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Make Your Mark - Make Your Fabric. Spend a day playing with various art materials with:-
Irene MacWilliam irenemacwilliam@hotmail.com
web www.macwilliam.f9.co.uk    flickr http://flic.kr/ps/23XmR1
Simple screen printing without expensive screens, rubbings, block printing, painting etc

I will make a charge of about £1.00 for medium, paint dye and screen printing fabric.

Bring
Any fabric paints you have
Any coloured pencils you have
Any crayons you have
Fabric pens if you have them
Paint brushes, jar for water, small
Wooden embroidery frame, size is not important
Pieces of white, cream or pale coloured cotton fabric to work your designs and experiments on, .these can be cut up and put in a folder for reference
Old credit card if you have one
Paper scissors, pencil, rubber
An old knife or small paint palette knife
sheet of thick polythene, glass, plastic, perspex or whatever to spread paint on.
Hair dryer or craft hot air gun or similar if you have one, we can share
Pins
Scalpel or craft knife if you have one

Any odds and ends that you think might print with or be good for rubbings.

Paper or plastic doyley if you have any.
A few pieces of thick cardboard for cutting onto
A good number of newspapers and some sheets of A4 paper.

Wear old clothes, plastic or other apron if you have one, wipe cloth, kitchen roll or toilet roll
Slip covers for samples if you have them

You do not need cutting boards or rulers or sewing materials

 

 

 

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March workshop

Memory and Memorabilia

Patricia Kelly- Textile artist

List of materials re workshop

The intention is to encourage participants to create a small square based on the theme of memorabilia.

Participants may need a selection of the following depending on personal preferences.

Sewing Machine
Embroidery hoop
Hand sewing equipment i.e. needles, threads etc.
A selection of fabrics with a personal story/ history (not too precious)
Small objects of sentimental significance, e.g. medals, buttons.
Participants could give some thought to words, a personal message or favourite quotation which they could add to their piece.
This might be connected to a memory object or significant person in their lives.

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Fur, feather, scale requirements for workshop by Ferrett


In this class you will be making a small sample of each of three textures. You may choose to bind them and hang them on the wall afterwards or just keep them for reference. They can be fantasy colours, or realistic, it’s up to you. Feel free to play, this is supposed to be fun.
• Sewing kit – sewing machine, including a hopping or darning foot if you have one. Fabric scissors, both large and small. Pins.
• Spray baste such as 505 spray
• 1metre calico, this will form the backing and foundation of our work. If you would rather work with a coloured fabric, that will be fine, but bear in mind it may show through light fabrics. If you choose a black base fabric, white feathers would come out looking grey on it.
• A piece of wadding about 40’’x20’’ or three pieces about 20’’x15’’. I recommend a cotton polyester blend, either 80/20 or 50/50. These are thin enough to fit under the machine easily and the cotton in them helps grip the fabrics.
Fur
• A piece of fabric the colour you want to make your fur, approximately 20’’x15’’. If you can find a piece which has a print that looks like fur, so much the better. Avoid fabrics with strong geometric shapes.
• Several threads in the same colours as your fabric. Ideally, you would llike to have three or four shades of the colour and a variegated thread. If you have more please do bring them.
Feather
• Two or three shades in one colour of fabric. Ombre fabrics, hand dyes and cotton sateen are fantastic for feathers if you have them. Total amount about 20’’x20’’.
• Threads to match your fabrics, again more choice is good, so bring several if you have them.
Scale
• Two colours of scale fabric. We will be making some belly scales and some top scales, which are often different colours. I like blue belly scales with green top scales, but perhaps you fancy something a bit more firey? Maybe yellow belly with a red top? The belly colour needs to be about 10’’x10’’ and the top scales need about 15’’x20’’. If you llike you can use several fabrics in the same colour for the top scales. It’s a good way to use up scraps and will give you a great texture.
• Threads to match the top scales and a thread that is a little darker than the belly scales.
If you have any questions about this requirements list I can be contacted at ferret@ferfab.co.uk or on 020 8861 6410. Looking forward to seeing you all.