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REQUIREMENTS, MARCH 2010 WORKSHOP

Clare Hanham

Silk Shading. Hand Stitching beautiful silk shaded Sweet Peas.

Saturday Workshop, 20th March 2010

Materials Needed for Silk Shaded Sweet Peas

I have all the items below in stock and will bring them on the day for people to purchase (or in some cases borrow!).
I can also supply the design as a complete kit if required (so the design will be already drawn onto the fabric for you and you will get a colour cover picture). These will be at a special reduced class price of £11.50.
Please let me know in advance if you would like these. 

Anchor Stranded Threads

Dark Green   - No 262
Light Green   - No 264
Very Light Pink - No 48
Light Pink - No 85   
Pink - No 86
Dark Pink - No 87
Very Dark Purple - No 112
Purple - No 109
Light Purple - No 108 
Very Light Purple - No 342
You won’t need whole skeins of these, so threads can be shared.
 

Apple White silk dupion 24cm x 24cm (or background fabric of your choice)
Calico, for background about 25cm x 25cm

Pencil 
Ring Frame 6 or 8 Inches
Small Sharp Needle ( I use number 9 Embroidery Needles)
Pins
Tacking thread
Small sharp scissors 

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REQUIREMENTS, OCTOBER 2009 WORKSHOP

INSPIRED BY KLIMT with Angie Hughes

These Materials will be provided for £5.00 per pack
A selection of transfoils 
Black cotton velvet
Organza
Full instructions

Sweetie foils
Small pieces of bright coloured silk fabric Metallic and coloured embroidery threads Transparent coloured organza
Bondaweb
Baking Parchment
Sewing Machine and threads
Free machine embroidery foot or darning foot Iron
Basic sewing kit
Hot air tool (optional)

You will be using Klimt as inspiration for you work, get a selection of images from the library or any books you own, enlarge any favourite sections with interesting pattern and lay them out in front of you for inspiration.

You can also look at images on the internet (copy and paste into your browser)
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=klimt&oe

Try to identify areas that would look good in foil, transfoil and fabric, spend a little time thinking about this and working out an interesting composition.
I am drawn to the squares within squares and the chequerboard patterns, these are easy to cut out, if you like the swirly patterns, these will be more difficult to cut in foil but are really effective.
Try not to combine too many colours on one piece it's much easier on the eye when completed.

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REQUIREMENTS, SEPTEMBER 2009 WORKSHOP

Glamorous Beadwork
Day school on Beadwork on Canvas

with Eliza McClelland

Make a canvas sampler that incorporates the principals of shading and colour, and various bead stitches that create delicious scrunchy effects and texture.
You will experiment with motifs and patterning and see how much quicker these are to accomplish than when working with silks or wools – not to mention being a lot sassier.
You will make lovely bead soups that create random waves of colour. This is the basis for all shading work with beads, and can also be used to enliven any background work.
Try a choice of textured stitches to bring movement and 3 –D to you work, or throw in a few silks and yarns both for a change and to use them up.
You will be able to use your work both as a reference for the future and as a lovely decorative piece to appliquê on to a cushion, an evening bag, your jeans – what you will.

Please bring.... 

A small pair of scissors.
A selection of ordinary polyester sewing cottons but essentially white or ivory.
Any beads you have and would like to learn to use. Size eleven seed beads are the staple, but any size is fun for texture and effect. Mixtures, from other projects, broken necklaces, and old
Necklaces leftovers spotted at boot fairs are all welcome
Beading canvas: 12 holes to the inch, double thread fine canvas. Beading and tapestry needles
Leftover scraps of tapestry wools and silks. 

If you prefer you can buy the canvas, needles and beads from me £5 should cover all you need for the day. But do have a rootle for any leftover beads, because the more shades you bring to your work, the more fun it will be!

Requirements

Piece of white or pale cotton Minimum Fat quarter (20 x 22 inches)
Shaving foam *
Silk dyes of fabric paints *
Freezer paper *
Paper scissors
Old Visa type card
Cocktail sticks
Plastic box, plastic tray or firm plastic sheet
Old towel
Apron
Rubber gloves
Basic sewing kit
Rule
Pencil
Pencil sharpener
Rotary cutting equipment – optional
Notebook

Sewing machine and extension – optional
Wadding and back fabric if you are going to quilt
Threads of your choice.

Dye kit can be provided for £5 – items marked *

REQUIREMENTS LIST - APRIL 2009 WORKSHOP

Synthetic fabrics such as polyester, rayon or Nylon.
A small piece of pure, white cotton.

Paints
If you have them please bring transfer paints or crayons.


Vilma can provide various fabrics 12” x 12” for trials and will have some transfer paints. She will also have some for sale or return (from Abigail Crafts) at £3 per pot. If you bring three small containers you could share a portion of the three primary colours to reduce overall costs.
Vilma can also provide a pack of various items for £3 each.

REQUIREMENTS LIST - MARCH 2009 WORKSHOP

Here are some more finger puppets to make for tiny tots with nothing of their own, and also a bag to keep their treasures in. This time they are in fabric and can be embroidered. They were designed by Anne Drew and are part of the Operation Christmas Child project.

Making a Draw String bag, Rabbit and Bear finger Puppets in fabric.

This is a very simple bag with draw string and the final size should be about14 inches height x 12 inches width. So that they are strong, they would rather that the bags were made out of calico, curtain material or something similar of that weight. Any embroidery would be appreciated.

Please keep it in mind that the recipients are tots so please avoid buttons and other items that could be a chocking hazard. This also applies to the bear and rabbit finger puppets.

