About our courses
Hop Stitch and Jumper are delighted to announce their exciting programme of courses and workshops run by experienced, skilled and engaging tutors.
Held in the workshop spaces in our Tenterden and Maidstone Store, our courses cover a range of crafts and skills. The courses are half or full-day equivalent for groups of between 4 and 8 people. See below for our upcoming courses.
We offer Create and Craft Group on Tuesdays from 2-4pm. Please feel to turn up with your projects for a lovely social evening (cost £5 including tea or coffee & cake). No booking required but please contract us my telephone or whatsapp to confirm the group is taking place.
If you would like to book a course, please email hopstitchandjumper@symbolconnect.co.uk, whatsapp us or telephone on 01580 854178.
Payment for courses are required at time of booking. Please see our returns policy for cancellation terms and conditions.
Learn to Love your sewing machine
14th November 24
10am - 3pm
Back by popular demand, join us to learn how to use your sewing machine, and leave with a beautiful piped cushion. This course is for beginners with little sewing machine experience.
Cost: £60, All materials included.
Bring: Your own sewing machine
Christmas Needle Felting
21st November 24
10am - 2pm
With Christmas coming up come along and try the Victorian art of needle felting. Make 3D projects maybe a Christmas robin or a simple woodland animal. Beware – needle felting becomes addictive!
£40 per person - all materials included
Learn to love your sewing machine
10th December 24
10am - 3pm
Back by popular demand, join us to learn how to use your sewing machine, and leave with a beautiful piped cushion. This course is for beginners with little sewing machine experience.
Cost: £60, All materials included.
Bring: Your own sewing machine
Learn to love your sewing machine
16th January 25
10am - 3pm
Back by popular demand, join us to learn how to use your sewing machine, and leave with a beautiful piped cushion. This course is for beginners with little sewing machine experience.
Cost: £60, All materials included.
Bring: Your own sewing machine.
Learn to love your sewing macine
11th February 25
10am - 3pm
Back by popular demand, join us to learn how to use your sewing machine, and leave with a beautiful piped cushion. This course is for beginners with little sewing machine experience.
Cost: £60, All materials included.
Bring: Your own sewing machine
Make a quilted tote bag
10th December 24
10am - 3pm
Make a quilted lined tote bag of your own design. Learn the skills and the pattern in a day aswell as embelishments and design elements of your choosing.
Wadding and bag strapping is included. However so that you can choose the fabric for the bag to your style we do not include this in the cost of the course.
Fabric can be purchased from the shop on the day or bring that loved fabric from your stash.
Cost : £40 per person
Learn to love your sewing machine
12th March 25
10am - 3pm
Back by popular demand, join us to learn how to use your sewing machine, and leave with a beautiful piped cushion. This course is for beginners with little sewing machine experience.
Cost: £60, All materials included.
Bring: Your own sewing machine
Beginners Patchwork
Dates for 2025 coming soon
10am - 4pm
Introduction to quilting and making a simple project. Have you always dreamed of having a “vintage quilt” to hand down through the generations of your family? Well, that dream starts here. Come along and learn how to do basic quilting that will be the start of a lifelong love of quilting.
£40. Materials of your choice to be purchased in the shop on the day.
Fabric Printing
10am - 4pm
Dates for 2025 coming soon
Would you like to make your own fabric, printed with a design of your choice? Our print maker extraordinaire Lauren will lead you through this fascinating art. You will go away with enough of your newly designed fabric for a project of your choice (maybe not curtains!)
Make a Lampshade
10am - 1pm
Dates for 2025 coming soon
Learn to make a 30cm or 40cm drum shade or two candle shades.
Cost - £60. A lampshade kit included. Materials for the outside of your shade can be purchased in the shop on the day.