Design and paint a pattern for a home textile! Under the guidance and expertise of textile pattern-maker Sarah Campbell, you'll leave this workshop with enough hand-painted cloth to perk up your home with an accessory of your choice – a cushion, small curtain, tablecloth, tea-towel or wall-hanging…

Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, some ready-made ready-to-paint items will be available to buy at a small extra cost.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

For further information and bookings, click here

Join me for this popular one day workshop at the Fashion+Textile Museum to enjoy exploring and making decorative collage, paper-cutting and some natty paper-folding. Learn simple but effective papercraft techniques and explore shape, colour, texture and form.

All equipment and resources provided.

Open to all, no previous experience necessary.

For further information and bookings, click here

Limited Edition Guest Workshop - Fabric Painting with internationally acclaimed textile designer Sarah Campbell

“Under the guidance and expertise of acclaimed textile designer, Sarah Campbell, have fun designing and painting directly onto fabric; make a pattern for yourself, or your home in this colourful, playful workshop. Using calico and organic cotton, students will leave with samplers of techniques for reference or for their own home sewing projects, as well as having the opportunity to paint a ready-made accessory of their choice – such as a bag, a cushion, a tea-towel or a wall-hanging.

No previous artistic experience necessary - Sarah specialises in joyous, abstract painting so don’t worry if you consider yourself “not arty” – this workshop is all about experimentation with colour and pattern and you’ve got an expert to guide you! And there's room for painting something flowery if you feel like it.

Leave the workshop armed with the knowledge of how to use different fabric painting techniques, how to use heat-settable fabric paints and how to wash and look after your pieces.

All equipment provided, but please bring an apron and a packed lunch”

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Have fun at this popular one-day workshop and experiment with painting directly onto calico and/or linen at The Fashion and Textile Museum. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you’ll be going home with your own sampler of techniques and discoveries, and depending on time, enough hand-painted fabric to perk up your wardrobe or your home.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For more information and bookings click here

Join me on this new one-day workshop at Minerva Workshop in Kentish Town. With my guidance and using a pre-made fabric lampshade, you’ll plan and paint your own design using Annie Sloan paints. A great chance to create something personal for your own home, and make a special corner come to life.

You’ll leave with your own delightful creation - both beautiful and useful.

Lampshade is provided.

Beginners welcome!

For further information and bookings click here

Have fun at this popular one-day workshop and experiment with painting directly onto calico and/or linen at The Fashion and Textile Museum. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you’ll be going home with your own sampler of techniques and discoveries, and depending on time, enough hand-painted fabric to perk up your wardrobe or your home.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For further information and bookings click here

Join me for this popular one day workshop at the Fashion+Textile Museum to enjoy exploring and making decorative collage, paper-cutting and folding . Learn simple but effective papercraft techniques and explore shape, colour, texture and form.

All equipment and resources provided.

Open to all, no previous experience necessary.

For further information and bookings click here

Design and paint a pattern for a home textile! Under the guidance and expertise of textile pattern-maker Sarah Campbell, you'll leave this workshop with enough hand-painted cloth to perk up your home with an accessory of your choice – a cushion, small curtain, tablecloth, tea-towel or wall-hanging…

Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, some ready-made ready-to-paint items will be available to buy at a small extra cost.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

For further information and bookings, click here

Have fun at this popular one-day workshop and experiment with painting directly onto calico and/or linen at The Fashion and Textile Museum. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you’ll be going home with your own sampler of techniques and discoveries, and depending on time, enough hand-painted fabric to perk up your wardrobe or your home.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For more information and bookings click here

‘This is an ongoing course for textile designers wanting to progress their work. Meeting for a day every two months, the next session is on July 17. We are a deliberately small group so that we can discuss our projects and ideas in a confidential environment. More mentoring, and mutual support, benefitting from Sarah’s many decades of work in the industry, her creative process and problem solving. So far it’s been transformative for those who have participated. Participants can join in at any time.’

For more information and bookings, click here

Join me for this popular one day workshop at the Fashion+Textile Museum to enjoy exploring and making decorative collage, paper-cutting and folding . Learn simple but effective papercraft techniques and explore shape, colour, texture and form.

All equipment and resources provided.

Open to all, no previous experience necessary.

For more information and bookings click here

Design and paint a pattern for a home textile! Under the guidance and expertise of textile pattern-maker Sarah Campbell, you'll leave this workshop with enough hand-painted cloth to perk up your home and make an accessory of your choice – a cushion, small curtain, tablecloth, tea-towel or wall-hanging…

Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, some ready-made ready-to-paint items will be available to buy at a small extra cost.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

For more information and bookings click here

Have fun at this popular one-day workshop and experiment with painting directly onto calico and/or linen at The Fashion and Textile Museum. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you’ll be going home with your own sampler of techniques and discoveries, and depending on time, enough hand-painted fabric to perk up your wardrobe or your home.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For more information and bookings, click here

Join me for this popular one day workshop at the Fashion+Textile Museum to enjoy exploring and making decorative collage, paper-cutting and folding . Learn simple but effective papercraft techniques and explore shape, colour, texture and form.