Anne Drew (wife of the Stroud MP) has designed two hand puppets and made up the teddy one (see photo), but not the rabbit. She recommends that we avoid stuffed toys because of the health and safety issues over the stuffing.

pattern for bear	pattern for rabbit
finished bear	drawstring bag

Do have fun with colours and embroidery and bring your completed items to a Guild meeting so that they can be passed onto Anne for distribution.

(No sizes are suggested but, bearing in mind that they are for a child,  you can work out appropriate sizing yourself.)

OCTOBER 2008 NEWSLETTER

Some information about more knitting patterns for small teddies, finger puppets and a Beanie hat for older children.  CLICK HERE.

LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR NAÏVE APPLIQUÉ AND EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP WITH LORNA BATEMAN November 2008

EVENTS LISTING Oct 08  

INTERESTING ARTICLES   Quilting by Marta Cock

EVENTS LISTING

JUNE 2008 NEWSLETTER

PREVIEW   Francis Pickering meeting in September 08

Hard but Easy! 
Construct a richly embellished hard-back book with windows and flaps using found objects, threads, beads and embroidery.

The following examples are of 'hard back books'. If you would like to see examples of the 'soft back books' that Francis has made, and also some of the beautiful books that were made by Stroud Branch, look at the Recent Meetings page and click on Frances Pickering 22nd to 24th June 2007.

autumn spread 1

daisy detail

eliz book 3

bird book 2

hard but easy 1

hard but easy 2

tenerife spread

tenerife book

textured treasures 1

textured treasures 2

violets

Some examples of Vilma's work, from the June Workshop

anemone

wedgerow 'autumn'

sea foam 1

sea foam 2

winter ice

oil seed rape

We are indeed privileged to have Jean as a member and friend.

^{This workshop will use hand stitches – raised, and 3D stitches for textures.}

^{Stitches to include; button hole loops, raised knots, french knots, bullion knots, tufted velvet stitch, spiders wheels, eyelets, wrapping threads over small rings and beads.}

^{My inspiration comes from organic forms e.g. a patch of meadow grasses and wild flowers, barnacles on a rock, lichen and moss on a stone wall etc.}

^{Colour scheme – it's a good idea to choose a colour scheme whilst packing rather than bring every thread you own! You can choose natural colours of greens and browns or go for a fantasy of bright knock out colours. You may prefer to make a sampler so choose a colour scheme for that.}

^{Please bring;}

^{Top fabrics- large enough to fit in your frame, 2 pieces. One for a sampler or for trying out stitches and one for a finished piece. They can be of your colour scheme or you can sponge some colour onto a white piece- I will bring fabric paints.}

^{Embroidery frame- circular or rectangular. Medium size. Two frames if you wish to have one to try out stitches on and one to work a finished piece on.}

^{Backing fabric.}

^{Threads- various colours and thickness, textured, matt and shiny etc.}

^{Sewing kit.}

^{Beads and beading needle. Small curtain rings or any other interesting bits that may be useful.}

^{Tiny scraps of fabrics in your colour scheme.}

^{Pictures for inspiration.}

^{I will bring fabric paints, samples, hair dryer, inspirational pictures and anything else that might come in useful!}

^{You can bring your sewing machine if you would like to incorporate machine and hand stitching.}

THE JAPANESE KIMONO

^{Phil Porter, a tutor at Stroud College, will be bringing along a number of Kimonos from his own collection. He will explain the different types, where, when and how they were worn.}

^{Amongst many others, he hopes to bring a long sleeved Furisode and two bridal kimonos, one in white and one highly coloured. As many of his garments are made from silk and are very fragile he has asked that we do not use flash photography on the Kimonos.}

^{Phil has not been able to provide us with any photographs of his pieces but photographs of some cotton kimonos and a silk furisode are attached.}

^{They have kindly been made available by Kate Motohashi from the website www.japanya.co.uk and will give you some idea of the treat in store.}

^{This beautiful website is well worth visiting if you are looking for an unusual present for someone, or just as a very special treat for yourself.}

Link to Members' Social and Workshop April 2008

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NOTE: Diana Hammond has taken over from Liz Harding and is our new representative for the South West Region. Her email address is 

diana@barnowlstudio.fsnet.co.uk 

OTHER INFORMATION

There are often spare places available on workshops. Please contact the Workshop Secretary (see contact us, or committee pages) for details of course vacancies.

NOVEMBER 2007 NEWSLETTER

LYN GRIFFITHS WORKSHOP, January 26th 2008 - preliminary information.

This will be a workshop in which you will be able to make papers from different plant materials, use different methods of producing the paper and gather a stock of raw materials for your future work. Suggestions will be made as to how you might use the paper, though I’m sure you will all have plenty of ideas already!

REQUIREMENTS LIST FOR PLANT PAPERS 26 January workshop 

· A rectangular washing up bowl 
· Supermarket own brand cloths-not J cloths 
· Apron 
· Dried plant material for decoration, out of date spices, dried herbs etc 
· Rubber gloves to handle pulp 
· Old towels 
· Notebook and pen of course 
· Packed lunch

I will bring prepared pulp, green garden mesh and veg matter to cook for use during the day, AS WELL AS THE FRAMES NEEDED.

Link to Preview of the October 2007 Meeting - Anne Griffiths

Preview of the work of Liz Ashurst - July 2007 meeting

Preview of the work of Francis Pickering - June 2007 meeting

Francis used to work at Gloscat and taught some of our members to City and Guilds standard.

Information about our 2007 Exhibition

Opening of Exhibition

Promotional Pictures     PAGE 1     PAGE 2     PAGE 3

NEW: Link to other relevant sites

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