With the best craft classes in the North East, you can develop your homemade craft skills and discover exciting craft projects! From daring glassblowing courses to intricate origami, quilling, crochet and macrame weaving workshops, explore your crafting talent. Whether you want to create your own accessories in jewellery making workshops or make your own scented candles with candle making courses, we have rounded up the top 10 best craft classes in the North East which are sure to help you reach your crafting goals!

Top 10 Best Craft Classes in the North East:

  • Mokume Gane Workshop with Colourbuzz
  • English Paper Piecing Workshop with Raggy Robin
  • Plant Embroidery Online Workshop with The Fashion Lab
  • Life Drawing Class with Artful Hen Parties
  • Beginner Quilt Making Course with High Street Quilting
  • Pottery Painting Class with Canny Craft
  • Introduction to Screenprinting Course with Northern Print
  • Pottery Making Workshop with The Pottery Experience
  • Unravel and Unwind Crochet Class with The Creative Chicken
  • Jewellery Making Workshop with To Dot Handcrafted Jewellery

Mokume Gane Workshop with Colourbuzz

Create your own jewellery with Colourbuzz

Location: Live online class

Always wanted to learn how to make stylish jewellery? If you have always been fascinated and interested in the jewellery making process, then this workshop is for you!

Explore innovative and captivating jewellery making techniques in this workshop with Colourbuzz. Your expert tutor will guide you step-by-step through the process of making jewellery using the compelling Japanese technique of Mokume Gane.

From pendants to keyrings, this workshop with Colourbuzz encourages students to exercise their creativity when choosing which style of jewellery they want to make.

Helga at Colourbuzz is a passionate and talented teacher who believes all students have the potential to discover their creative nature! Helga enjoys sharing her knowledge with enthusiastic students in her inspiring workshops.

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English Paper Piecing Workshop with Raggy Robin

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Location: Durham, North East

If you're on the hunt for a beginners quilting workshop, then this workshop with Raggy Robin is for you!

In this introductory workshop, you will discover the history of quilting as well as how to use traditional techniques and approaches. Not only will students discover English paper piecing, in this workshop students will also become enlightened to intricate hand sewing techniques.

With the skills gained in this workshop, students will discover each step in the quilt making process and will see their own quilt come together piece by piece.

Raggy Robin was founded by Sharon, a skilful teacher with a passion for embroidery, quilting and patchwork. Workshops with Raggy Robin are sure to help you discover the creative nature of quilting!

Plant Embroidery Online Workshop with The Fashion Lab

Location: Live online class

Explore craft workshops which embrace nature! It has been proven, that engaging with nature in some way can have an incredibly positive impact on our mental health and wellbeing.

This embroidery workshops focuses on plant designs and themes. Students in this workshop will be taken step-by-step through the journey of creating impressive plant embroidery. Bring a piece of the great outdoors into your home and create an embroidered house plant that requires a lot less maintenance than a real one!

This workshop is taught by, Melanie Kyles, founder of The Fashion Lab. Melanie believes in sharing their expert embroidery knowledge as well as the importance of sustainable and ethical fashion with eager to learn students.

Life Drawing Class with Artful Hen Parties

Location: Venues across the North East

It's time to pick up a pencil and sketch in this life drawing class! Master using different art medium and methods to make your own impressive artwork. From hen do's and birthday parties to team building events, this energising life drawing class is perfect for any occasion or event!

Whether you're a complete life drawing beginner or you consider yourself as talented as Picasso, this life drawing class welcomes students of all levels.

Artful Hen Parties have won awards for their life drawing events and experiences. Every student that attends their sensational life drawing classes is sure to leave with a greater understanding of life drawing techniques and approaches.

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Beginner Quilt Making Course with High Street Quilting

Location: Durham, North East

Master making your own personalised quilt with this beginner quilting course! Gain the skills to fill your home with cosy quilts made with your own two hands.

Over the course of twelve workshops, students will be transformed from beginners to confident quilt makers! Whether you're completely clueless about quilt making or you're an experienced quilting fanatic, students of all levels will develop new skills in this course.

This workshop with Mary at High Street Quilting is one of the many crafting classes High Street Quilting hosts. From social sewing experiences to embroidery workshops, High Street Quilting are sure to have a craft class that inspires you.

Pottery Painting Class with Canny Craft

Location: Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne

Painting pottery is a fun activity for the whole family! Children and adults alike can exercise their creative muscles and learn how to create their own artistic painted pots.

Choose from an inspiring selection of pottery to paint, from figurines and animal shaped pots to mugs and plates.

Once you have completed painting your unique piece of artwork, your pot will be finished, fired and glazed and available for collection from the Canny Craft studio.

Canny Craft is a craft cafe that runs pottery painting workshops. From corporate team building events to birthday parties, their creative workshops are perfect for any occasion and celebration.

Introduction to Screenprinting Course with Northern Print

Location: Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne

Get inspired in a professional screenprinting studio! This two day long course is designed with beginners in mind, so if you're new to screenprinting this is definitely the workshop for you.

From letterpress workshops to etching classes, as well as their introductory screenprinting course, Northern Print also offer an exciting range of craft courses.

Northern Print are determined to help all students of all ages experience the rewarding nature of screenprinting and crafting. The team at Northern Print celebrate art and host gallery exhibitions of original prints.

Pottery Making Workshop with The Pottery Experience

Location: Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne

Spin, mould and sculpt your own pottery! This workshop with The Pottery Experience gives students the opportunity to make their own personalised pottery.

Whether you have a wealth of experience making pottery or none at all, students of any level are invited to pottery making workshops at The Pottery Experience.

For those wanting to channel their inner artist, The Pottery Experience also host pottery painting workshops! Explore your creativity and adorn ceramic pieces with your own designs.  

The Pottery Experience is enthusiastic about helping students of all levels discover the enriching feeling of creating and painting pottery pieces. Their workshops aim to give students an enriching, creative and memorable pottery experience.

Unravel and Unwind Crochet Class with The Creative Chicken

Location: Kirkharle, Northumberland

Experience the calming and peaceful nature of practising crochet. Many repetitive crafts, such as crochet, are practised as a form of mindfulness and meditation.

In this workshop, students are encouraged to experience how crochet can improve their mood and uplift their spirit.

Within this crochet class, students can expect to develop new knitting skills and elevate their mood, outlook and perspective.

The team at The Creative Chicken understand the importance the role crafts projects can play in maintaining a healthy mental wellbeing. As well as their relaxing crochet class, they also offer a wide range of other crafting workshops including lino cutting and pottery painting experiences.

Jewellery Making Workshop with To Dot Handcrafted Jewellery

Location: North Tyneside, North East

Explore how to make your own bespoke jewellery from renowned jewellery making professional! Nowadays, jewellery, fashion and accessories are used as a form of self expression. This jewellery making workshop allows students to design and create jewellery that expresses their style and character.

To Dot Handcrafted Jewellery encourages students to get inspired by the natural world around them within their captivating jewellery making workshops.

As well as running interactive jewellery making workshops, To Dot Handcrafted Jewellery also sell their own jewellery and artistic coasters. So if you're looking for the tricks of the jewellery making trade, you're sure to find the secrets of jewellery making success in workshops with To Dot Handcrafted Jewellery.

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From pottery making workshops and pottery painting courses to crochet classes and embroidery courses, master a range of different skills with the best craft classes in the North East. Whether you want to make your own candles or sew together your own quilt, teachers within the best craft classes in the North East are eager to share their expertise with enthusiastic students.

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