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Mini Wild Hedgerow
Make a 20cm (8”) fabric picture inspired by wild meadows and birds, mounting the work on a small canvas or board.
Working on a hand-dyed unique fabric background (provided) the day will start with some fabric printing using wooden blocks. Flowers and foliage and a preprinted bird if desired, will be cut from bonded fabric and ironed them down as raw edge appliqué. The composition can then be finished with hand or machine sewing as preferred. We will make a design approximately 20cm -30cm square. (with enough extra fabric to wrap round a deep frame. Kate will demo how to wrap your work onto the frame, or onto a foamboard base.
ATTENDEES WILL NEED:
A mixture of fabrics to suit your composition : ideal cotton fabrics would be textured, mottled, batiks, or randomly dyed, or small patterns.
Sewing kit, fabric scissors, some embroidery threads for finishing details.
A rotary cutter, small cutting mat, sponges/2-3 brushes/old plate (for fabric paints) jar for water. Apron, Vanishing fabric marker eg Frixion pen, pencil. Bondaweb
Optional : Wooden/foam Leaf stamps and thermofax screens of leaf designs if you have them. Staple gun. 8” (20cm)box canvas 1” deep ideally. An extra strong polyester thread for lacing the back of the design.
Sewing machine. Free motion quilting foot ideally. A variety of threads -hedgerow colours! Please practice first to make sure it all works!
Kate will bring: Dyed fabric pieces, felt backing, a box of fabric scraps, wooden stamping blocks, stencils and fabric paints, birds printed on fabric, bondaweb, wonderweb, templates of leaf shapes.
It is possible to complete this as a hand sewing project if preferred.
The workshop kit fee per person is £7 (Canvas frame extra – cost may vary on availability)
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