About the Workshop:

Sure - colouring books are enjoyable and great for stress relief, but what if you want more? More creativity, more mindfulness and more fun? There are myriad crafts that can give you all of these and embroidery, or stitching, is one of them. Tap into your creative side and make one-off pieces of art, embellish clothing with images and symbols unique to you, or make beautiful gifts for your friends.

In this workshop, Jo Dixey will teach you embroidery stitches that can be used to mend or revamp your clothes. In the course you will create a sampler of stitches to refer to for future projects. All materials are included in the course fees. 

While you're at the workshop, check out Jo’s exhibition "Fragments", featuring hand embroideries created from naturally dyed fabric and threads as part of the New Zealand Embroideries Guild conference.

Masks must be worn for the duration of the workshop.Thank you for respecting this and helping to keep our community safe. 

About the artist:

Jo Dixey is a Royal School of Needlework trained embroiderer. She teaches small groups a variety of embroidery techniques and works on commissions which have included large altar cloths, university banners and work for the fashion and movie industries. She also repairs old embroideries. In 2017 Jo published her first book Stitch People, which was later re-released as Creative Thread. This is a 20 project journey through embroidery techniques. 

Jo’s work is held in private and public collections in New Zealand and overseas. See her work on instagram @dixeysoulless