Cornish Craft Barn

Wheal Treasure Stitch Club - 1st Tuesday Mthly
2026-04-07 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-05 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Cornish Craft Barn, The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8PA, United Kingdom
Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month. If you’re interested in joining one, please contact us or book in to attend if we have spaces available.

This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with other quilters who are looking to share ideas and experience and can provide guidance for each other – plus lots of lovely chat, cake and coffee! It is not a ‘tutored’ session but a room filled with abundant expertise from which to seek assistance. We can offer short demonstrations or mini projects from time to time if this is something the group decides they want!

The session runs from 10am – 4pm but feel free to attend as much of this as you can to fit in with your other commitments. Lunch can be bought from the cafe with a 10% discount. Plenty of parking outside and we can give you a hand to get your machines upstairs to the training room if needed.

We have several new Janome quilting sewing machines available to borrow for the day if you need one or find it easier than bringing one in from home. The cost is £4 per day. Please book ahead or let us know if you need one so we make sure we have enough available. We ask for payment quarterly in advance £15 per session, so £45 which covers three sessions for you. We close for August s

Wheal Rose Stitch Club (2nd Tuesday Mthly)
2026-04-14 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-12 10:00 - 16:00

Wheal Friendly Stitch Club - 3rd Thursday Monthly
2026-04-16 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-21 10:00 - 16:00

Stitch It Together: Learn to Sew – 6 session block
2026-04-20 13:00 - 15:00
Ready to unleash your creativity and learn a practical skill? Stitch It Together is a 6-week beginner’s sewing course designed to guide you through the essentials of sewing, one stitch at a time. Whether you’re looking to repair clothing, create your own wardrobe, or dive into the world of DIY projects, this course will give you the confidence and skills to start sewing.
By the end of this hands-on course, you’ll be equipped to tackle a variety of projects and sew with ease. Great British Sewing Bee here we come!
Details
The course starts on Monday April 20th and runs for 6 weeks. Starting at 10am and finishing at 1pm. Skips a week for May Bank Holiday and on the 18 May the time will be 1pm – 4pm
Course Overview
Stitch It Together is the perfect starting point for anyone who’s ever wanted to learn how to sew. Over six workshops, you’ll get hands-on experience with a variety of essential techniques, all taught in a supportive, fun, and beginner-friendly environment.
Who This Course is For
This course is designed for absolute beginners with little to no sewing experience. If you’re looking to build confidence with sewing, or just want to learn a new skill for fun or practicality, this course is for you!
By the End of the Course
You’ll walk away with a solid understanding of basic sewing techniques and a completed project that showcases your new skills. Each workshop will include a new skill, and a practical application of that to make something to go home with. We’ll be covering all the stitches on your machines, maintenance, patchwork basics, applique basics, fabric manipulation, fabric choices, equipment leaving you with the knowledge to continue with your new very addictive hobby!
£120.00 Includes refreshments and 10% café discount on all cafe purchases on the day
Kit List
Fabric: If you have some fabric already you wish to use please bring it with you. Approximately 8 fat quarters would be ideal.
Thread: 100% cotton thread in a neutral colour
Sewing Machine: If you have one you want to use please bring it, or we have Janome machines you can borrow.
Basic Sewing Kit: Scissors, Needles, Cotton thread, Pencil and notebook. Don’t rush out and buy these! We have them to borrow or for sale in our shop.

Bold, Fast & Loose Watercolour - Beginners £29 Half Day Workshop!
2026-04-21 10:00 - 13:00
We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of bold, fast and loose watercolour, with a particular focus on wet-in-wet applications to create vibrant pieces that are pleasing to the eye and evoke a smile. By the end of the morning, we will have completed several mini-project exercises and created various pieces, varying in subject matter.

Abstract loose works

Vibrant art

Pleasing results quickly!

No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here. You will develop a watercolour confidence, which you can take away or top up on a follow-up workshop with us at the Cornish Craft Barn.

