Embroider Bugs on Your Shoes Workshop

Buzz into creativity and learn how to stitch bugs onto your shoes in this hands-on embroider class in Seattle!


Ugly Baby
Ugly Baby
5.0 (120)

2 hours Location Pioneer Square Class size 6 to 14 guests   $80 ($200 per class surcharge applies for private classes)

Get inspired by nature’s tiniest creatures as you learn to embroider adorable bug designs on your shoes!
In this hands-on Seattle workshop with fiber artist and author Melissa Galbraith of MCreativeJ, you’ll discover how to prep your shoes for stitching, transfer embroidery patterns with ease, and select the right tools and techniques for working with footwear.
Over the course of this 2-hour class, you’ll choose your own thread colors and practice stitches like the split back stitch, reverse chain stitch, and long and short satin stitch. By the end, you’ll have a pair of personalized, bug-adorned shoes that are as unique as you are!
Please note:
If you cannot attend class for any reason up to 48 hours before the class, an exchange to another Ugly Baby workshop will be offered. After that time, no refunds or exchanges are issued out of respect for the teachers who purchase and prepare supplies based on the number of attendees.
Our current Covid protocol is that anyone attending an event can email us to let us know they prefer that people wear masks up to 72 hours before the event begins. Your request is anonymous to all the other participants.
Attendees will receive an email before the class to let them know If we will be requiring masks be worn.
Knowledge required
Learn how to prep your shoes for stitching, easily transfer an embroidery pattern, prep your thread, and what tools and stitches are helpful for embroidering on shoes.
What to bring
Attendees should bring a pair of canvas shoes to class to embroider. Lace-up shoes are recommended. All other materials are provided.
Suitable for

This class is great for a birthday or bachelorette party.

Location

Ugly Baby Workshop - 306 S Washington St Studio 102, Seattle, WA 98104

This class will take place at our studio space in Pioneer Square. Please make sure you're not heading to our retail shop. This is a different location. Ugly Baby Workshop Space Tashiro Kaplan Building 306 S Washington St Studio 102 Seattle, WA 98104

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Ugly Baby
Ugly Baby

5.0 (120)
female Women-owned

Opened in October of 2012, Ugly Baby has proudly shared the unique works of independent artists, makers and crafters - many from the PNW area.
Ugly Baby is a unique shop dedicated to supporting independent artists. Our storefront is located at 1430 Western Avenue - in the historic Pike Place Market. Our workshops happen in our art studio space in the Tashiro Kaplan building in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. We feature a different artist on the second Friday of each month during the Belltown Art Walk.

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2026-11-20 15:00:00
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