Creative Shibori Workshop

Recent reviews of Creative Shibori Workshop

• 5/5 from Jiefang Wang, attended Oct 2026: Shibori time was so much fun, Karen was very helpful and kind, I really enjoyed the class
• 5/5 from Sarah Atkinson, attended Sep 2026: Karen, our teacher was patient and instructed us clearly. We decorated anything white and cotton-based from tablecloths to clothing. A silk scarf and squares of tester muslin were also provided as part of the workshop. It was easy to redeem my gift card, a memorable activity that my sister and I thoroughly enjoyed.
• 5/5 from Rosie, attended Sep 2026: What a fun and interesting class! Karen was knowledgeable, helpful and patient allowing us to experiment and guiding us when necessary. All the class participants enjoyed learning different techniques to create unique pieces to take home. Thank you!
• 5/5 from Natasha Seeto, attended Aug 2026: Amazing class guided by a friendly and warm teacher Karen. We were taught a variety of techniques and were able to experiment and play. I purchased this class as a gift voucher for my mum’s bday. Couldn’t recommend it more as a gift idea and a nice day out!
• 5/5 from Alisa Seeto, attended Aug 2026: I was gifted this class, and had a wonderful time. Karen was lovely, you can tell she is passionate about this craft and was a wealth of knowledge plus experience. We all left with some wonderful shibori artwork, would definitely recommend this class.
• 5/5 from Helen Connelly, attended Jul 2026: Fantastic class, Karen taught us many techniques and I came home with lots of wonderful fabrics. Highly recommended
• 5/5 from Sandra Michaelis, attended Jun 2026: It was a great class, & I learned a lot. Thank to the patient and amazing teacher we had , who took her time to guide us through the Shiburi process of dye, we all were very happy with the results. Amazing souvenir, thank you so much
• 5/5 from Jenny Boddington, attended Feb 2026: Karen was a fabulous teacher and we covered an astonishing amount in three hours. I am really happy with the fabric I created and the technique is not hard to replicate at home.
• 5/5 from Dana Gopffarth, attended Feb 2026: Such an amazing experience! I went with my 9year old for our mother-daughter day out and had such a fantastic time. Whether you like to be guided by the teacher or explore your own ideas, in this welcoming atmosphere you are right at home.
• 5/5 from Kylie Chow, attended Dec 2025: I gave this experience to my mother for her birthday and my daughter went with her. They came home and both said they had an incredible time! The showed me all their beautiful pieces and said they would do it again. They said the instructors were warm and friendly and just lovely!
• 5/5 from Rebecca Lee, attended Oct 2025: So much fun! My daughter gave me this ClassBento gift as I had always wanted to try Shibori and I could not have enjoyed it more! This Shibori workshop was the perfect place to stream your creative juices. Karen was a knowledgeable teacher and gave us loads of creative ideas & instruction to bring our pieces to life. Take your own garments to dye or experiment with the fabric provided and take home gorgeous Shibori patterned, indigo coloured pieces of wearable art!
• 5/5 from Maureen Irving, attended Oct 2025: Great class, Karen's lovely, interesting, knowledgeable, helpful. The time went so quickly! She touched on the history of shibori and I really enjoyed that and would happily have listened to more about its origins. Im really happy with my creations and I feel there might be more in the near future.
• 5/5 from Catherine Searson, attended Oct 2025: Karen was an excellent teacher. 3 hours of shibori fun flew too quickly. Thank you for a positive start to the long weekend.
• 5/5 from Susan Jarrett, attended Sep 2025: Fabulously fun and interesting. Karen is a terrific tutor.
• 5/5 from Vanessa Churnin, attended Sep 2025: My friends and I had the best time!!! Karen was such a patient and knowledgeable teacher, very generous with her time & expertise. We loved what we created and can’t wait to go back for more. Highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Kate Bowditch, attended Sep 2025: Fantastic class. Karen was a brilliant instructor, with 2 decades of experience! She walked us through a number of dyeing methods which were simple for beginners, and had great results. We started with using sample fabrics and then we were able to dye our own materials (like tshirts and bedsheets). My sister and I had a great time and appreciate all the effort and experience that went into the workshop.
• 5/5 from Gabrielle, attended Aug 2025: Karen is a very welcoming, informative, passionate, relaxed and kind teacher. All of the finished pieces were beautiful and everyone left the class very happy :)
• 5/5 from Pauline Scott, attended Jul 2025: I have to say that I had so much fun! Karen explained everything clearly, was very helpful with everything and allowed us plenty of space and time to be creative. My pieces aren't all dry yet but this is a sneak peak at my creations. Would recommend this class to anyone that loves Indigo, loves fabric and being creative. I could have stayed there all day!
