Create with Purpose.
Connect Through Craft.

Hands-on upholstery and leather craft experiences for individuals and businesses — designed to spark creativity, build confidence, and enhance wellbeing.

View our Craft Workshops View our Team Building Activities Download the Creative Workshops brochure

Create with Purpose.
Connect Through Craft.

Hands-on upholstery and leather craft experiences for individuals and businesses — designed to spark creativity, build confidence, and enhance wellbeing.

View our Craft Workshops View our Team Building Activities Download the Creative Workshops brochure

New for September 2026

Design & Transform Your Room

A beginner-friendly three-month programme combining interior design, upholstery and upcycling to help you redesign one room in your home with more confidence.

Small group. Practical learning. Ongoing support.

View the Programme

Christmas Workshops & Afternoon Tea

Create beautiful handmade Christmas decorations, wreaths and festive prints in a relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop. Enjoy a creative day out with festive afternoon tea in our converted chapel.

Practical learning. Festive refreshments.

Christmas Workshops: Book Your Place Private Christmas Group Workshops: Enquire Now

Ways to Work With Us

Team Building Activities

For organisations who want to strengthen creativity, connection, and wellbeing through hands-on making. From one-off days to long-term partnerships, we work with clients to design experiences that support their learning and development goals while delivering lasting impact.

Creative Team Building Workshops

Creative Performance Workshops

The Creative Growth Partnership

Craft Workshops

For individuals who want to slow down, learn new skills, and make something beautiful and lasting.

Upholstery Workshops

Christmas Workshops

Intro to Interior Design

Design & Transform Your Room

A Purpose-Led Business

We believe creativity has the power to make a positive impact — for people, communities, and the planet.

As a proud B Corp™ certified business, we’re committed to high standards of social and environmental responsibility, from the materials we use to the partnerships we build.

Discover our B Corp™ story

A Purpose-Led Business

We believe creativity has the power to make a positive impact — for people, communities, and the planet.

As a proud B Corp™ certified business, we’re committed to high standards of social and environmental responsibility, from the materials we use to the partnerships we build.

What our customers think…

“Great day spent on the deep buttoning footstool course. Lots of fun and a lovely item to take home with me. Emma is a great teacher. Would love to take more of these courses.”

Carolyn James

“I had a fantastic day. Emma was a brilliant teacher and really engaging and interesting. Everything was explained in great detail and I was really happy with my finished product. Looking forward to giving the footstool to my daughter for her apartment. Thanks again Emma. A great day”

Steve Mitchell

“Great first time experience taking part in a Deep buttoned large footstool workshop.

We were able to choose our fabric prior to attending by ordering samples online ensuring we could pick the right colour for our projects. Emma was a great tutor giving clear instructions throughout. We were also given a booklet to take home with step by step instructions from what tools we used to how to recreate the stool again at home. I will definitely be looking out for other workshops that Emma has to offer in the future.”

Louise Buckthorpe

“Attended a deep button upholstery course yesterday and loved every second. Location was stunning, Emma was a wonderful tutor, the quality of the materials and equipment were also outstanding. I would thoroughly recommend people of all abilities and ages give this a go. It’s great fun and you get a beautiful piece of furniture to take away.”

Natasha Moseley

“Had the best time creating a footstool. Emma is skilled in her craft and teaches at a pace to suit all. Quality fabrics and equipment make creating a pleasure. Beautiful surroundings and a beautiful end result.

I would certainly recommend and look forward to returning. Thank you Emma.”

Morag Dunster

“I recently attended the deep buttoned upholstery workshop which was absolutely brilliant. Emma was such a good teacher and has great patience but made everything so easy to do using a step by step approach. It was amazing to see a bunch of materials turned into such a lovely seating bench. My friends and family are also super impressed. Would definitely recommend Emma and her courses.”

Colette Willoughy

“Thanks so much to you and Ros it was such an inspiring and rewarding morning. I have not managed to switch off that well from work for a very long time! I will always think of you all when I look at my board and I am excited to think what I am going to include on it for my future!!”

