Tufting a Custom Rug Workshop

Recent reviews of Tufting a Custom Rug Workshop

• 5/5 from Sheena de Silva, attended Oct 2026: Our teacher was Bella, and she was so great! She was there talking us through the process and we are so happy with the result! I am very suprised how well our designs worked out. Thank you, we are already thinking of booking another class!!
• 5/5 from Marie Briggs, attended Oct 2026: I loved the class instructions were easy to follow and demonstrated teacher was amazing would highly recommend to anyone who is thinking about giving it a go
• 5/5 from Teresa Vu, attended Sep 2026: I had a fantastic experience at Bayside Makerspace's tufting class! It was perfect for beginners, and the small class size meant the instructor could give everyone plenty of individual attention whenever we needed help. One thing I really appreciated was that they drew up a sketch of our rug design beforehand, which saved a lot of time and made the whole process much less intimidating. The class was fun, well-organised, and incredibly rewarding. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely do it again!
• 5/5 from Jacinta Krstic, attended Aug 2026: My mum and I loved this tufting class. Bella is a fantastic teacher; she explained everything in detail and ensured we went home with pieces we were happy with.
• 5/5 from Tracey Coleman, attended Aug 2026: My daughter and I had a great time at the tufting workshop! Our teacher Bella was lovely and explained really well what to do, guiding us through all the steps. It was a lot of fun and we’re very proud of our finished creations. Thoroughly recommended.
• 5/5 from Susannah Quick, attended Aug 2026: Fun class! Bella was very helpful and gave great instructions. We had a bit of a practice before getting into it, and stayed busy for the whole time making our rugs. We had a great time, thank you!
• 5/5 from Sharon Bermingham, attended Aug 2026: Sez is an amazing teacher. Her studio is so bright and welcoming. We got to design our own pieces and with some help at the start, got right into the tufting process. Will definitely do this class again. I’d love to try something with brighter colours next time.
• 5/5 from Naomi Heath, attended Jun 2026: My brother and I came for a class and it was our first time tufting. Bella and Sez made it so fun and easy! We really enjoyed the process and learned a lot. We now have super cute art works to put on our walls.
• 5/5 from Wendy Worrell, attended Jun 2026: Bella did a great job!! She was able to guide us as we learnt how to use the guns, and offered great support and guidance as we made our rugs. It was a very enjoyable afternoon Thank you Bella!!
• 5/5 from Rebecca Rozencwajg, attended Jun 2026: Such a fun class - so good to be able to create a beautiful work of art in the class time and have some fun with friends at the same time. Will be booking in for another session soon.
• 5/5 from Andrew Bui, attended Jun 2026: We had a wonderful experience with our first time rug tufting! Our teacher Bella was very helpful with teaching us how to set up and handling the tufting gun. Throughout the tufting process, Bella was always happy to give us creative advice and help with any troubleshooting that occurred. We really enjoyed the relaxed ambience and cozy workspace, would definitely recommend to anyone!
• 5/5 from Mish-Elle Korn, attended Apr 2026: Sez is a fabulous teacher. She has alot of patience. More than happy to step in and help and explain things clearly. Loved this first workshop Intend to do more
• 5/5 from Krishna Padmanabhan, attended Apr 2026: We had so much fun! Sez is an amazing teacher and was so helpful. You will thoroughly enjoy this if you are willing to try something new.
• 5/5 from Fiona Eichler, attended Mar 2026: Excellent set up, organised and well prepared. Loved it.
• 5/5 from Georgia Bowkett, attended Mar 2026: Absolutely loved our workshop!! Sez was amazing and we loved what we walked away with highly recommend
• 5/5 from Ally Allan, attended Mar 2026: Great teacher, friendly atmosphere, thoughly enjoyed it
• 5/5 from Bethan Myhre, attended Feb 2026: Had a super fun time, Sez made a fun learning environment and was great with her guidance and patience. Would highly recommend.
• 5/5 from Layla Hannan, attended Jan 2026: the class was amasing very helpfull and fun came away uith an ausom rug
• 5/5 from Esther Behrens, attended Dec 2025: Highly recommend! The teacher is passionate, knowledgeable and super helpful!