• 5/5 from Grey Yeoh, attended Jul 2025: We had a really great session with Karen. She was very clear, relaxed and chill about the whole workshop, yet very informative and educational! My partner and I left not just with many different shibori scraves, but with renewed enthusiasm with this technique! I will definitely come back to Shibori to try colouring other materials.
• 5/5 from Ian Jackson, attended Jul 2025: Karen was knowledgeable, kind and helpful. She is an excellent teacher and I highly recommend this course.
• 5/5 from Kim McClymont, attended May 2025: Great course. Karen was really helpful and we came away with lots of examples. I was wanting something to get me started with indigo dying and this workshop did that. Thanks Kim
• 5/5 from Ame Tan, attended Mar 2025: I enjoyed spending a Saturday learning about the traditions of indigo dying & how to use the dye. The teacher was very encouraging & unobtrusively guided us whilst we “played” with the techniques she had demonstrated. The studio environment was relaxing & felt like a creative space. The women at the workshop were very friendly & I throughly enjoyed the conversations & energy created by all the many parts of this workshop. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn about their creativity & slow down.
• 5/5 from Jestika Chand, attended Nov 2024: I absolutely loved the workshop! I didn’t imagine I’d enjoy it as much as I did, it was such an enjoying, creative, relaxing and de-stressing experience. Our instructor Karen was very calm, kind, knowledgeable and supportive. Me and my friends are already making plans to go back to the studio.
• 5/5 from Sally Matthews, attended Nov 2024: A fantastic class, informative, helpful and generous. Karen was a wonderful teacher shared her knowledge freely. Thank you so much
• 5/5 from Lourdes Ramos, attended Oct 2024: A great hands-on experience! Learnt lots of different ways to create patterns and got very creative.
• 5/5 from Kirsten Crosby, attended Jun 2024: Spent a great morning learning the craft of Shibori. Got to learn traditional techniques, and also tried a few more modern ones! Various pieces of material supplied as part of the course to practise on, and also time to dye our own pieces.
• 5/5 from Megan Best, attended Jun 2024: Friendly, generous tuition showing us a range of options to create wonderful patterns in indigo. Highly recommended!
• 5/5 from Kerry Little, attended Apr 2024: Karen is a warm and generous teacher. We loved our time in the Shibori studio.
• 5/5 from Ellie Hawthorne, attended Feb 2024: Such a beautiful workshop, the teachers are amazing, we can’t wait to go back to do a drop in class!
• 5/5 from Vanessa Mafe-Keane, attended Jan 2024: Karen is a generous and supportive teacher. She provided clear explanations with examples of work and gave each student personal advice and encouragement throughout the workshop. I learnt a lot from the hands on approach of the workshop and enjoyed the studio environment with all materials provided.
• 5/5 from Rachel Pearce, attended Jan 2024: Great tuition and great freedom to experiment. Teacher was informative and atmosphere was great as well
• 5/5 from Claire Fowler, attended Jan 2024: Relaxed and fun class with just enough instruction so we could get going, but not so much it ate into our time. Very patient with us and did the very messy bit fishing around in the dye vat so we didn’t all end up blue. Offered to keep some larger pieces in the vat for longer than the class rather than have us disappointed with a piece that needed more dye. Even bought in ice blocks because it was so hot today, so lovely! I’ll be back, thanks for a great intro class!
• 4/5 from Allan, attended Jan 2024: Loved the workshop leader Karen- she gave us just the right balance of ideas and advice, and letting us get on with playing and experimenting. I’m inspired enough to want to go back and book some studio time to play around more. I think this is a great beginner class as you do get to try out your own ideas, and it’s hard to go ‘wrong’- you’ll end up taking home some pieces that you can be proud of.
• 5/5 from Tiffany Muirhead, attended Dec 2023: Karen and Pepper were great teachers. Very helpful, and encouragingly, and great fun. I learnt so much from them. Highly recommend this class.
