Lace Painting @The Gallery

I am encouraging students to dye and colour different

types of fabrics and trimmings, so they can have a palette

of textiles and embellishments to work with.

The laces were painted, sponged and sprayed

with various paints, inks and dyes.

The underneath papers and fabrics can be as interesting

as the pieces you are colouring.

Doubling your mediums!

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Gallery Tuesday 7th February 2012

I have been taking the printer and prepared fabric

to all my teaching sessions this month so that

students could transfer their pictures and photos

onto fabric. It's lovely seeing textiles being

created this way and it makes it so personal.

Nikki above, is making a cushion with pictures

in memory of her Mum.

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Bag Making

On Monday 6th of February it was lovely to play

in my studio making another bag for the Bag Day

in March.

Blue is my favourite colour so, it was even more pleasurable!

I made the bag in the traditional bagging method by

making the outer bag and lining leaving a gap in the lining to

turn the two pieces that are now sewn right sides together.

It makes the edges clean and tidy.

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Good News

I went to Wensum Lodge, The Adult Education Centre,

in Norwich.

I went to start the next step of starting the

City and Guilds for

Machine Embroidery and Patchwork and Quilting

@ The Gallery Dereham.

The meeting went really well and the Award Levels

can start at the end of March, after everything is put

in place.

If you are Norfolk you will be able to participate

in these courses.

They will be on a Wednesday.

The Awards, cover the basics of the Guilds, similar

to a taster.

Great News for all that want to start gaining

educational certificate recognition for their

work.

Cushions

As you can see there is a variety of cushions being

made by students.

Ever one takes a different combination of techniques.

This is what makes the sessions so interesting for everyone.

Seeing the inspiration and makes from myself

and other students.

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Wall Hangings at Knit Wits

These are small wall hangings made from recycled

items.

I encourage textile recycling in my sessions and

many of my students are enjoying the freedom

of making things from items that they find or are

now looking at items differently and how they

can be remade.

The Garden Scene below is made from a bottle cover.