Craft Tag: Machine Embroidery

WILDFLOWER FABRIC COLLAGE with Yvonne Pratt – Saturday 14.15pm

90-minute workshop – cost £25.00

Learn how to machine embroider a wildflower fabric collage.

Yvonne will share tips and techniques on how to create your very own fabric art collage. Learn how to create your piece using, a ready hand painted base to work on, hand dyed fabrics, hand printed fabrics, voile netting fabric, ribbon and simplistic embroidery stitches, then lastly adding embellishments to pull the scenic fabric collage together.

During the workshop you will learn how to build your collage, then using the sewing machine to machine embroider your fabrics and wildflower design onto the prepared base. 

The workshop kit provided includes a handbook with full instructions to create your wildflower fabric collage, hand-painted base, fabrics, threads, ribbon, handmade buttons, needles and thimble.

Advisory Note:

This workshop is great for beginners or intermediate level sewers over the age of 16.

Meet the Tutor

Yvonne Pratt

Yvonne is a contemporary textile artist based in Norfolk, England. Having always been a creative person with a love for drawing and using texture to create art, it was not until later in life through taking on a BA(Hon) degree in Textiles Design and then, a Masters in contemporary craft practice that textiles became a passion.

Having had the privileged of working within education most of her adult life this has allowed Yvonne’s skills to be transferred to working as a freelance workshop teacher turning her hand to both hand and free-motion embroidery.

Yvonne is a truly passionate and highly motivated maker who loves to pass, on her knowledge and skills in hand crafted textiles   

IN THE MEADOW – Layer, Paint and Stitch with Wendy Dolan ALL DAY MACHINE EMBROIDERY MASTERCLASS

This Masterclass is inspired by the Meadow Flowers Project in Wendy’s book ‘Layer, Paint and Stitch’, during the day you will learn how to layer natural fabrics and trimmings, stitching them down with freehand machine embroidery to create a textured background. Fabric paint will then be applied to the layered surface before stitching into it creating a meadow of flowers and grasses. Enjoy learning how to ‘draw’ with your machine and develop skills, which you can put into practise on your own machine at home. 

Under Wendy’s guidance you will:

  • Select some natural textured fabrics and arrange them on a background of calico.
  • Learn how to set up your machine for freehand embroidery and stitch the fabrics in place using white cotton thread.
  • Add natural/white flower trimmings for additional texture.
  • Use fabric paint to colour the background layers.
  • Have a short sewing practise creating foliage and flowers, and then you can enjoy stitching into your design with coloured threads, incorporating coloured sheer fabrics as you work.

Your beautiful flower meadow will come alive before your eyes, as you gradually build up the design.

Full day Academy Masterclass tickets include:

Lunch and refreshments throughout day, all equipment and materials including: fabrics, trimmings, paints, threads and any other consumables.

Academy workshop tickets also include a Complementary ticket to visit the main show on another day.  

Important Note:

Suitable for all levels of ability over the age of 16 years.

Meet the Tutor

Wendy Dolan

Wendy is an experienced artist, tutor, and author inspired by landscapes, architecture and natural forms. She exhibits, lectures and teaches workshops nationally and internationally. Her wide-ranging work includes wall hangings, pictures and garments.

She is the author of the Search Press bestselling book ‘Layer, Paint and Stitch’, which covers stitching, layering and painting techniques and gives helpful tips throughout, as well as projects to create your own stitched textile designs.

Advisory Note:

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable