Bright Bargello Coaster

Learn the retro craft of bargello to create a colourful textile coaster and wow your friends with your creative talents!

No experience in crafting or embroidery is required – this is the perfect class for the nervous or novice and crafter, or anyone with more experience who fancies some relaxing retro stitching fun.

This perfect stash busting craft uses yarn and a mesh frame to create sturdy embroidered home accessories. Tutor Bonita will show you the stitch process and how to plan out your design, then it’s up to you to let your creative juices flow, with help and advice on hand should you need any guidance.

About the tutor:

Tutor Bonita Keay is a Designer Maker with over 15 years of experience teaching a wide range of crafts and loves to share her creative knowledge with others. She teaches a variety of textile arts as well as crochet, macramé, weaving, embroidery and more. When she’s not teaching Bonita makes silver and crystal jewellery and has been selling her work for over 20 years both online and at craft events including our very own Craft & Art Fairs here at Attenborough Arts Centre.

Further information:

All materials are provided and no experience is necessary!

This half-day workshop will start at 10.30am and finish at 1.30pm on Saturday 14 March 2026.

Our café will be open or you are welcome to bring your own refreshments.

Participants must be aged 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times.

If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list – simply contact our box office team on 0116 252 2455 / arts-centre@le.ac.uk and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans!

Please ensure that you agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.

We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you’d like to talk to us in advance of bookingor attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk, pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week. We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road.

The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us.