Constructing forms using a combination of wire, fabric, fibres and thread will be the main thrust of the day. Jewellery, various forms, shapes, vessels and installations are all possible in the long term, but we will start small and build. We will be working with free machine embroidery and some hand stitch techniques to reach our goal.
Requirements
Gather materials to your chosen colour scheme:
Notebook and pen
Apron & rubber glove
Sewing Machine with tools and handbook
Spare pkt. of no. 90 sewing machine needles or topstitch 90 needles
A bound wooden embroidery hoop - 8”/10”
Basic sewing equipment
Hand/machine embroidery threads to your colour scheme
White or cream sewing cotton
Half metre of white or cream muslin
One metre coloured lightweight cotton – can be lawn, voile, muslin etc. (hand dyed or commercially coloured)
Half metre of coloured scrim – dyed in advance to your colour scheme
Half metre of white or cream scrim
The tutor will have cream scrim available for purchase.
The required wire will be provided as part of the materials fee
I realise you don’t have access to a sink, so the need to colour fabric/stitch will be limited.
A materials fee of £5.00 will be charged to cover the use of colouring media, wire, and fibres etc.