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your pape

Creative Studio 11-16 year olds
2026-04-21 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-28 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-05 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-12 16:00 - 17:00
Textile & Crafting Club

Let’s get sewing and crafting….sessions for 11-16 year olds in our sewing workshop studio

🎉 NEW SESSIONS 🎉at Stitch Space

🧵 SESSIONS FOR 11–16 YEAR OLDS

Get creative in our brand new sewing studio!

Use our Janome Sewing Machines!

✂️ Wednesdays 🕑 4pm – 5pm📍 Stitch Studio

✨ Try out our sewing machines and get creative in fun, friendly sessions designed just for teens!

💷 £11 per session🎟️ Limited spaces – focused teaching from DBS approved tutor☕ Café open for drinks & snacks for parents/carers whilst waiting 10% discount!

Acrylics for Beginners - Bold, Fast & Loose!
2026-04-22 10:00 - 13:00
We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of acrylics for beginners, which will include impasto techniques. We will establish a base set of acrylic painting skills and then deconstruct and simplify objects and references, enabling us to capture them in acrylics using thickly laid passages of paint, either with a brush or a palette knife.

By the end of the morning, we will have developed confidence in using acrylics and also applying paint thickly to the canvas, incorporating some on-canvas mixing and blending, without creating a muddy texture. We’ll get a bit messy, have loads of fun, kickstart a new painting habit (and technique), and enjoy cake from the café! What could be better? No previous experience is necessary; a no-excuse price with materials provided!

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises and mini-tutorials to entertain and help you make significant strides in your confidence and control in this interesting and freeing technique.

Impasto is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly, usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of the canvas. (Wikipedia)

Bold, fast and loose technique

Macramé Tote or Wallhanging
2026-04-24 13:00 - 15:30
Learn Macramé skills whilst personalising a tote bag or wall hanging.

Macrame Tote Wallhanging

Watercolour Ink & Wash Travel Journalling Half Day Workshop!
2026-04-29 10:00 - 13:00
Learn to ink and wash like Danny Gregory and Felix Scheinburger. Capture your memories, whether daily journalling, meals and experiences out and about or a journal dedicated to your travel trips.

Watercolour Essentials (Extended Edition) - £49 Day Workshop!
2026-05-01 10:00 - 15:00
From zero to watercolour hero! We will spend a fun-filled extended day immersed in the world of watercolour. By the end of the day, you will have developed complete confidence in watercolour, which you can take away and apply to ideas and projects you have ready or begin using for some journaling, home and abroad. No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here.

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. In the afternoon we will take on landscape work, washes, skies and water. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, not chance!

Oils for Beginners - Landscapes
2026-05-11 10:00 - 15:00
A new format, 10 am till 3 pm, is a short-day workshop focusing on oil painting skills for beginners, progressing to a landscape in the afternoon session. In this workshop, we focus on core oil painting skills and then put them to use on a landscape. Best methods to approach a landscape in oils, from preparing the ground to blocking out and working fat over lean to bring our reference images to life. Method will be covered, and some key tips to make progress fast, but excitingly, it will still be your style that shines through and makes your pieces unique. You will be busy with practical exercises from the start and are sure to have an enjoyable day, becoming more confident with oils and transferable landscape painting skills applicable to other media.

Gallery from previous workshop

May Fused Glass Workshop
2026-05-18 09:00 - 12:15
Get creative this spring with our Fused Glass Workshop at the Cornish Craft Barn.A hands-on, relaxed workshop where you’ll learn the basics of fused glass and make 3 of your own colourful unique designs.

Macramé Plant hanger
2026-05-19 13:00 - 15:30
Create a Macramé Plant Hanger in your favourite colour.
£30.00 Includes all materials and refreshments
In this workshop we will be learning a few Macramé knots to create a stylish medium-sized plant hanger for indoor use. If there is time we will also create a miniature version with a faux plant, suitable as a car charm or window decoration.
Plenty of colours available, ranging from earthy tones to the brights. Why not create something practical which you will be able to hang straight away. If you have a plant pot that you have in mind for your medium-sized hanger, why not bring it along, so you can ensure it is sized accordingly.
This relaxed and friendly workshop is perfect for those with a basic understanding of Macramé but is looking for their next textile art project. Under the guidance of Lucy, you’ll learn a few basic knots and techniques of Macramé and go home with a useful Macramé design.
What’s included:

