Upholstery Workshops

Being a grown-up can be hard. Life can feel like too much work and not enough play. It’s time to bring more creativity and playfulness into your life and find a new way to relax. Unleash your hidden talents and learn how to upholster.

Choose from a variety of upholstery workshops which run over a full day or shorter day, ranging from footstools, stools, storage crates and benches. We have something to suit everyone and all are suitable for beginners. Prices start from £175

Handmake a piece of furniture, unique to you which you get to take home at the end of the day. An item to treasure forever and a reminder of the joy we can bring into our lives when we tap into our fun and creative side. This is playing in style for creative grown-ups eager to have a fun escape from the pressures of everyday life.

Our upholstery workshops are available for individual or group bookings. It’s a great way to reconnect with friends, a team building event with work colleagues or hen party with a difference. We can accommodate groups of up to 8 people.

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Our Workshops

You will be shown the different tools and materials needed for your upholstery workshop. You will learn a range of different upholstery techniques and all workshops are suitable for beginners. Read more about each workshop below or book a space.

Deep Buttoned Footstool or Bench

Fabric is included in the cost of the workshop and you get to choose the colour.
Course Time: 9.15am-4.30pm
£235

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Fabric Side Panels & Piping

You have the choice to make a small or large footstool, stool or bench with side panels and piping on this one day upholstery workshop.
A choice of fabric is included in the cost or if you wish you can supply your own fabric.
Course Time: 9.15am-4.30pm
Prices start from £195

Small or Large Footstool - Stool - Bench w Piping _ Fabric Panels

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Pleated Corners

You have the choice to make a small or large footstool, stool or bench with side panels and piping on this one day upholstery workshop.
A choice of fabric which is included in the cost or if you wish you can supply your own fabric.
9.30am – 2.45pm
Prices start from £175

Book here

Deep Buttoned Stool

Fabric is included in the cost of the workshop and you get to choose the colour.
Course Time: 9.30am – 2.45pm
£175

Deep Buttoned Storage Crate

Fabric is included in the cost of the workshop and you get to choose the colour.
Course Time: 9.30am – 2.45pm
£175

Small or Large Footstool - Stool - Bench w Pleated Cornerss

Shallow Buttoned Storage Crate

A choice of fabric which is included in the cost, or if you wish you can supply your own fabric.
9.30am – 2.45pm
£175

Book here

Our Workshops

Deep Buttoned Footstool or Bench

Fabric is included in the cost of the workshop and you get to choose the colour.
Course Time: 9.15am-4.30pm
£235

Book here

Small or Large Footstool - Stool - Bench w Piping _ Fabric Panels2

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Fabric Side Panels & Piping

You have the choice to make a small or large footstool, stool or bench with side panels and piping on this one day upholstery workshop.
A choice of fabric is included in the cost or if you wish you can supply your own fabric.
Course Time: 9.15am-4.30pm
Prices start from £195

Book here

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Pleated Corners

You have the choice to make a small or large footstool, stool or bench with side panels and piping on this one day upholstery workshop.
A choice of fabric which is included in the cost or if you wish you can supply your own fabric.
9.30am – 2.45pm
Prices start from £175

Book here

Deep Buttoned Stool

Fabric is included in the cost of the workshop and you get to choose the colour.
Course Time: 9.30am – 2.45pm
£175

Book here

Deep Buttoned Storage Crate

Fabric is included in the cost of the workshop and you get to choose the colour.
Course Time: 9.30am – 2.45pm
£175

Book here

Shallow Buttoned Storage Crate

A choice of fabric which is included in the cost, or if you wish you can supply your own fabric.
9.30am – 2.45pm
£175

Book here

Who Is It For?

The one day workshops are perfect if you want a taster into the world of upholstery. Step away from the daily grind and unleash your creative side. Learn a new skill and have the instant satisfaction of making a small piece of furniture.

You can also buy a place at the workshop for a creative loved one. It will make the perfect sustainable gift if you are looking for something fun and unique.

What Will You Learn?

