Work produced by the class this week.....

8th March 2019

These are pieces of work produced by the group this week, most are 'work in progress'....

...work by Karen Turton on the theme of trees and bark....

...loved this, twin needle pattern stitch on organza.

Work by Lesley Houghton....

...sample test piece for colour and stitch based on an enlarged cell....

....wip on final piece on velvet and devore, coloured with fabric paints and machine embroidered...

....velvet and Silko double dyed after application of Devore Paste, the lower sample has been printed over using a wooden block.

 Work by Ann...

....hand dyed butterfly from a template using Devore Paste on calico, machine embroidered...

....stencil on Silko and double dyed....

...tea dyed velvet, Devore and machine stitching.

Work by Caroline...

...stump work bug...

....more bugs and butterflies painted on silk organza...

...tea dyed velvet stitched on wadding to give bark effect...

....stitched silk threads.

Work by Sandy Hathaway....

....this is a frieze/scroll of underwater sea scape using many techniques including printing, machine/hand embroidery, very effective....

....this piece is for a book and has 3 layers, top is hand embroidered shadow work on organza over printed fish on angelina fibre, great effect.

Work by Lindsey...

....spider web hand stitched on organza as a sample of shadow work...

....Linsey created a stencil based on a spider web and used Devore Paste on velvet then painted, lovely effect...

...wip bugs, butterflies on hand dyed fabrics, machine/hand embroidered.

Karen's work...

....worked on Pansy theme, hand made stencil on black velvet using Devore Paste...

painted with acrylics on silk organza...

...stitched silk threads...

Work by Claire Sturrock...

Silko, stencil, Devore Paste, painted backed with wadding and hand stitched...

...this photo does not do the work justice, it shimmers with metallic stitched threads and delicate shades of silk threads, just beautiful....

...a sample of shadow work...

Daphne's picture, stunning! Velvet devore background using a stencil, hand painted butterflies and leaves and machine stitching, still a work in progress.

Lesley Hyde...

....eco dyed background with hand dyed fabric butterflies, machine stitching....

...shadow work butterflies, W.I.P.

Amazing to see all these ideas and techniques used in different ways, now I must carry on with mine!!

Update on work....

7th March 2019

This year I have been putting work in my sketch book as I go along, apart from being very satisfying it is going in my book with notes which really helps me when I want to do something again, I always think I will remember but never do!!!

...I loved doing this, stencilled Devore Paste on Silko and did some weaving, the pale pink at the top was using a very fine silk thread and took me 2 Hours!!! The lower part I used a thicker silk thread and picked up more threads so this only took an hour. I really don't know when I would use this tight weaving but some in the group have used a much freer weaving and the effect is stunning. I will take photos on 'show and tell' this afternoon.

Just playing with the threads here, very slow to do as the threads are so fine but this technique can be done on drawn threads from any fabric, will make some samples next week.

Planned out my lily, tried machining the leaves but didn't like the effect so will hand sew.....

....I traced my design for my Artichoke Collage  and numbered the pieces.....

...silk organza taped to a piece of glass and painted with acrylics which seals the edges, I backed this with Bondaweb and ironed on a pale grey satin as a base for my separate pieces...

....managed to make 10 pieces yesterday by making khaki paper templates, placed on fabric, running stitches around the shape to help attaching to curves, VERY fiddly and time consuming!! I have decided to continue this at home as an ongoing project.

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The group this week have been using Devore Paste on silk/viscose velvet, and Silko. The silk organza has been used to make butterflies to attach on these fabric backgrounds with some wonderful results, hope to take photos of this work at 'show and tell' this afternoon.

I decided to paint, tracing over glass, a butterfly and make a small shadow work sample by stitching between two pieces of organza. This is an excellent method especially for small delicate shapes including flowers. Will definitely use this technique again.....

....ready to sandwich and stitch detail with free machining. 

It has been a brilliant week, apart from the weather, with so many useful techniques learnt and ideas, equipment freely shared.

Six of us are staying on for another week to work on projects started this week.