Step-by-step tuition in a fun and welcoming environment
All Macramé yarns, beads and accessories provided
Refreshments from the Craft Barn Café included in the workshop
10% discount off any cafe purchases on the day
Your own unique handmade craft to take home

If you catch the Macramé bug, you’ll also find a selection of other Macramé craft kits and tutorials available to purchase in the Craft Barn gift shop. Spaces are limited so book early to secure your place.
About the Tutor
Lucy from Hearts and Pearls is a self-taught Macramé artist based in Falmouth. Grown from a hobby, her business specialises in propagating rare trailing semi-succulent plants, including the popular String of Hearts and Pearls, and through this, she first explored making decorative plant hangers from Macramé yarn. Having experimented with various projects over the years, she now runs Macramé workshops in the local area.

Macramé Mermaids
2026-05-27 10:00 - 11:30
A special Half Term Holiday workshop that focuses on the art of Macramé.

Macrame Tote Wallhanging

How to use your sewing machine
2026-06-08 10:00 - 15:00, 2026-09-17 10:00 - 15:00
Let’s get sewing….one day workshop to give you confidence and unleash your creativity

Do you have a machine gathering dust? Lost under the stairs?

Want to sew but don’t know where to start? Put off by the thought of trying to use your machine?

Then this workshop is for you!!

We’ll have a fun and relaxed day exploring the functions and features of sewing machines and learn what they can do and start to learn how to make and create gifts and items using fabric and cotton.

Dragonfly and Swallow Willow Weaving
2026-06-18 10:00 - 13:00
This is the perfect willow workshop for beginners to weaving, as well as an opportunity for those who may have used willow before to learn some more skills and create two wonderful crafts using sustainably grown willow
The workshop covers a few different styles and techniques involved in willow weaving, and Jasmine will guide you through every step in order to take home your dragonfly and swallow
Please note this workshop isn’t suitable for under 16 year olds due to the fiddly nature of weaving
Everything you need will be provided you just need to bring yourself and some comfy clothes

Willow Examples

What You’ll Learn

Willow Weaving Skills
How to care for your willow

What’s Included

All materials and tools
Expert tuition throughout
Tea, coffee & homemade cake
Your finished piece to take home

Workshop Details

Date: Thursday 18 June 2026
Time: 10:00am (3 hours)
Skill Level: Beginner
Price: £45.00 per person
Places: 10 maximum
Tutor: Jasmine Fassenfelt

Macrame Daisies
2026-06-22 10:00 - 13:00
A half-day 10am to 1pm workshop that focuses on the ancient art of Macramé.
£30.00 Includes cake from our cafe and tea/coffee
A special floral workshop, which will be making two different projects: a daisy keychain and a daisy / floral mini wall hanging.
Workshop Overview
Celebrate the beauty of nature in this workshop where we will be focussing on two ‘daisy’ projects: A daisy-chain keychain and a miniature floral wall hanging.
This relaxed and friendly workshop is perfect for complete beginners as well as those looking for their next textile art project. Under the guidance of Lucy, you’ll learn a few basic knots and techniques of Macramé and go home with a keychain and wall hanging in a choice of colourful yarns. Perfect gift for a loved one or instead keep for yourself.
What’s included:

Step-by-step tuition in a fun and welcoming environment
All Macramé yarns, beads and accessories provided
Refreshments from the Craft Barn Café included in the workshop
10% discount off any cafe purchases on the day
Your own unique handmade pieces to take home and gift

No previous experience is necessary – absolute beginners are very welcome. If you catch the Macramé bug, you’ll also find a selection of other Macramé craft kits and tutorials available to purchase in the Craft Barn gift shop. Spaces are limited so book early to secure your place.
About the Tutor
Lucy from Hearts and Pearls is a self-taught Macramé artist based in Falmouth. Grown from a hobby, her business specialises in propagating rare trailing semi-succulent plants, including the popular String of Hearts and Pearls, and through this, she first explored making decorative plant hangers from Macramé yarn. Having experimented with various projects over the years, she now runs Macramé workshops in the local area.
