Emily had brought inks, paint swatch
pots and mark makers and gave each of us a brown paper bag with pieces of white
fabric, lace, net and lace for colouring. Our water bowls soon coloured as we
wet our fabric and made the inks fainter. Many used the emulsion too. We all
ended up with wet strips of coloured fabric which dried while we had lunch.
After lunch we made a sandwich with
bondaweb as the bread and our layered landscape design as the filling. Emily
encouraged us to never cut straight as landscapes undulated. She said she put
her lightest pieces on top and the darkest on the bottom. Then iron thoroughly
both sides. Stitching with loops and
fake French knots were her favourite.
What a marvellous day and a delightful
tutor.
