Upcoming Workshops & Talks
Please details of workshops below.
I do not run my own workshops but can be booked for guilds, groups and sewing shops. If I am running a workshop that is open for bookings I will list them here.
I am available to run in person and online workshops for your quilt guild. I also give quilt talks - please email me for more details.
Delight Dahlia Online Workshop
NOW FULLY BOOKED - NEW DATE ADDED
Quilting doesnโt need to be flat! This is a NEW and EXCITING three dimensional quilted dahlia. Learn how to make the unique 3D form and create this flower to hang on your wall โ or attach it to an alice band for an amazing headpiece. Literally wearing your artwork! An important point to make is that you wont get this finished in this 3 hour class! But don't worry, Matt will make sure you know exactly how to finish the project with FULL instructions!
โMaking a three-dimensional design
Walking-Foot or Free-Motion quilting
Work with foam stabiliser
Machine & Hand Sewing techniques
NOTE: Please book this workshop directly with Craftymonkies
Dahlia Delight Online Workshop #2
Quilting doesnโt need to be flat! This is a NEW and EXCITING three dimensional quilted dahlia. Learn how to make the unique 3D form and create this flower to hang on your wall โ or attach it to an alice band for an amazing headpiece. Literally wearing your artwork! An important point to make is that you wont get this finished in this 3 hour class! But don't worry, Matt will make sure you know exactly how to finish the project with FULL instructions!
โMaking a three-dimensional design
Walking-Foot or Free-Motion quilting
Work with foam stabiliser
Machine & Hand Sewing techniques
NOTE: Please book this workshop directly with Craftymonkies
Tessellated Heart Bag
This is my Tessellated Heart Bag. The inspiration behind it is a heart cut gemstone. After studying gemstones for some time, I was able to come up with a pattern for this bag. It went viral on the internet when I shared my design process. It's a mix of creative techniques that make this a unique bag that will certainly grab people's attention when you wear it.
Now here's something really important. This is a three-hour class: to complete a bag in that time alongside learning the design process I'm going to teach you would be very difficult, too rushed. So what I'm going to do is show you how to create the 3D heart shape during this Zoom workshop. I will then talk you through how this can be used to make the bag or to use it as a piece of wall art. Don't worry, the full downloadable PDF instructions will detail everything you need to know to make it into a bag (in essence creating a back panel with a zip and attaching it to your piece we will have made in class. You can then add a strap.) The bag-making is quite a simple process, the more difficult process is what I'm going to teach you in the class, the front of the bag! But, as I just mentioned, you may want to use this as a piece of wall-art by simply sewing a panel onto the back of the piece we're making. The options on how you want to finish it are endless, the main thing is to make the front piece with me!
In this workshop I will teach you how to:-
Making a three-dimensional design
Freezer Paper Foundation Paper Piecing
Work with iron-on foam stabiliser
Quilt-as-you-go
NOTE: To book this Zoom workshop head to the Craftymonkies website
Wings of Pride Sewing Retreat at Sew Lovely Jubbly, Dorset
For more details or to book a place go to the Sew Lovely Jubbly website.
Tessellated Heart at Quilt Direct FEB 2026
We are delighted to welcome to our studio guest tutor Matt Wilding, Prize Winner at this year's Festival of Quilts, who will teaching this two-day course.
Be the first to make Matt's newly-designed Tessellated Heart Bag. Based on a heart cut gemstone, this bag went viral on the internet when Matt shared the design process.
Learn a mix of creative techniques to produce this unique bag that will grab people's attention and is fit for any occasion.
Matt is from sleepy Dorset and studied sculpture at university. He formerly used his creative hands in a different way when he opened an artisan bakery. After a life changing accident when he broke his back, he discovered quilting in 2016 as part of his recovery and has been teaching ever since.
He combines his love of sculpture with quilting in a unique way. His latest piece, โWear Your Wings With Prideโ, won 1st prize in the Quilted Creations category at Festival of Quilts in 2025.
Tessellated Heart Bag Two Day Workshop 31st Jan - 1st Feb 2026 with Hampshire Sewing Circle
Iโm teaming up with the Hampshire Sewing Circle (HSC) to offer a two day workshop making my Tessellated Heart Bag pattern.
Cost ยฃ120
Please contact Kate at HSC to book your place: hampshiresewingcircle@gmail.com
Tessellated Heart Bag Zoom Workshop with Crafty Monkies
We believe Matt Wilding is one of the brightest lights in quilting at the moment! His mind works in a really interesting way, he creates wonderful 3-D quilted pieces that are not only beautiful to look at, but are also practical, as is the case with this truly marvellous Tessellated Heart Bag. This bag created such a buzz at the 2025 Festival Of Quilts as Matt walked around wearing it. So many people asked him which stall he'd bought it from and he was able to say those wonderful words: "I made it myself!" We knew it had to become an online class and we were so happy when Matt agreed. Although this is Matt's first class with CraftyMonkies, believe us, it won't be his last, as he has so many exciting ideas to bring you. Plus he has given us the exclusive WORLD Launch of the Pattern!
Tessellated Heart at Quilt Direct Nov 2025
We are delighted to welcome to our studio guest tutor Matt Wilding, Prize Winner at this year's Festival of Quilts, who will teaching this two-day course.
Be the first to make Matt's newly-designed Tessellated Heart Bag. Based on a heart cut gemstone, this bag went viral on the internet when Matt shared the design process.
Learn a mix of creative techniques to produce this unique bag that will grab people's attention and is fit for any occasion.
Matt is from sleepy Dorset and studied sculpture at university. He formerly used his creative hands in a different way when he opened an artisan bakery. After a life changing accident when he broke his back, he discovered quilting in 2016 as part of his recovery and has been teaching ever since.
He combines his love of sculpture with quilting in a unique way. His latest piece, โWear Your Wings With Prideโ, won 1st prize in the Quilted Creations category at Festival of Quilts in 2025.