Workshops
Whether you are a beginner, or looking to improve your skills, Colly Brook Fine Furnishings can help you on one of our workshops. The one and two day courses include all materials, lunch, tea and coffee, and cost £75 per day. Scroll down to see the whole programme - some courses are repeated later in the year. Contact Us for more details and to book your place, or click here to book online. These courses will be held in our new workshop, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.
Beginners Curtain Making - Saturday, 28 June 2008
For those with little or no experience of curtain making, as well as those who want to improve on their skills and learn the 'proper' techniques. The following topics are covered:
- Tracks and poles
- Taped curtain headings
- Measuring and estimating fabric requirements
- Locked in linings and mitred corners
Students will make a sample, lined curtain with hand finished hem and sides, and machined heading tape to take away along with handouts.
Roman Blinds - Saturday, 5 July 2008
Blinds add a new dimension to your window furnishings and Roman blinds can be created in a range of different styles. The following will be covered:
Measuring and estimating fabric requirements
Headrail systems
Rings, rods, tapes, weight bars
Designing and creating shaped bottom edges
Students will make a sample, lined, Roman blind using some of the techniques learned.
Know your Sewing Machine - Thursday, 10 July 2008
Bring your machine along and make friends with it! The following will be covered:
Basic maintenance, needles and threads
Utility & decorative stitches
Buttonholes & zips
Machine quilting
and more!
Curtain Headings and More - Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Creating different headings and leading edges for your own curtains or for clients. This course will include demonstrations and you will have time to make some samples of:
Padded leading edges
Pleated and gathered edges
Hibiscus pleats
Box pleats
Double and triple pleats
and more.
Covered Wood Pelmets - Tuesday, 14 September 2008
A pelmet can turn a window treatment into something quite special, and can be useful on problem windows and to disguise curtain tracks. Topics covered during the day:
- Designing shaped pelmets
- Cutting plywood and making hinged returns
- Covering wood with interlining or wadding, and the different results achieved
- Applying piping
- Applying cover to pelmet, and lining
- Tips on hanging
You will make a sample, covered wooden pelmet to take home, along with handouts.
Tailored Scatter Cushions - Saturday, 4 October 2008
Either use the supplied materials or bring your own fabric to make a decorative scatter cushion:
- Different fillings and shapes of pad
- Making bias strips and piping
- Inserting a zip in a piped seam
- Applying flanged cord demonstration
Make a piped cushion with a zipped opening to take home.
Intermediate Curtain Making - Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Learn more advanced techniques of curtain making to add to your basic skills:
- Different types of interlining and how to apply them
- Hand made headings with buckram - triple pleats and goblets
- Finishing touches for hand made headings
You will make a sample lined and interlined curtain with a hand sewn heading to take away, along with handouts.
Padded Headboards - Saturday, 9 November 2007
Learn how to make padded headboards, with piping and ruche detail. You may either make a headboard for a single bed, or a quarter size sample, including
- Making a new board or re-using an existing one
- Piping
- Gathering
- Using a staple gun.
Tailored Loose Covers - Friday & Saturday, 28 & 29 November 2007
Making loose covers can be a daunting prospect. Come and learn, including the following topics:
- Designing a cover
- Measuring up and fabric requirements
- Cutting and pin-fitting
- Making and applying piping
- Inserting zips and other closures
- Skirts and bottom edges.
Then make a sample cover on half a chair, before embarking on the real thing!
