Footstool with pleats
Stool with piping
Bench with piping
Footstool with piping
Small Footstool with piping
Bench with piping
Stool with piping
Large Footstool with piping
Footstool with pleats and shallow buttons
Crate with shallow buttons
Bench with pleats
Footstool with pleats

Piping, Shallow Buttoned and Pleats Upholstery Workshop

Join us at our beautiful converted chapel in Scholar Green, Cheshire and choose to make a storage crate, small or large footstool, or two seater bench. Choose from three designs – pleats, shallow buttoned or piping.

The price for the workshop is from £195 – £255. Your day with us will be from 9.30am  until 4.30pm.

Click here to view available workshop dates and book.

During the workshop you will discover the different tools and materials needed for upholstery, along with a range of upholstery techniques which are detailed in a handout for you to take away.

The price includes all materials and fabric. Suitable for beginners.

You will learn how to:

  • Staple elasticated webbing and hessian to the wooden frame, gluing foam to the hessian (not applicable to crate).
  • Measure and cut your fabric, stapling to your furniture frame, and finishing it with double pleat corners.
  • Make your own fabric buttons and apply to furniture (shallow buttoned design only).
  • Make piping and finish your furniture with fabric borders (piping design only).
  • Fix the feet or legs to your furniture.

Furniture choices – Please select your choice when booking.

  • Bench or Stool – choose from either metal hairpin legs or mid-century style wooden legs. 
  • Footstool (large or small) – for the feet choose from a natural or dark wax.

Fabric choice:

Sustainable Fabric choices included. Please detail your colour choice when booking. Free samples can be requested directly from the supplier by clicking on the link below.

Dimensions:

Stool – 50cm wide x 40cm deep x 49cm high 

Storage Crate – 50cm wide x 40cm deep x 38cm high  (not availale for piping design)

Footstool – 50cm wide x 40cm deep x 29cm high 

Bench – 90cm wide x 40cm deep x 49cm high

Large Footstool  – 61cm wide x 61cm deep x 29cm high

Useful information:

  • Hot and cold drinks are included throughout the day.
  • Please bring lunch with you.

Private bookings taken for groups of 6 people. Please get in contact at hello@shupholstery.co.uk or call 01260 609021.

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Piping, Shallow Buttoned and Pleats Upholstery Workshop

Semper Hopkins Kent Green Chapel, Cinderhill Lane, Scholar Green, Stoke-on-trent, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Choose to make a stool, storage crate, small or large footstool, or two seater bench. Choose from three designs – pleats, shallow buttoned or piping. Discover the different tools and […]

Get Tickets £195.00 – £255.00 6 tickets left
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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

What our customers think…

“My husband bought me the stool workshop day as a Christmas gift. It was absolutely fantastic.

The communication leading up to the day was brilliant, Emma was amazingly helpful and patient in both the weeks before and the day itself. It was such a lovely, relaxed, friendly environment in a beautiful setting and not only did I come home with a stunning piece of furniture I had super good fun along the way. I cannot recommend highly enough. I just wish I could go back every week.Thanks Emma and everyone involved. You’re brilliant!!!”

Isobel Bailey

“I attended the one day Storage Crate Workshop at Semper Hopkins and had a simply wonderful day. The setting in the old chapel is lovely and we had such a nice group of people too. Emma is a fabulous teacher, everything is explained so well and you don’t feel rushed at all, all safety aspects are taken into consideration as well, both for working with tools and Covid which was very reassuring. I had chosen to do the crate for our spare room and Emma was really helpful helping me select the right colours and materials. We had such fun being creative and all the while knowing we would be walking away with a piece of furniture we can keep, I even got to make my own buttons. Every time I walk past my crate I can’t help but smile at what I achieved. I would highly recommend this wonderful relaxing and fun way to spend a day. It’s given me a real insight into how much work goes into making proper furniture but also given me the confidence to give other projects a go. Can’t wait to return and make a bench or a stool soon! PS The lemon cake was yummy!!!”

Ros Spiers King

“I went to an upholstery workshop with Emma. The workshop space is super cool. Emma demonstrated what to do really clearly which was good as I had never done any upholstering before. She also showed me what tools and equipment I would need to start doing it myself at home so I really feel I learnt something.

Emma answered all my many questions in a friendly and supportive manner and I had a really good time. I would recommend this course to anybody interested in a new creative hobby, and also to anybody who is interested in making upholstery part of their work or business.

I am proud of the footstool that I made on the course and have included a picture of it in its new home. Thanks Emma for a great day and thanks Ian for the cup of tea!”

Nick Morris

“I am sooooo proud. I’m a self confessed hamfisted crafter. But after Emma’s expert and gentle guidance I am going home with the most fabulous footstool.  I can believe I made it!!  Thank you Emma.  Clear instructions.  Watchful. Encouraging   And the most beautiful venue.”

Catherine Sandland

“A fabulous day switching off from work and being creative. The space is beautiful, Emma’s tuition is top class, and the materials are great quality. Highly recommend doing one of the workshops.”

Helen Hill

“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

“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

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