Ellie Harrison

“It was a fantastic morning. Thank you Emma and Ros. You were both so patient and kind whilst I battled my corners!! It’s the first time in a long time that I didn’t look at my emails for hours, and didn’t want to. Very best wishes to you all and hope to catch up again soon (at another workshop I hope)”

Sarah Smithson

“Thank you so much Emma and Ros. I had a lovely day too. I felt so relaxed with you and everyone which is quite an achievement in itself at the moment. Loved making the notice board and seeing everyone else make theirs too, it felt like a real team day. I showed my board off when I got back to the office and can’t wait to put it up. I’ll send you a photo. Thanks for such a lovely day and lovely food to- you both looked after us so much and we really appreciate it. I’m already thinking of doing something similar with our members.”

Jenny Alcock

“Going to Emma’s workshop you know you’re in for a special afternoon. If you are looking to do something different to take you away from the everyday then the chapel in Scholar Green is the place. Lose yourself in a creative workshop and take away your own hand made item along with memories that will last forever not forgetting the friendships that you’ll make!”

Sarah Toolnan Tivnan
IT Bots Recruitment

“Our Team Building event took place with Emma and her staff and it was a wonderful day. Brought out everyone’s creativity and we were so well looked after the whole day! I left with a new enthusiasm for all things upholstery and I can’t wait to visit again, it looks fabulous on my wall.”

Susan Read
Sinclair Law Solicitors

“I attended a wellbeing upholstery workshop in July 2024 with a Group of charity leaders in Cheshire. We had the best day with Emma and each made a fabulous ‘pin board’ to take home.

I would thoroughly recommend Emma and can’t wait to go back.”

Jill Maher
Cheshire Connect

“Spent an incredible morning at the stunning chapel with Emma & Ros. The atmosphere was super relaxed and friendly and the hospitality was second to none. Emma and Ros had such a lovely way of teaching and demonstrating the skills to us. It really gave me the confidence to give it a try despite not being a very creative person. I was so pleased with the end result of my notice/vision board. It is stunning. The organisation and advanced prep that had gone into the workshop meant that everything flowed so seamlessly (no pun intended!) and made the experience incredibly relaxed and enjoyable. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Semper Hopkins to anyone. If you give one of their workshops a try, I can promise you won’t regret it! Thanks Emma & Ros xx”

Nicola Marshall
Knutsford Together

“Thank you to Emma & Ros for a great afternoon! We all really enjoyed this – it was such a lovely creative activity and a great chance to switch off and spend time together as a team in the run up to Christmas, thank you. My expectations were exceeded from the venue, the food and refreshments, the training and the fun we had together! “

Charlotte Dean
P3 People Management

“We had the most wonderful day with Emma, she is the perfect tutor and made it really enjoyable to make our footstools! I can’t recommend the day workshop enough and love my new piece of custom furniture.”

Katie Rudin
Akerlof B-Corp

“It was lovely working on a clear project and feeling supported when unsure. Lovely to make choices allowing individuality.
Great being all together and achieving something. The workshop was easy going and it was lovely to work alongside colleagues.
Enjoying focusing on the task but still having fun! Very enjoyable with clear instructions and support.”

Skills For Care

“What a complete joy it was to attend Emma’s brilliant upholstery workshop this week!
Emma is a fantastic host and tutor. Everything from the welcome, to the demonstrations and explanations, the individual coaching was just perfect.
We all left having had some brilliant conversations, made great connections and with a simply beautiful vision/notice board that we’d each hand crafted
As someone who’s worked with hundreds of teams and been delivering team building events for over 25 years, this was something I could definitely see would add value to many of those!”

Kerry Lockyer
Oomph Learning & Development Ltd

“I highly recommend Emma’s upholstery team building courses. They are a fantastic way for teams to connect and learn about each other, whilst also learning new skills and creating something special to take away.
Upholstery is very mindful so the workshop is very relaxing and the chapel space that Emma works from has such a “get away from it all” feel.
I doubt anyone would regret having taken part.”

Gill Fox
The Nantwich Clinic

“Emma is an outstanding provider of high-quality workshops tailored to the development of your team’s mental health & individual needs. In a wonderful old atmospheric building, she carefully guides everyone into creative construction.
Highly recommended if you or your team wish to breath connect and engage in a fantastic team event.”

Keith Simpson
Cheshire Connect

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