to craft a unique piece of art.
Price: £18.00, kit provided
Max, 12 per class.
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Andy Robinson, Crafty Uk.Early bird 9-10am
Andy is the creator and designer of his own exclusive range of acrylic templates to help make patchwork and quilting more fun. A very popular presenter on TV, and in our own School House programme at Quilt Fayre, we are thrilled that Andy will host this first class of the day – all materials will be supplied, and we think you might all be in for a bit of a treat !
Price: £18.00, kit and materials provided.
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 12 per class.
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Jacki Bradley, Heritage Quilts Northern Ireland – Reverse Applique, 10.30-11.30am.
Reverse applique is a textile technique commonly used in Mola art in Panama , where layers of fabric are stacked and a design cut out through the top layer to reveal the fabric underneath. You will leave this work shop with your beautiful applique encased in a sweet little hoop.
Jack is a new teacher at Quilt Fayre, and we know you will enjoy her class. Jacki has been quilting for over 20 years and her Instagram page , Heritage Quilts NI, is a good place to check out samples of her work. Jacki finds quilting therapeutic, and will want to share that with you also, she loves creating with fabric and is confident that this new skill will allow you to create something special.
Price: £18.00
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 12 per class.
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Orna Doherty Masterclass – Free motion sheep applique workshop, 10.30am-12.30pm
In this class you will learn to use free motion stitching to create a mountain sheep applique using a mixture of reclaimed textiles, felt and Irish linen. You will explore the various stitching techniwues to gain confidence in your free motion abilities. Completed panel can be finished as a hanging or a cushion.
Free motion foot will be required, along with your sewing machine and students should bring a black and grey neutral thread and a basic sewing kit with them to class.
Price: £30.00, kit and materials provided.
Please bring a small sewing bag
Max, 10 per class.