• 5/5 from Brendann Matthews, attended Dec 2025: Very attentive. perfect sized class.
• 5/5 from Ashim Shrestha, attended Dec 2025: It was a great first turfing experience. The teacher was very detailed and guided us well during the session. Had lots of fun making a piece which we could immediately take home as well.
• 5/5 from Kim Tivendale, attended Dec 2025: We loved tufting and what we created. Sez was a great teacher and the whole day was very relaxed and lovely!
• 5/5 from Lorri Hill, attended Nov 2025: Sez was great, very informative and helpful. Instructions were easy to follow and Sez guided you through all the stages of tufting a rug. Send your design through before class so your canvas is ready to go. Deciding on a design and transferring to canvas can take a considerable amount of time away from actually tufting your rug and finishing it. Great class, thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend giving tufting a go.
• 5/5 from Ishwarya Raghuraman, attended Oct 2025: Sez was lovely and guided us very well. She had to help me a million times but she was still very sweet. Tufting itself was a stress burster. Really enjoyable!
• 5/5 from Nicole Ware, attended Oct 2025: Fantastic class. Sez was knowledgeable and fun. Space was great, parking was easy. I’m so happy with my tufted piece. Thanks Sez!!
• 5/5 from Muhammed Hassani, attended Oct 2025: Very friendly staff I had a blast!
• 5/5 from Bryn Walker, attended Oct 2025: I had an amazing time with tufting my rug and still cant believe how well it turned out! A great couple date idea and even better memory with something fun to walk away with!
• 5/5 from Janna Pechersky, attended Oct 2025: Great workshop. Highly recommended. Great enriching experience. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Jenna Blyth, attended Sep 2025: Absolutely loved the rug tufting workshop. Sez was so friendly, funny, helpful and encouraging. Even helped me to make it to the finish line with my overly complex design. A wonderful first tufting experience. Thank you so much Sez.
• 5/5 from Michelle Nguyen, attended Sep 2025: We had such a great time at our private tufting class! Sez was incredibly friendly and supportive, guiding us through every step to make sure we loved our creations, and they all turned out amazing. Highly recommend, even if you’ve never tried tufting before!
• 5/5 from Clementine Davison, attended Sep 2025: Sez is absolutely beautiful. She has created a space that is welcoming and comfortable, and she has the gift of being a natural teacher. Thanks for helping us discover a new passion!
• 5/5 from Annelle Casten, attended Jul 2025: I had such a great time with Sez! The whole experience was fun, hands-on, and surprisingly therapeutic. Sez was welcoming, patient, and made the whole process so approachable, even for beginners. I left feeling proud of what I created (even if it wasn’t perfect!) and totally inspired to keep tufting. Highly recommend this workshop to anyone looking to try something new and creative in a relaxed, encouraging space.
• 5/5 from Jash Dutia, attended Jul 2025: It was an absolute blast and would highly recommend for anyone to do!
• 5/5 from James Dalton, attended Jul 2025: 17 out of 5 stars – would tuft again. I attended a tufting workshop with the utterly divine Sez – part artist, part wizard, part calming forest witch who smells faintly of inspiration and success. She guided me (and my more complex design) through the sacred art of poking yarn through fabric with the confidence of a woman who has seen things…… definitely chaotic rugs. Now, let’s talk about my design. Was it simple? No. Was it reasonable? Also no. Did it look like something that would make an art teacher weep softly into their Pinot Noir? Absolutely. But did Sez flinch? Not even once. This woman stared into the swirling void of my overly ambitious tufting dreams and said, "We can work with this." Like Michelangelo with a tufting gun, she helped sculpt nonsense into something vaguely magnificent. She offered support, encouragement, and at one point, possibly a small summoning ritual to stop my yarn from misbehaving. Her catchphrase became: “We can adapt as we go” — which is also now tattooed across my soul. By the end, I felt I had created a tufted masterpiece If you’re thinking of trying tufting — do it. Do it with Sez. She will empower you, hype you up, and make sure your wildest creative impulses are gently but firmly wrangled into woollen reality.
