Join Ali Ferguson for two lovely days creating personal wonky patchwork portraits inspired by courthouse steps blocks, stories and memories of special people and handwritten words. 

Ali will show you how she creates her deliciously wonky patchwork and how she adds to the story element with the use of meaningful words. These pieces are all hand stitched but don’t worry if you’re not experienced – Ali will share some of her favourite stitches and plenty of inspiration.

You’ll be working with a fabulous selection of vintage and used materials such as vintage cottons, old table linens, old quilt pieces, shirting fabric and old handkerchiefs. By using old and used materials, you are bringing their stories to the piece too! Your finished piece will be approximately A4 in size. 

You can work on one or two pieces during the workshop, but you won’t finish them – hand stitching is slow! However, you will leave with a gorgeous project and all the ideas that you need to continue at home. 

Ali passionately believes that ‘slow stitching’ should be exactly that, something that can be added to, day by day, picked up and put down thus weaving a little bit of your own everyday story into your piece. If you love stitching, then you’ll love this approach where the pleasure of creating is as significant as the desire to have a finished project. Suitable for all abilities.