All equipment and resources provided.

Open to all, no previous experience necessary.

For further information and bookings click here

‘This is an ongoing course for textile designers wanting to progress their work. Meeting for a day every two months, the next sessions are on May 23 and July 18. We are deliberately a small group so that we can discuss our projects and ideas in a confidential environment. More mentoring, and mutual support, benefitting from Sarah’s many decades of work in the industry, her creative process and problem solving. So far it’s been transformative for those who have participated. Participants can join in at any time.’

For more information and bookings, click here

Design and paint a pattern for a home textile! Under the guidance and expertise of textile pattern-maker Sarah Campbell, you'll leave this workshop with enough hand-painted cloth to perk up your home and make an accessory of your choice – a cushion, small curtain, tablecloth, tea-towel or wall-hanging…

Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, some ready-made ready-to-paint items will be available to buy at a small extra cost.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For further information and bookings, click here

V&A Academy Unlocked days invite you behind the scenes, bringing you face-to-face with the V&A's extraordinary collections.

Your study day will begin with an introductory lecture by the Course Director Jennifer Wearden on the influence of The Great Exhibition of 1851 on textile design. This will be followed by a gallery tour through the British Galleries led by Jennifer Wearden which introduces you to a variety of textiles to fire your imagination and inspire you beyond the study day through discovering story-telling and the designing/making processes. You will join a show and tell session with internationally acclaimed textile designer, Sarah Campbell, who co-founded the renowned design partnership Collier Campbell with her sister Susan Collier, to learn about her making process and practices and hear how the V&A’s collections inspires her.

This Unlocked study day is designed to complement the 12-week online Summer term course ‘Textiles:1800 to 2000’ led by Jennifer Wearden but you do not need to be enrolled on any online course to join an ‘Unlocked’ event.

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Have fun at this popular one-day workshop and experiment with painting directly onto calico and/or linen at The Fashion and Textile Museum. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you’ll be going home with your own sampler of techniques and discoveries, and depending on time, enough hand-painted fabric to perk up your wardrobe or your home.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For further information and bookings, click here

Join me for this popular one day workshop at the Fashion+Textile Museum enjoying decorative collage, paper-cutting and folding . Learn simple but effective papercraft techniques and explore shape, colour, texture and form.

Open to all, no previous experience necessary.

Further details and booking click here

The Persephone Festival, celebrating Persephone Books’ 25th anniversary, is taking place on Friday April 19, Saturday April 20 and Sunday April 21. It will consist of three days of events, based at their Bath bookshop and a few other venues across the city, including talks, panels, book groups, literary walks, film screenings and concerts.

As part of the festival I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion about endpapers on Saturday 20th, 2-3pm at the Holburne Library in Bath.

For more information and booking click here

Have fun at this popular one-day workshop and experiment with painting directly onto calico and/or linen at The Fashion+Textile Museum. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you’ll be going home with enough hand-painted fabric to perk up your wardrobe or your home. .

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For further information and bookings click here

Have fun at this popular one-day workshop and experiment with painting directly onto calico and/or linen at The Fashion+Textile Museum. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you’ll be going home with enough hand-painted fabric to perk up your wardrobe or your home. .

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For further information and bookings click here

A new course aimed at designing and painting a pattern for the home under the guidance and expertise of textile pattern-maker Sarah Campbell. Looking at a variety of techniques and methods, and using heat-settable fabric paints, you'll leave this workshop with enough hand-painted cloth to perk up your home and make an accessory of your choice – a cushion, tea-towel, fabric to sew or hang. Some ready-made ready-to-paint items will be available to buy at a small extra cost.

All equipment supplied

You may want to bring an apron

Open to all abilities

No previous experience necessary

For further information and bookings, click here

Join me for this popular one day workshop at the Fashion+Textile Museum enjoying decorative collage, paper-cutting and folding . Learn simple but effective papercraft techniques and explore shape, colour, texture and form.

Open to all, no previous experience necessary.

Further details and booking here

‘This is an ongoing course for textile designers wanting to progress their work. Meeting for a day every two months, the next 3 sessions are on February 1, March 28 and May 23. We are deliberately a small group so that we can discuss our projects and ideas in a confidential environment. More mentoring, and mutual support, benefitting from Sarah’s many decades of work in the industry, her creative process and problem solving. So far it’s been transformative for those who have participated. Participants can join in at any time.’

For more information and bookings, click here