Tutor Sarah Maddison
10am - 4pm
This workshop is designed for those at intermediate level of competence with their sewing machine
Workshop Details
Join Sarah to create a ceramic style Arts and Crafts inspired piece of Textile Art. You will work on one large tile (approx 23cms sq) over the two days and will see the project through from the design stage to decoration and stitching. Your piece will be suitable to mount using a floating technique in a box style frame
Skills/Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not included in your workshop fee. Some materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £5 payable to the tutor during the workshop
Your tutor may not have the facilities to take card payments for materials in the workshops. Please remember to bring cash or your cheque book if your course involves buying materials from the tutor.
Please bring with you
10am - 4pm
This workshop is designed for those at intermediate level of competence with their sewing machine
Workshop Details
Join Sarah to create a ceramic style Arts and Crafts inspired piece of Textile Art. You will work on one large tile (approx 23cms sq) over the two days and will see the project through from the design stage to decoration and stitching. Your piece will be suitable to mount using a floating technique in a box style frame
Skills/Techniques Covered
- Design
- Painting fabric
- Free-motion embroidery
- Hand-embroidery
- beading as embellishment
- Lacing for mounting
Materials
Materials are not included in your workshop fee. Some materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £5 payable to the tutor during the workshop
Your tutor may not have the facilities to take card payments for materials in the workshops. Please remember to bring cash or your cheque book if your course involves buying materials from the tutor.
Please bring with you
- Sewing Machine - this must be ready to use, serviceable and you must know how to thread and use it. You cannot stitch the tile by hand.
- Basic sewing kit - needles, scissors large and small, tape measure, pins or clips
- Pencils and eraser for design work
- Threads in the shades you wish to work in - suitable for machine stitching, one or two embroidery threads in coordinating colours, any small beads you may wish you use
- I will bring reference books but you can bring a selection of pictures from arts and crafts artists like William Morris, William de Morgan, Edward Byrne-Jones, Rosetti