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 either a 1 day storage crate or footstool workshop, a choice of 1 day stool workshops or a 2 day bench workshop.

Walk away with a small piece of furniture, handmade by you which you get to take home at the end of the day. An item to treasure forever and a reminder of the joy that we can bring into our lives when we tap into our fun and creative side again. This is playing in style for creative grown-ups eager to have a fun escape from the pressures of everyday life. Prices start from £165 for a one day workshop.

Our upholstery workshops are available for individual or group bookings. A hen party with a difference or a teambuilding reward or simply a way to reconnect with friends. We can accommodate various groups of up to 6 people.

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Our Workshops

Crate

One day workshop where you will be taught how to make one of our stylish footstool storage crates.
Suitable for beginners
Bring 1 metre of fabric.
You will learn about the basic tools and materials needed for upholstery.
You will be taught techniques like gluing and stapling foam, measuring and cutting fabric, cutting corners, making and applying buttons.

Stools

One day workshop where you will be taught how to make one of our stylish stools with a choice of industrial style legs.
Suitable for beginners
Bring 1 metre of fabric.
You will learn about the basic tools and materials needed for upholstery.
You will be taught techniques like gluing and stapling foam, measuring and cutting fabric, cutting corners, making piping, making fabric side panels.
Finishing and fixing legs

Deep Buttoned Footstool

One day workshop where you will learn to make one of our beautiful deep buttoned footstools.
Suitable for Beginners or those wishing to expand their skills.
1 metre of fabric included in workshop cost.
You will learn about the basic tools and materials needed for upholstery
You will be taught the technique of deep buttoning.
You will learn how we plan a template for buttons and get to make your own buttons
Fixing and finishing legs

Bench

Two-day workshop where you will be taught how to make one of our beautiful benches with a choice of industrial style legs.
Suitable for beginners
Bring 2 metres of fabric.
You will learn about the basic tools and materials needed for upholstery.
You will be taught techniques like applying and stapling foam, wadding and elasticated webbing. Templating fabric including measuring, cutting, stapling, cutting corners. Making fabric side panels and piping and making and applying buttons
Finishing and fixing legs

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 workshop is 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 the tools & materials for the course, you will just need to bring 1m of fabric.

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 six 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 workshop is held from our beautiful workshop a converted Chapel in Scholar Green, a peaceful setting in the Cheshire countryside.

Find out about our Covid-safety measure here

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

Book On An Upholstery Workshop

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

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What our customers think…

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

Ros Beard

“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

“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