Come and immerse yourself in the wonderful world of traditional upholstery… hammers, tacks, calico…only traditional skills taught, no staple guns!

Each course is outlined below. To book your place please fill in the form at the bottom of the page and Ruth will get in touch with more information.

The courses are open to all levels of skills and are suitable for complete beginners or for anyone who would like a refresher course.

We encourage everyone to start with the stool project in order to learn the sequence of layers required to create a traditional upholstered seat. Everything from webbing, hessian, forming a hair pad, creating a stitched roll edge, to finally applying your top fabric, taking home an upholstered stool.

We would then be delighted if you returned to take part in further classes bringing your own small pieces of furniture to upholster.

If, however, you have previous experience as an upholsterer and would prefer to bring your own furniture, instead of the specified project, you will be able to do so as long as it's an appropriate piece of furniture. Any materials used will be charged for at the end of the course.