Fusing Fabric Workshop
On the 26th November, Margaret Beal came to lead a workshop for 12 members of the Guild. She demonstrated how to cut felt and polyester organza with a soldering iron. First, we stitched leaves and abstract shapes with free machine embroidery, and cut the excess organza away from the edges of the stitched shapes:
We then layered organza, free machined into it, and carefully removed the top layer in sections to reveal the organza underneath:
Some beautiful effects were achieved by building up layers of snippets of organza, and then working into these with stitch and the soldering iron:
The members produced lots of great work over the day, and I certainly feel inspired to take this further:
Margaret brought many beautiful samples of her work to share with us, and these were invaluable to help us understand the techniques she shared:
All in all, we had a great day, and are looking forward to next year's workshops.
We then layered organza, free machined into it, and carefully removed the top layer in sections to reveal the organza underneath:
Some beautiful effects were achieved by building up layers of snippets of organza, and then working into these with stitch and the soldering iron:
The members produced lots of great work over the day, and I certainly feel inspired to take this further:
Margaret brought many beautiful samples of her work to share with us, and these were invaluable to help us understand the techniques she shared:
All in all, we had a great day, and are looking forward to next year's workshops.
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