Mixed Media Textiles - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

About this course

Over three sessions, you’ll explore how to combine macramé, weaving, and embellishment techniques to create your own mixed media wall hanging. You’ll learn how to begin with a simple macramé base and then build texture and visual interest by adding woven sections, hand-stitching, and decorative elements like beads or found materials. You’ll be introduced to a variety of techniques and materials and encouraged to experiment with your own combinations to create a unique piece. You don’t need to have any experience in textiles or crafts—this course is suitable for all levels.

By the end of the course, you’ll have completed a small, personalised wall hanging and gained the confidence to apply these techniques in future textile or mixed media projects.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Tie at least two basic macramé knots to create the structure of a hanging.

• Incorporate simple weaving techniques to add texture and pattern to their piece.

• Use basic hand-stitching and embellishment (e.g. beads or buttons) to add surface detail.

• Select and combine different yarns, fabrics, and even recycled materials creatively.

What you will need to bring to the course:

Wooden dowel, approx 30-50cm long, this can either be pre-cut from a craft shop or cut from a longer length from a DIY shop. You can also use a small branch or rod made other materials. 

-Macrame cord or string 

-Selection of yarn, wool or cords 

-Fabric offcuts; these can be from sewing projects, old clothes or offcuts from fabric

-Selections of sewing thread and embroidery threads  and any embellishments such as beads, button or recycled materials.

-Sewing needle and embroidery needle  

-Scissors 

Supplies can be purchased from: 

The Range 

Boyes 

Local fabric shops and market stalls 

Charity Shops

Hobbycraft 

Amazon 

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.