Joint Federation Weekend Retreat - *Claire Muir Free Motion Embroidery*
Staverton Park Hotel & Golf Club, Daventry, NN11 6JT
Friday 23rd April 2027 4:00PM
Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Federation invite you to join us for a weekend retreat.
Friday 23rd April 2027 arrival from 4pm — Sunday 25th 2027 departure after lunch.
Staverton Park Hotel, Daventry, NN11 6JT
With all meals and tuition for the weekend included. Friday the rooms are available from 4pm, welcome meeting and dinner to follow. The rest of your weekend timings will be confirmed in your welcome meeting.
To guarantee your place, book today with a £100 deposit, per person. Please note that the deposit is non refundable if you decide to cancel your place. Full payment will be invoiced and collected in January.
You have chosen to book tuition with Claire Muir Free Motion Embroidery. Price single room £384 per person, twin room available at £301 per person. If booking a twin room please enter the name of the person you are sharing with at checkout. Please make a note of the list below of the items you will need to bring along.
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
This course is for people who would love to create their own work of art, who are completely new to free machine embroidery or a more experienced embroiderer. WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT? Come and make a fabulous Land Rover picture. Starting with by painting a simple background on your calico you will then use a wooden stamp to stamp your Land Rover. You will then create your caravan, decorating it with a wide variety of fabrics provided. Painted Bondaweb creates the trees whilst a variety of embroidery techniques create the flowers. A few hand stitched beads complete the picture. Techniques will be clearly explained and demonstrated.
If you are a beginner to FM embroidery, you will be shown clearly how to create your picture. For those of you who are more experienced, you will also be able to embellish your picture further with additional techniques shown. You will all have a finished picture to go home and mount at the end of the workshop
WHO IS THE TUTOR?
Claire Muir trained in Chichester and at Glasgow School of Art. She has made embroidered lace hats, designed headdresses for a theatre company and has created individual, embroidered accessories. She has written articles for Stitch and Sewing World magazines. She was also a tutor at Denman College for 14 years. Claire is on FB and IG as clairemuirtextiles Her aim is to inspire your own creativity.
Please Bring the following Equipment with you: Sewing Machine. We will be doing free machine embroidery so it is important that the teeth/feed dogs can be lowered on your machine so that you can do this. Some machines come with a plate that covers the teeth instead. You will also need to bring your darning foot/ free machine embroidery foot / free motion quilting foot with you. This is not a foot that normally comes with your machine but usually needs to be purchased separately. Please check if you have one. You may find it easier to use your foot pedal to free machine embroider so remember to bring that with you and the slide on table that comes with your machine. If you need to buy one, I suggest buying an open toed foot so that you can see where you are going. Spare empty bobbins Size 90 topstitch needles Basic sewing kit To include fine needles to hand sew beads, little sharp fabric and paper scissors
Materials required that Claire will be providing and are included in the course fee:
Calico Bondaweb Stitch and tear Paints Pieces of patterned cotton Plain dupion silk Synthetic organza Wool Rayon and metallic machine embroidery thread Hand embroidery thread Invisible thread Beads Baking parchment.
Equipment that Claire will bring for you to share during the workshop: Irons and Ironing boards Plates for paints Paintbrushes Water pots Soldering irons Pieces of Glass and steel wool for the soldering irons Terracotta pots Kitchen roll.
Patterns and written instructions are also included
Friday 23rd April 2027 arrival from 4pm — Sunday 25th 2027 departure after lunch.
Staverton Park Hotel, Daventry, NN11 6JT
With all meals and tuition for the weekend included. Friday the rooms are available from 4pm, welcome meeting and dinner to follow. The rest of your weekend timings will be confirmed in your welcome meeting.
To guarantee your place, book today with a £100 deposit, per person. Please note that the deposit is non refundable if you decide to cancel your place. Full payment will be invoiced and collected in January.
You have chosen to book tuition with Claire Muir Free Motion Embroidery. Price single room £384 per person, twin room available at £301 per person. If booking a twin room please enter the name of the person you are sharing with at checkout. Please make a note of the list below of the items you will need to bring along.
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
This course is for people who would love to create their own work of art, who are completely new to free machine embroidery or a more experienced embroiderer. WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT? Come and make a fabulous Land Rover picture. Starting with by painting a simple background on your calico you will then use a wooden stamp to stamp your Land Rover. You will then create your caravan, decorating it with a wide variety of fabrics provided. Painted Bondaweb creates the trees whilst a variety of embroidery techniques create the flowers. A few hand stitched beads complete the picture. Techniques will be clearly explained and demonstrated.
If you are a beginner to FM embroidery, you will be shown clearly how to create your picture. For those of you who are more experienced, you will also be able to embellish your picture further with additional techniques shown. You will all have a finished picture to go home and mount at the end of the workshop
WHO IS THE TUTOR?
Claire Muir trained in Chichester and at Glasgow School of Art. She has made embroidered lace hats, designed headdresses for a theatre company and has created individual, embroidered accessories. She has written articles for Stitch and Sewing World magazines. She was also a tutor at Denman College for 14 years. Claire is on FB and IG as clairemuirtextiles Her aim is to inspire your own creativity.
Please Bring the following Equipment with you: Sewing Machine. We will be doing free machine embroidery so it is important that the teeth/feed dogs can be lowered on your machine so that you can do this. Some machines come with a plate that covers the teeth instead. You will also need to bring your darning foot/ free machine embroidery foot / free motion quilting foot with you. This is not a foot that normally comes with your machine but usually needs to be purchased separately. Please check if you have one. You may find it easier to use your foot pedal to free machine embroider so remember to bring that with you and the slide on table that comes with your machine. If you need to buy one, I suggest buying an open toed foot so that you can see where you are going. Spare empty bobbins Size 90 topstitch needles Basic sewing kit To include fine needles to hand sew beads, little sharp fabric and paper scissors
Materials required that Claire will be providing and are included in the course fee:
Calico Bondaweb Stitch and tear Paints Pieces of patterned cotton Plain dupion silk Synthetic organza Wool Rayon and metallic machine embroidery thread Hand embroidery thread Invisible thread Beads Baking parchment.
Equipment that Claire will bring for you to share during the workshop: Irons and Ironing boards Plates for paints Paintbrushes Water pots Soldering irons Pieces of Glass and steel wool for the soldering irons Terracotta pots Kitchen roll.
Patterns and written instructions are also included
Event Details
Members only
From Fri 23 Apr 2027, 4:00PM to Sun 25 Apr 2027, 2:00PM
