Tatting Stitch Club - July 10th 2021

 Hi All

I'm running a tatting stitch club on 10th July 2021 at Heighington.  I will have tatting shuttles with me if you haven't got one and you can purchase for £1.50 if you want.  Requirements list:

• I recommend a thread that will 'slip' relatively easily, so crochet cotton, or pearl.  You can use wool, but it's not as forgiving.
• A tapestry needle in case of knots!  It happens to the best of us!
• Scissors
• If we get time and you want to try it, beads that will fit on the thread you are tatting with
• Packed lunch

We'll start by learning the basic stitch and create a motif or two, using double stitch, picots etc.

I look forward to seeing you there!!

Kathy Paton and the work from her silk painting stitch clubs in June

 

Further Details for the Silk Painting Stitch club by Kathy Paton

Silk paints and a practice piece of silk will be free (covered by expenses). Brushes, dishes, pipettes and pens if required, will be available.

You might like to create a panel for a bag. As the silk will be backed onto freezer paper you can stitch into it or embellish with beads.

There’s plenty of inspiration on Pinterest!

I will have some additional extras available- with Gutta outlines already printed. These are good to get to started - very effective and satisfying.

Gutta outline pictures, various designs, £1:05 each

Bookmark 80p each

Card aperture mount and envelope 70p each

I have a couple of silk phone cases at £4 each

I will have A4 pieces of silk for sale - to be priced up.

Kathy Paton’s silk painting requirements for stitch clubs in June

Essential:

An oil paint based marker in silver or gold. Made by Pentel and Uni and available from Hobbycraft, The Range, WH Smith and Amazon. About £3:40 each in different sizes. Fine is best but all will work.

Paint Marker Pen PX20 Silver https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00177VJEQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_7676DNNCBHXA63CR4F08

Not so essential:

Bring the items below if you own any of these, but don’t buy specially:

Freezer paper
Silk paints
Silk fabric - Habotai or Pongee. Man made fabric such as polyester doesn’t work.
A palette or a saucer
Small water colour  brushes,

Bring change with you to purchase the things you don’t have from me. I will have a supply of everything.

more work from Vanda April 2021

 

Vanda and her March 2021 experimentations

 I've been playing with materials and my laminar machine- I bought, secondhand ,on EBay. I've discovered how to inlay two foils, gold and silver, over a design I first printed on actitate.The end result can be bonder webbed  on to fabric or overlaid with a another layer, also coated in foil and made into a badge. The odd thing is you might imagine that starting with actitate the final piece would be rigid but it's amazingly soft  and flexible.

Virtual Village Hall

There's a facebook page called Virtual Village Hall, I have been following it, and currently looking at a lady doing felted beads.  They have lots of different activities on each day, often fitness, as well as craft.  Might be worth everyone having a look.

Julie Wallhead