The next 5 sessions:
Friday 23rd February Thermofax screen printing/machine embroidery
Friday 23rd March Image transfer painting/machine embroidery
Friday 27th April Applique and reverse applique/machine embroidery
Friday 25th May Dying with Mary MacIntosh*/machine embroidery
Friday 27th July Construct your Art Quilt
Join me in the studios to take your textiles and machine embroidery to a new level.
Each morning will be spent exploring mediums, fabric and design, the afternoons are all about the machine embroidery and turning your ideas into a finished project.
The first session will include a selection of velvets, linens and cottons as well as use of Thermofax screens, stamps and stencils. Lots of techniques, including, printing, discharging, embossing and of course stitching.
What you will need to bring
Each day will have a £5.00 materials cost; payable on the day, except Session 4* which will be £15.00, to include additional tuition by Mary MacIntosh and all your fabric and dyes.
Your sewing machine and darning foot
Packed lunch
About your Tutor
Bev is joint owner of Old bank Studios along with husband Nigel and runs the separate textile studio which is fully equipped with high end sewing machines. This is what she says:
My background is in interior design and soft furnishing, for which I hold the highest level OCN and City & Guilds and am qualified to teach in adult education.
I am also a keen painter and over the years have enjoyed mixing it all up and exploring machine embroidery with mixed media.
I never stop experimenting and am privileged to have access to an endless source of materials and so many other talented artists and tutors.