Stretch and Fold is more than a beautiful yoga studio in Amsterdam-Noord. They have an extensive events agenda. Including creative workshops! This fall, the Craft Club among other things on the agenda:
• Face masks with ingredients such as rice, oats, coffee, clay, honey and aloe vera.
• Kokedama, the Japanese technique in which you 'floating garden makes.
• Journal & Collage, where you gain more growth and clarity by being creative journals.
• Paint & Sip, a drink here, a blob of paint there. You get the picture.

From big bows to stylish quilt en sewing lessons for beginners and children. Gina from Folk+Fiber – a shop with really beautiful fabrics in the heart of Haarlem – makes the most beautiful things. From stylish tops to long skirts and cool things for your interior. Not fussy, but contemporary and timeless.

Learn how to make soap in an artisanal way. Nature Bar makes soap with natural ingredients, without chemicals and microplastics, vegan and also with circular ingredients such as used orange peels and discarded Christmas trees. Now you can in De Hallen in Amsterdam West learn to make soap yourself. You do the entire process of creating the scent, designing, mixing and pouring the soap yourself. And you go home with your own homemade soap. How an old craft suddenly comes back into fashion hot could be.

Have you ever tried to create an abstract work of art yourself? And was the outcome actually more like your four-year-old child had made it? We feel you. Leave the real work to the professionals. Or let the pros guide you. Boketo art makes Japandi Abstract Art and you can join her Haarlem studio for a 2,5-hour creative session. Tamasine guides a small group in creating a work of art for their home.

Boketo art session

This workshop is not for sissies. Bob Krijnen teaches you how to make wooden bowls in a traditional way. You carve the first shape out of a piece of wood with an axe. You will then learn to turn a wooden bowl on a traditional foot-powered rocker lathe as it was done hundreds of years ago. Chopping, turning, laughing and learning. If that isn't a nice day of woodworking in the Frisian outdoors.

Traditional woodturning – 09.30:16.00 AM - 115:XNUMX PM incl. vegetarian lunch. €XNUMX

Cobo&Co organizes creative holidays and weekends. They also regularly organize workshops in their Creative Lab in Bos en Lommer, Amsterdam. You can register for a day of block printing on textiles or smartphone photo and video. In addition to learning a new skill, you will also spend a day working with your mind and creativity. A day of detoxing through creativity. Does that leave you wanting more? Be sure to look at one of the creative trips they offer.

Cobo & Co

Big like for the name of this concept. It sounds like a clubhouse you would like to visit. Creators Clubhouse is a creative place without a fixed location where different creative workshops are continuously organized. On the programme wild knitting, making collages, paper mache and a Christmas workshop in The Hague and Rotterdam. The goal is to connect with likeminded creative people and get inspired to make beautiful free work. Something that makes our artistic hearts beat hard.

Not (the past tense of) tuft but to tuft as in a (wall) tapestry. Steffie van den Elshout makes graphic rugs for the wall. You know, like they did in the 60's but with contemporary designs. She also gives a tufting workshop for beginners from an old tannery in Rijen or between the spools of wool in Voorburg. Explanation, tensioning of the cloth and tufting with a tufting gun until you go home with your own design.

Tufting in Rijen or Voorburg ~ Steffie is currently on hold on her workshops due to her pregnancy, but hopefully this fun workshop will return.

Terrazzo candle holders, candle making, wool blanket knitting, and needle felting. Frøbel offers creative workshops in Heemstede, 10 minutes from Haarlem, and sometimes at the Butchers' Daughter in Haarlem. Okay, these aren't actual terrazzo pieces, but rather items made of... jesmoniteThis water-based composite material is poured into a mold and comes out with a terrazzo or marble look. Have fun crafting...

Froebel in Haarlem

In the cheerful studio in De Baarsjes, Margriet makes bags from salvaged leather. This is leather that is “not good enough” for sale and would be thrown away. Margriet thinks it is a shame, and she cuts the leather for her bags by hand, so she can work around the small imperfections. What she can do, we can too. Under the guidance of Monsak you can make your own bags. That is: choose the leather yourself from many colors, cut, sew and finish the leather. Until you have made a bag that you are extra proud of and will carry with you for a lifetime.

You can also get started with leftover leather in Haarlem. Creative women are ready to help you in no fewer than three locations. KRAM KRAM has workshops with 2nd chance theory where you can make a shopper, laptop case or basket. The colorful TAY Amsterdam guides you to your own leather bag to make from surplus leather. Sas de Vries also works with residual leather and occasionally has DIY packages with which you can make your own plant hanger or wallet from pieces of leftover leather.

One hundred points for the name. At Genaaid you learn to sew. Stylist Maaike and designer Sarah teach you everything about sewing techniques, pattern drawing and making and altering clothing. In small groups you will receive sewing lessons two hours a week for 6 weeks in a studio in Amsterdam West. All materials are provided, although you can also bring your own fabrics. From wrap skirts to altering clothes or pillows. Do you already know what you are going to make?

Sewn Amsterdam

Amsterdam's happiest bag brand gives Crochet workshops. During a crochet workshop you will learn the basics of crocheting in 2 hours. Marie Marie is a social enterprise that connects home crocheters from all walks of life. In this way, the solo crocheters learn from each other and it makes the hobby a lot more social. Together they work on the colorful bag collection of Marie Marie. At the workshop on the Herengracht you will make a key ring or airpod case to take home with you.

Flower artist Anne van Midden creates the most beautiful small, large, standing and hanging works of special flowers. They are true works of art. You can learn the tricks of the trade in one of her workshops. Anne has a 1 on 1 masterclass, online lessons and mentor sessions. With this new flower knowledge you can start working as a flower artist.

Anne van Midden workshops

Atelier Félie makes custom-made clothing. Beautiful wrap dresses, tops, and trousers in the fabric of your choice. This way, there's no overproduction and you get clothes made in the color and pattern you desire. A much more creative and sustainable option. To make it even more creative, you can sew with Félie at Folk & Fiber in Haarlem. Beginners can get started under supervision, and experienced makers can create a dress or other item from a pattern.

Sew with Félie

It is so wonderful to have your hands in the clay. From a ball of nature you can make the most beautiful (although sometimes also somewhat unsuccessful) creations for your china cupboard or for decoration. There are numerous ceramists who give workshops. So we list them briefly by city.

• Clay room in Weesp – courses and workshops from 6 years
• Putzy Ceramics – in one half day you will learn the basic techniques of hand building
• Studio Pansa – ceramic studio in Amsterdam and retreats

pansy deserves a separate text block. The colorful shop slash studio in Czaar Peterstraat is like a gift. From the most beautiful mini works of art from earthenware to... art prints and a whole list – yes, you read that correctly – of different workshops. Are you going for one? ceramic painting, ceramic baubles, lumpy mug workshops Or one of the other sessions with clay or paper? Choosing will be difficult, but the best part is, they happen more often, and you can come back more often.

Pansy workshops – Czaar Peterstraat in Amsterdam