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WORKSHOP  - LOUISE WATSON   28 October 2006

Friday 27th Oct - MEMBERS' 2006 CELEBRATION MEETING
Saturday 28th Oct - WORKSHOP

“Machine Embroidered Jewellery”

Filigree lace on the machine

We had a lovely meeting when we all made our own name badges - hand embroidered only and machines were banned! You can see some of the results below:

Who do you think I am?

 

Busy making badges

Can you see what it is yet?

 

Concentration

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Eileen is the first to finish

Is she really only six?

Judith started hers earlier

Just started

Nearly finished

Pippa's in green

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Rosemary is nearly finished

Stitching a name

Thumbs up

What fabric can I use next?

What lovely colours

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The workshop with Louise Watson was as enjoyable as ever - she is so giving with her expertise and her own designs. We all enjoyed it and produced some lovely work.

Whose mummy is this?

All gathered round

Careful stitching

Explanations required

Fabric inserts

Hearts and squares

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It started with a grid

Louise's samples

More of Louise's work

Patterns in silver

Purple grids

Shocking pink

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Stitching on soluble fabric

Under the machine

The show-and-tell at the end included some of the samples that Louise made during the day so you can see how easy it is with a little practise.

Silver pendants and butterfly

Copper filigree

Filigree flower

Grids and hearts

Grids and infills

Grids and quatrafoils

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Louise showed us how

Matching hearts

Multicolour pieces

Purple hearts and coronet

Pattern source and pendant


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