Broom Farm sewing

At last I remembered to take photos of the creative loveliness that is happening at the Adult Education class I teach at the Broom Farm Army camp on a Monday afternoon:

Monika is working on two pirate pieces which will become floor cushion covers

 
 Jane brought some traditional sampler blocks last week, but this week wanted to work on this advent calendar.  The work was unpicking rather than stitching, but she's much happier with it now

Sally is working on a craft caddy for a mug - I'll get a photo of a mug 'wearing' a caddy, then it will make lots more sense!  This was a 'back of a cupboard' for two years but she's steaming ahead now . . .

and has inspired Katie to make one too!

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February at St Michael's

Crafty Church at St Michael's saw a few new members and lots of great creativity:

Yasmin and Carolin worked on Yasmin's shawl

I had fun playing with Lesley's felting kit

 While Lesley cut out felt flowers that she wants to felt onto a scarf

 

 I think the felting needle was far superior to the one I had: one blade and no handle, so I glued it into a lippy case to make it easier!

Alex is working from a book called Quilting For dummies, and is making this trapunto flower - the book suggests the cut-into-the-back-and-shove-in-some wadding method - I did show her the cut away method that Kandy taught the BQLers a few years ago

 And their mum is working on her tapestry, and I need photography lessons!






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February at Chertsey Museum

 Thanks to this book

And these pre-made samples (thanks Avril) we learnt reverse applique

With the help of freezer paper to stabilise the block fabric (the square) we were apply to apply a second fabric behind the fabric, with no visible stitches :-)

Two class samples

 And back and front of one with a fussy cut applique patch

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Kids' Fun With Fabric

Kids' Fun With Fabric

The monthly course at Chertsey Museum came about when I went to chat about helping with their Kids Craft days during school holidays.  When I was childminding I would take the gang there during the hols, and got to know Sally, the assistant curator.  When we talked about the children's sessions we got sidetracked and ended up arranging the adults sessions.

Well today I did my first children's sessions: 12 kids in the morning and 17 in the afternoon!  The theme was Making Monsters . . .  and just look what they achieved!

 

 

 

 

Me ? I'm exhausted!  Good night
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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!



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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!

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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

Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk

2012 Sessions

Hi All

Hope you had a fab Christmas and Happy New Year

After my break in Australia, I am now starting up the 2012 Fun With fabric sessions.

We have a monthly session at Chertsey Museum, £5 payable on the day, booked in advance, from 2pm to 3:30 on the 3^rd Friday of the month (next session 21^st January)

Also monthly, on the 3^rd Saturday of the month I will be at Windsor Baptist Church, also at £5 per session payable on the day.  The next session is Saturday 22^nd January, 10:30am to noon.

Also on Saturday 22^nd, Crafty Church will be held at St Michael’s Church, Horton.  This is a wider range of crafts, where people normally bring whatever project they are working on.  This is held 2pm to 4pm, and there is no charge.

First though, the weekly course is starting up on Monday 9^th January at Broom Farm (Windsor).  This is arranged by RBWM Family & Community Learning, and places need to be booked through them.  Click on the hyperlink, or the tab above, for contact details.

Please feel free to contact me direct if you have any queries, but otherwise it would be great to see you at one of the courses.  Scroll down on this home pageto see some of the creations from previous classes if you fancy some inspiration!

Benta

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