The workshops are an introduction to the craft. You will learn about the tools and materials needed for upholstery. You will be taught techniques like applying foam, fabric, cutting corners on fabric, making and applying buttons & more.

We supply you with all the tools & materials for the course and fabric from a selection which you chose from.

Meet The Tutor

You will be taught on the day by Emma, an experienced upholster and the Director of Semper Hopkins Upholstery (read Emma’s story here).

We keep the class size to no more than eight people so you will get lots out of the day.

All the frames and materials for the course are prepared in house by Ian (Emma’s Dad).

Location

The workshops are held from our beautiful workshop, a converted Chapel in Scholar Green, a peaceful setting in the Cheshire countryside.

Find out about our Covid-safety measures here

Old Kent Green Methodist Chapel,
Cinderhill Lane,
Scholar Green,
Cheshire,
ST7 3HR

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Would you love to learn a new skill? Create a piece of furniture, handmade by you.

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What our customers think…

“A truly fantastic day learning the basics of upholstery whilst engaged in a project to construct an attractive and useful storage crate – which you get to take home with you at the end of the day! Great support throughout the “build” with plenty of time to allow progress at your own pace. Booking the course was easy with great online comms, and I must say that Emma was particularly helpful when it came to re-booking as a result of the pandemic. If you will excuse the pun, the icing on the cake was a slice of Lemon Drizzle served at lunchtime – absolutely delicious!”

Julie Turner

“It was such a lovely day. Thoroughly enjoyed myself. I smile every time I walk past my crate.”

Ros Beard

“As somebody who sits behind a desk all week, the only creativity I get is using spreadsheets! So the day I spent in the beautiful workshop with Emma was awesome – then I got to take home my gorgeous crate too! Highly recommend!”

Lee-Sara Davis

“Thank you so much for a wonderful and really informative day!!! I cannot express strongly enough how much I enjoyed myself and also how much I learned from this day. My basic upholstery skills were non existent but this day course gave me oodles of confidence in tackling this storage stool and in looking at future projects!
Thank you to You and to your lovely father (who taught me how to use a power drill.. great fun!!).

I would definitely recommend this course to all beginners and those wishing to develop their upholstery skills!!!

I hope to do further courses with you in the future.
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Laura Owen

“My daughter and I have had a fantastic day on the upholstery workshop creating a cushion for a crate to use for extra storage for any room. Great to sit on to and put your feet up! Having limited knowledge of upholstery it was a great way to learn about what tools are needed and how to go about building the cushion. The day was well planned out and every stage covered and absolutely no time pressure in fact the time flew by. What a sense of achievement getting the corners just right and the buttons perfectly in place. Above all for me was the opportunity for my daughter and I to get together to make a special memory after a year pretty much apart. A great workshop.”

Jane Baker

“Having seen the wonderful craftsmanship of Emma and her dad I was really keen to ‘have a go’ and learn a new skills from such talented people. The day did not disappoint in any way. From the preparation and help to choose my fabric, to the clear support and guidance during the day; everything was fantastic AND I got the take home a wonderful, useful piece of furniture. I highly recommend this course and am even thinking of doing it again so I have another one for my next grandchild (Emma made one for my granddaughter)”

Pauline Carter

“I will totally be recommend this workshop to friends and family. It was great to be in such a lovely atmosphere and surroundings. Emma and Ian were very helpful, patient and knowledgeable. There is nothing I would change about the experience and thoroughly enjoyed it.”

Michelle Hough

Upholstery Workshops

Our Workshops

Deep Buttoned Footstool or Bench

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Fabric Side Panels & Piping

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Pleated Corners

Deep Buttoned Stool

Deep Buttoned Storage Crate

Shallow Buttoned Storage Crate

Our Workshops

Deep Buttoned Footstool or Bench

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Fabric Side Panels & Piping

Small or Large Footstool or Stool or Bench with Pleated Corners

Deep Buttoned Stool

Deep Buttoned Storage Crate

Shallow Buttoned Storage Crate

Who Is It For?

What Will You Learn?

Meet The Tutor

Location

Book An Upholstery Workshop

What our customers think…

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