Embroidery Journal Workshop

New year, new creative project! Journaling has become a popular mindful practice and in this workshop we’ll show you how to use embroidery as a fun and creative alternative to a written journal.

Embroidery journaling is a way to document your days by sewing icons and words on to fabric to create an eye-catching embroidered artwork. Whether you are a needlepoint newbie or a sewing sally, this is a relaxing and mindful pastime.

Tutor Bonita will demonstrate a few basic embroidery stitches to get you started on your embroidery journal journey. These will be made on a practice piece before you plan the layout of your journal on a 9” embroidery hoop, with lots of examples and support as you need it. Worksheets of stitches will also be supplied for reference after the workshop as you continue your journal journey!

You will receive a pack to take home to continue with your journal in your own time.

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 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 17 January 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 booking or 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.