• 5/5 from Maki Takken, attended Dec 2023: The perfect class for friends, colleagues, families and singles, whether crafty or not. Kate and Pepa explained the process, provided some samples for inspiration then encouraged us to start experimenting! There was lots of hands-on assistance if required, and otherwise we were free to just get on with creating as much - or as little - as we wanted. Certainly one of the highlights of my holiday, and will be visiting their studio again
• 5/5 from Lynne Eastwood, attended Dec 2023: I thoroughly enjoyed my Shibori class. I came home with beautiful pieces of hand dyed cloth and some nice t-shirts to wear. I even have a beautiful silk scarf. We were in a 3 hour public class of around 6 participants, and the layout of the venue made it easy to work. Everyone had enough space to fold and have their items dyed. There were many different templates to choose from to create interesting patterns on the fabric. The teacher / business partner Karen explained techniques in a clear way, while demonstrating how to do them. She also co-ordinated the workshop well, so that everyone had space t0 wash and dry their pieces. The location is easy to get to, around 10 minutes walk from Stanmore train station. I would recommend this workshop for anyone wanting to try Shibori! Lynne (Sydney) 02 /12/2023
• 5/5 from Lana Kularajah, attended Nov 2023: Fantastic class run by Karen. Really good instructions and laid back style to let us explore the different techniques. Fun to do with friends. Highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Di Williams, attended Jun 2023: I recently did the shibori workshop with Karen. I loved the class which was a small group. Karen is an excellent teacher and I was delighted by the things that I made and was able to take home. I will def do another one with Shibori, Thank you!
• 5/5 from Melissaq Paisley, attended Feb 2023: This class was really enjoyable and great value for money. Karen created a really relaxed atmosphere, giving us the skills, techniques and advice to be successful along with the space to really get creative and try new things. I brought a long a bunch of yarn to test out, as well as trying a range of techniques using the supplied fabrics, and came home with lots of beautiful pieces I can't wait to use for knitting / sewing.
• 5/5 from Graeme Renes, attended Feb 2023: Such an amazing immersive experience Full of inspiration and a tutor that was so knowledgeable but open to share. I want to do more. What a hidden gem
• 4/5 from Lesa Ioannou, attended Feb 2023: Lovely teacher created a welcoming relaxed environment. Workshop provided equipment and fabrics to work with. Everyone took home finished pieces. Learnt simple techniques for beginners. Would recommend for anyone wanting to try their hand in an indigo vat. Small group, nice social and creative evening
• 5/5 from Linley Matthews, attended Oct 2022: Our teachers Karen and Pepper were friendly and helpful in a warm, encouraging and relaxing environment. We were able to explore our own creativity and learn about techniques that weee simple to apply. They were supportive and helpful. The range of materials and tools provided allows us to take away some great products and also a passion for and Knowledge of shibori. The 5 participants all had diverse ideas about what they wanted to produce and they were all catered for and left with beautiful products It was great value for money.
• 5/5 from Siyona Berghmans, attended Oct 2022: Our 11 year old had an absolute blast! Very friendly teachers, you are provided with everything you need for 3 hours of solid fun! Highly recommend this for anyone who loves to craft. Thank you to everyone at Shibori for being so lovely and great!
• 5/5 from Robyn Fitzgerald, attended Sep 2022: Loved this class. Teachers were very helpfully. Learned heaps. Will definitely use this skill. Thanks Robyn
• 5/5 from Harry Bevan, attended Sep 2022: What a fantastic class! both tutors were so helpful and collaborative and helped us to achieve exactly what we wanted. Space was bright and airy with a cute dog added in for extra enjoyment. Would highly recommend to anyone who has every wanted to give Shibori a go and also for those that haven't ever considered it, have fun!
• 5/5 from Sarah Tresidder, attended Aug 2022: I really enjoyed this workshop & would love to do it all over again. The teacher was so approachable, friendly & very encouraging. The process of Shibori gives fast, rewarding results & is wonderfully therapeutic and relaxing. The idea of being able to up-cycle and refresh all types of natural fabrics by dyeing them in this way is so appealing - and good for the planet too! The workshop space works really well with plenty of space for everyone. It was great to hang our newly dyed fabrics out to dry at the front as passers-by wandered past - intrigued to see what we were up to. I highly recommended this workshop as a really productive & interesting new skill to learn and I am already planning to return. Thank you all.
• 5/5 from Caroline Hochstetter, attended Aug 2022: Shibori Dyeing with Karen and Peppa was fantastic. My daughter and I had so much fun and creative inspiration. Karen gave good easy to follow instruction and was accessible to help right through the process. Good quantity of cloth and equipment supplied. Welcoming and friendly atmosphere. So happy with the results and look forward to coming back in future.
• 5/5 from Ivy Kanawati, attended Jul 2022: A really fun and creative course. The teacher was great, helpful and had interesting demonstrations before diving into our practice pieces. Totally value for money.
• 5/5 from Greg Cawthorn, attended Jul 2022: Such an awesome class and brilliant teachers. Really well set up to explore your creativity and the session was really flexible to learn and grow your skills. And you walk away with really beautiful textiles that look so pro! Really cool teachers too! Can’t recommend enough!
• 5/5 from Pip Rooke, attended Jul 2022: Karen is an amazing teacher. Her manner is inclusive, fun and encouraging. A fabulous 3 hours well spent. Pip Rooke