In person teaching schedule ..... where to find me!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by my stand at The Scottish Quilt Show in Glasgow last week. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces and to make some new friends. This show is such a pleasure to do and there are an increasing number of quilts on show and quilt focused traders. And Shoreline III won a prize - 2nd place in the Professional Makers Category!

We still haven’t moved to Largs (bah humbug) but I do expect to start teaching at the Barony Centre in West Kilbride in the late autumn. In the meantime I thought I’d let you know where you can find me ……

15th to 17th April 2026: 3-day Luscious Layers at Littleheath Barn, nr Bromsgrove. The workshop is full but please email Liske if you’d like to be put on the waiting list or would be interested in her re-running the workshop at a later date.

1st to 5th June 2026: 5-day Breakdown Your Palette at InStitches, nr Wokingham. This is my post popular workshop as breakdown printing is truly fabulous! There are places available!

12th to 16th October 2026: 5-day Luscious Layers at InStitches, nr Wokingham. This isn’t on their website yet but if you are interested you could always let them know by contacting Hazel via hazel@InStitchesTextileCourse.co.uk

*NEW* 29th January to 1st February 2027: 3-day residential workshop ‘Simply Screen Printing’ at Higham Hall, nr Cockermouth. I’m very excited about this one as, if it is well attended, I’ll be able to teach at Higham Hall regularly and it is a fabulous venue. The retreat isn’t on their website yet but you can have a look at the range of workshops and the facilities on their website. The workshop is suitable for absolute beginners and will include some breakdown printing. If you are interested please ring them on 017687 76276 to register your interest. They will contact you when bookings are opened.

Luscious Layers: This workshop explores what happens when you combine multiple techniques on a piece of fabric, building layers of colour, mark, texture, line and shape? The results - complex beautiful art cloth; fabric that can simply be framed or hung, fabric that can be enhanced by stitch, fabric that can be used in conjuncture with other fabrics to create spectacular wall art, fabric that can be used to make truly unique clothing. This workshop is aimed at those with experience of using Procion MX dyes to add colour to fabric using a range of techniques such as screen printing, mark making, monoprinting, dyeing etc. It is not suitable for beginners as it assumes prior knowledge of multiple surface design techniques.

Breakdown Your Palette: My most popular workshop combines an in-depth exploration of breakdown printing (free-form screen printing technique where thickened dyes act as temporary resists) and colour to create a palette of beautiful, co-ordinated cloth. Working from their own inspirational images or objects students will extract colours to use as they work with a range of breakdown printing techniques. During the workshop students will also investigate the use of discharge paste in breakdown printing and how printed fabrics can be enhanced by other surface design techniques. The workshop is suitable for absolute beginners and assumes no knowledge of screen printing or working with Procion dyes.

Simply Screen Printing: In this workshop you will learn how to predict and control colour when using Procion dyes before experimenting with a range of simple screen printing techniques to create your own palette of fabric from your own source of inspiration. The techniques covered will include open screening for both clean and streaky colour, working with paper, mesh and string resists, working with masking tape resists and breakdown printing where thickened dyes are used as a temporary resist. You will also have the opportunity to use thermofax screens to add detail to your printed fabrics. The workshop is suitable for beginners and for those who want better control of their screen printing outcomes.

If you have any questions about these workshops and venues please email via admin@leahhiggins.co.uk.

Thank you x