Folk and Decorative Art
Folk and Decorative Art - Sydney Course Folk art's origins began centuries ago when folk painted simple florals and patterns to embellish plain objects and furniture. This course teaches those traditional folk art techniques to beginners all the way to advanced painters. Advanced painters also apply the same techniques and knowledge to painting modern artworks on canvas. Beginners to advanced painters are catered for in all sessions. Macquarie Community College operates from a...
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Patchwork, Quilting and Applique - All Levels
Patchwork, Appliqué and Quilting Course Sydney Join our patchwork, appliqué and quilting course. Gain the confidence to choose great fabrics for your own bag or quilt. Learn how to cut fabric properly, sew squares together and more about colour, design and fabric types. Macquarie Community College operates from a range of venues across Northern and Western Sydney. We have campuses in Blacktown, Carlingford, Chatswood, Epping, Mt Druitt, Richmond, and Ryde. Enrol now! Course Outline...
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Embroidery, Stitching and Needlecraft
Embroidery, Stitching and Needlecraft Classes - Sydney We offer training in face to face and/or online learning formats. Please see scheduled class for delivery format. Online classes delivered via livestream video over Zoom. Have you ever wanted to learn hand embroidery skills, a new stitch technique or perhaps finish off an old craft project? This hands-on course will teach you most forms of embroidery techniques, including surface stitchery, traditional embroidery, smocking,...
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Crochet - Beginners
Crochet - Beginners - Sydney Course We offer training in face to face and/or online learning formats. Please see scheduled class for delivery format. Online classes delivered via livestream video over Zoom. Learn a new skill and join the crafting craze. Crochet is the new ‘Mental Yoga’. It has been proven to aid mindfulness, release stress and increase concentration. Learn to use all 10 fingers to engage with yarn and colour, and learn new stitches and create your own crocheted...
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Dressmaking - Basic Sewing
Sewing Basics for Dressmaking - Sydney Course This Sewing Basics for Dressmaking course is designed for beginner students and for dressmakers wishing to further develop their skills. Learn all about fabrics and their uses, how to take accurate measurements, choosing correct pattern size selection and garment construction. The course will also cover how to make a garment more unique through the addition of embellishments or by slightly changing the pattern. This is a practical...
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Silver Jewellery Workshop
Silver Jewellery Workshop - Sydney Course This Silver Jewellery making workshop is a one-day practical course. You will learn traditional jewellery making techniques such as saw-piercing, drilling, annealing, ring making, polishing and soldering while creating jewellery of your own design. This workshop is suitable for the complete beginner and no previous experience is necessary. By the end of the workshop, students will have made a pendant from brass and a textured ring from...
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Flower Arrangement for the Winter Season
Flower Arrangement for the Winter Season - Sydney Course You can still enjoy beautiful flowers in winter! Learn how to add your own special touch to your flower arrangements. Be it a bouquet or a floral creation for a birthday or wedding, this winter themed course will broaden your experience with flowers, colours and techniques. Add winter colours all season long using branches, berries with greenery or the small touch of dove grey, to introduce a rich texture to your designs....
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Flower Arrangement - Hello Spring
Flower Arrangement - Hello Spring - Sydney Course Do you wish to add your own special touch to your flower arrangements? Master the art of flower arrangement in this spring themed course. Be it a stunning bouquet or an arrangement in a pot, this Spring themed course will broaden your experience with flowers, colours and techniques. This course will begin with an introduction on preparing flowers for the seasonal creation. You will learn how to bring out the beauty of natural spring...
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Resin Workshop
Resin Workshop - Sydney Course The popularity of Resin Art is growing and growing! Safe and easy to use, it is a wonderfully creative medium that anyone can use to get amazing results every time. Resin can be used to enhance and decorate many different surfaces and items such as art canvases, cheese boards, coasters, trays and furniture. It can also be caste into unique pieces of jewellery. In this workshop you will be introduced to the basic techniques of using resin, resin mixing...
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Get Organised, Get Writing!
Get Organised, Get Writing - Sydney Course We offer training in face to face and/or online learning formats. Please see scheduled class for delivery format. Online classes delivered via livestream video over Zoom. Writers not only have to write – we juggle family and friends, other work commitments, promotional efforts, social media and running our own business, not to mention finding time to relax and refill the creative well. Award-winning fiction author, Paula Roe, will take you...
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