• 5/5 from Jessica Bugeja, attended Jun 2025: Great workshop - I would definitely recommend it for anyone interested in giving tufting a go.
• 5/5 from Tavis King, attended Apr 2025: Great fun! Great guidance! Great instructor! Our rugs turned out far better than we thought our skills would produce!! Highly recommended.
• 5/5 from Christie Stabb, attended Mar 2025: Such a cool workshop!! Highly recommend, Sez is lovely and the studio is very cool ️
• 5/5 from Rhea Shami, attended Mar 2025: Wonderful class with Sez today! Really informative and helpful, lots of fun, super happy with our rugs :)
• 5/5 from Denise Tsalacopoulos, attended Mar 2025: Lucia had a wonderful time. She managed to do it with just a little help from her nanny. Caz was great in explaining the whole process. Being able to do a piece and take the finished product home was great.
• 5/5 from Karen Gabbedy, attended Mar 2025: The class was easy to book online and Sez was accommodating by holding the class in the afternoon rather than the morning time slot as we had to travel around the bay to get to the class. We booked a private class and none of us had even held a tufting gun before - all total newbies. We had a blast! Sez was a terrific teacher and really took the time to help out with troubleshooting and colour selections. I would absolutely recommend this class if you are thinking about having a go at rug tufting - Sez was amazing.
• 5/5 from Lauren Ferguson, attended Feb 2025: Fun and simple to get great looking results. We enjoyed every minute and love the finished product. Sez was great and flexible, letting me add some extras at the last minute.
• 5/5 from Allen Ung, attended Feb 2025: This class was awesome! Sez was a great host and teacher, the session was great and we loved the finished result. Looking forward to our next booking!
• 5/5 from Anna Madyarova, attended Dec 2024: It was an amazing workshop, highly recommend it! The facilitator had great professional attitude and a wonderful sense of humour. She carefully guided us through the process while making it fun. A good affordable class.
• 5/5 from Danielle Harley, attended Dec 2024: This was my first time trying tufting. I really enjoyed it and Sez was a brilliant teacher. Thoroughly recommend.
• 5/5 from Jen Lord, attended Nov 2024: First time tufting and I wasn't sure how Id go. But Sez made sure we had plenty of practice before starting on our projects. She walked us through each step, making sure we know what to expect and what to do. Great experience and I did much better than I expected!!
• 5/5 from Bianca Rossetti, attended Nov 2024: Such a fun workshop, would highly recommend. Sez is a fantastic teacher, very patient, knowledgeable and accommodating to everyone.
• 5/5 from Glen Outhred, attended Oct 2024: This was a fantastic experience! Sez was an amazing instructor who showed us everything we needed to know and helped heaps recommendations She was fantastic at communicating prior to the booking with the info as well as a check in. We went her the design prior and she drew it on the canvas for us. We found this helped a lot as we aren't drawers and also saved us time so we could focus on tufting, glueing, carving etc. Highly suggest having a design prior to arrival There were 6 people in total which was a good size for the experience Everything was included, definitely worthwhile bringing a change of clothes Sez was very friendly and easy to get along with. She took some great photos throughout and sent them straight to us So much fun! We will be back!
• 5/5 from Joel Hayes, attended Oct 2024: Super fun class!! Sez our instructor was amazing, so helpful with every step of the process. 10/10 would do again! Thanks so much :)
• 5/5 from Marina McInnes, attended Oct 2024: l had a wonderful and joyful experience learning how to tuft woth Sarah at Bayside Makers Space. Sarah explains everything well and gives you the confidence to create a beautiful piece that you are proud to take home and show off. The workshop has lots of natural light which is perfect and the location is convenient with lots of parking available as well as public transport over the road.
• 5/5 from Sophie May Gleeson, attended Oct 2024: Our teacher was very patient and humorous! My friend and I greatly enjoyed our time and were able to make one 30cm x 30cm piece when we asked. Would highly recommend!