We had some tapestry going on
some appliqueing of flowers from curtain fabric onto new cushions
some knitting lessons
and some rotary cutter lessons
Sadly no photography lessons, so still my rubbishy photos!
Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk
Showing posts with label January. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January. Show all posts
Saturday, 28 January 2012
January at St Michael's Church
We had two new ladies join us at St Michael's this month, one thanks to a chance meeting at a wool shop with one of the Crafty Church regulars, and one who saw the advert on Facebook !
We had some tapestry going on
some appliqueing of flowers from curtain fabric onto new cushions
some knitting lessons
and some rotary cutter lessons
Sadly no photography lessons, so still my rubbishy photos!
Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk
We had some tapestry going on
some appliqueing of flowers from curtain fabric onto new cushions
some knitting lessons
and some rotary cutter lessons
Sadly no photography lessons, so still my rubbishy photos!
Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk
January at Broom Farm
We are now usually 6 at the Broom farm sessions, with a range of previous experience. The girls are all working on different projects: an I spy Quilt, a pair of girly pink quilts for daughters, a quilt for a baby due and week now, a table runner and another quilt
Photos will follow as soon as I remember to bring my camera!
Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk
Photos will follow as soon as I remember to bring my camera!
Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk
January Session at Chertsey Museum
So sorry not to have posted this before, but life, deadlines, and disasters got in the way.
Last weekend was a busy Fun With Fabric weekend
Friday saw the January meeting of the Chertsey Museum girls - they showed the retractable tape measure covers they made in December, along with some projects they had made at home
For the January session we had decided to look at stencilling. I struggled to find some appropriate ideas, so instead I twisted it a bit to making marks on fabric. We looked at using ordinary colouring pencils, and then painting fabric medium (usually nixed with acrylic paint to make it permanent on fabric) over it, and using Inktense intense pencils which become more intense when brushed over with water, and become permanent on fabric.
You can see from my trial on paper how vivid the colours become when water is added (right)
I did take some stencils for people to use:
While other people drew freehand with the Inktense pencils
As you can see, we had a problem with the ink running, so I think most of us are writing this off as an "I know how to do it, but probably wont bother again" technique!
And one lady tried the ordinary pencils with the fabric medium
All are going to have a go at quilting their creations
Last weekend was a busy Fun With Fabric weekend
Friday saw the January meeting of the Chertsey Museum girls - they showed the retractable tape measure covers they made in December, along with some projects they had made at home
For the January session we had decided to look at stencilling. I struggled to find some appropriate ideas, so instead I twisted it a bit to making marks on fabric. We looked at using ordinary colouring pencils, and then painting fabric medium (usually nixed with acrylic paint to make it permanent on fabric) over it, and using Inktense intense pencils which become more intense when brushed over with water, and become permanent on fabric.
You can see from my trial on paper how vivid the colours become when water is added (right)
I did take some stencils for people to use:
While other people drew freehand with the Inktense pencils
As you can see, we had a problem with the ink running, so I think most of us are writing this off as an "I know how to do it, but probably wont bother again" technique!
And one lady tried the ordinary pencils with the fabric medium
All are going to have a go at quilting their creations
Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk
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