Hot Textiles with the Malmesbury Embrodery Guild - 4th October
Vilene Spunbond (Lutradur) with Bondaweb on the back, cut with a soldering iron, then ironed onto a background.
I teach a lot of workshops to a lot of Guilds, both Embroiderers and Quilters. Every now and then you come across a rather special group. Don't get me wrong, all groups are welcoming and great fun - but this group was FAB!
The Malmesbury Guild are one of three Embroiderers Guilds in Wiltshire. They are a small group and as with all small groups they could do with some more members. If you live in the North of Wiltshire, I highly recommend you consider joining them. This is their blog - malmesburyembroiderers.blogspot.co.uk with contact details.
Painting Bondaweb.
Hot Textiles is the first workshop I wrote after my book of the same title was published. I hadn't taught it for a while, then two or three bookings come along at once. It is the basic sampling workshop, teaching how to use heat tools safely - Soldering irons, heat guns and irons.
The workshop was held in Little Somerford village hall. There is plenty of room with a great kitchen.
The group hard at work.
We started the day with painting the Bondaweb and Tyvek and while that was drying with cracked on with applique shapes cut with a soldering iron. Bondaweb was ironed onto the back of Vilene Spunbond and then shapes were cut with a soldering iron. The shapes are then lifted off of the backing paper and ironed onto a background. You can achieve some quite complicated shapes with a soldering iron.
Cutting the shapes . . .
Layers of shapes ironed down.
. . . . and more shapes . . .
and more.
The group having lunch.
After lunch we got on with layering the Tyvek with polyester organza. This was then machine stitched together and then zapped with a heat gun to reveal different layers of colour.
All sorts of scrumptious textures can be achieved.
Then we got onto decorating the painted Bondaweb. We used the usual suspects - transfer foils, sequins, glitter and gilding flake.
It was a busy day but the group managed to get a lot done. They really were great fun.
One of the students on the workshop on Saturday - got up early yesterday and started to stitch into one of her samples - I do love keen students. It was so kind of Naomi to send this image. It is always good to know . . what happens next?
I drove back to Brighton via Portsmouth as I didn't want to chance the M25. I dropped in on a 'certain gentleman from the Portsmouth area' and I was whisked out for dinner. It was a great treat, thank you kind sir!!! I don't get a lot of chance for a social life at this time of year with all the shows coming up so off the cuff dinners are special.
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This week it is The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. It's a big show with soooooo much to see. It is now on for FIVE days - it starts on Wednesday. www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com
I am very excited to be doing the shows again -I miss all the hustle and bustle and it is a great opportunity to catch up with friends - most importantly my chum Laura Strutt who works with me on the Vilene stands.
Laura is great fun to work with, full of ideas and just a fabulous person to be around. We will both be on stand TGR3. Do come and say hello.
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I have one more workshop left this year -
Reclaimed Papers at Art Van Go.
November
11th & 12th
2 day workshop
Reclaimed
Papers
We will be working with all kinds of papers to create fainating surfaces that can be printed and stitched into - we could even make book covers and boxes if you fancy. Ironing the decorated, reclaimed papers onto Decovil interfacing will create fabulous firm surfaces to work with. There are 5 places left as of today. After the show - I doubt there will be any . . . .
Decorated papers ironed onto Decovil 1 to make the paper firm enough for book covers.
Papers layered with painted Bondaweb and then stitched.
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So my lovelies - I'm off to sort the last minute packing and posting of orders for nid-noi.com and then decide what I need to demonstrate with on the stand.
It's gong to be a great show!
Whoooo hooo!
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I love the pieces your ladies made at the work shop - they got some stunning effects. The reclaimed papers one sounds great too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was such an awesome workshop. I have your Hot Textiles book and have just recently acquired a heat gun. Now to just get playing with it. Thanks for the post and pictures.
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