Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch at the NEC March 21 - 24
Chocolate wrappers free machine stitches with the help of Solufix and Solufleece.
Oh how I suffer for my art!!! I love the bright, shiny colours of chocolate wrappers and enjoy using them as flashes of colour in my work. When ironed lightly between baking parchment they texture like Tyvek but remain soft enough to stitch into. They do ping about a bit if you try to free machine them but with the new Solufix I have no more trouble with them. Solufix is a self adhesive water soluble fabric on a strong backing paper that is removed to reveal the sticky side of the Solufix. Because the backing paper is so firm it means you can run it through an ink jet printer, print your design, remove the backing paper and then lay threads around your design and free machine to your hearts content. You may need to cover your threads with a layer of Solufleece if any of the glue is exposed. The glue will not affect your machine needle.
I stuck all my chocolate wrapper strips to the Solufix and then covered it all in a layer of Solufleece, machined away happily then washed away all the Solufix and Solufleece. FAB!
Sloufleece can also be used to 'Crash' or pucker up fabric.
To 'Crash' with Solufleece you need from the bottom to the top -
1 layer of Solufleece, 2 layers of Bondaweb off the backing paper (not ironed)
the top layer needs to be thinnish fabric. Natural or synthetic is fine. Stitch the layers together with tram lines, wavy lines, whatever you fancy. then steam with your steam iron without touching the top fabric and your layers will shrink to a third or quarter of the original size.
This is - yep! newspaper crashed with Solufleece.
You can of course do all the usual pretty stitchy things with Solufleece . .
This beautiful doily was made for me by Thelma Judge who teaches all the proper dressmaking workshops at the shows. She is SOOOOO clever.
I am spending today cutting several rolls of Solufleece in to metre lengths to put into bags ready for the show. I sell more Solufleece than anything else, both on my stand at shows and on www.nid-noi.com.
Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch.
NEC, 21st - 24th March
There are 3 shows in one - Fashion,
Embroidery & Stitch, Sewing for Pleasure and
Hobbycrafts.
I will be part of Fashion, Embroidery and
Stitch. This show goes from strength to strength.
There will be many
exhibits and displays as well as great tutors and
college stands. There is a particularly exciting exhibition from the Calais Lace
Museum in France - something not to be missed.
This show will also be special for me as
my first group of students who have worked through my new Experimental Textiles course will showing their course work
from the past year.
Decovil 1 was decorated with copper heat
transfer foil and then printed onto. Great for bags and book
covers.
This year we have some fabulous free
workshops in the Vilene Workshop as part of Fashion, Embroidery &
Stitch
All workshops are free, are for 10 people
only and it will be strictly first come first served for that day only - no one
can pre book. All tickets will be given out on my stand - L22
(the far right corner as you enter the hall). Workshops will be limited to 2 per
person per day.
Vilene Workshop Stand Y08 Every day at
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10.30
Kim
Thittichai - Textured and Foiled Decovil 1.
Learn how to decorate iron-on interfacing with
transfer foil and then add texture by using texture plates in a die cutting
machine. Paint can be added to add depth.
Decovil 1 is fabulous weight of interfacing, suitable
for bags, book covers and all manner of craft projects.
11.45
Heidi
Ambrose-Brown – Transferring Colour and Pattern.
Come and enjoy the colourful process of transfer printing.
Using pre painted and dyed papers you will learn how to create resists adding
interest to your prints. Using the classic craft/pelmet Vilene as a base you
will create a brightly coloured, firm back ground on which to stitch at later
date – or not.
13.00
Jo
Leatherland – Bond and Bling!
Have fun with Jo learning how to use Bondaweb for appliqué
and for applying transfer foil. Both processes are washable and are so useful
for many craft projects.
14.15
Lynda Monk - Exploring Creative Surfaces
Artist Lynda Monk will show yuo how to create lacy fragments using Vilene Spunbond and Xpandaprint.
Come and play with creating this surface using heat guns and irons and learn someof the many different ways you can take this technique further.
15.30
Jayne
Routley – Needle Felted Poppies.
Explore the potential of needle felting into the
classic craft/pelmet Vilene. This white sew-in interfacing is so versatile,
Jayne will show you how to use it as a back ground to create your own needle
felted picture.
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Do come and say Hello! if you
come to the show - I may be dashing about but will hopefully have time for a
quick chat. If I am not on the stand then Jayne will be - Jayne is my left and right hand at this show - I couldn't do it without her.
Right! Back to cutting and packing.
Hello Tod!!!
My lovely Auntie
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