Free machining 101

Darning foot - an important requirement.
Contact me if you need further info.

Free Machining 101

If you are thinking about coming to the first session next
week then please let me or the box office at the Brewhouse
know you are coming.

The Brewhouse:   01283508100
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My contact info is in 'Happenings'.
Looking forward to seeing you.

Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year.
Hope it's a very creative year.
Had this image printed in a simple repeat pattern,
just a fat quarter.

Something new for 2015

Free Machining 101

 

When:         1st Wednesday of the month, January - April 2015
Time:           9.30 - 12.30
Where:        Café area, Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton on Trent

Cost:           £5

This is something new for 2015.
For further information see 'Happenings'.

 

 

Stitched

Had a good play on the machine, these are some of the results.
I decided to let the fabric take the lead.

The usual - all over text
using words that are
appropriate to the fabric.

Letting the fabric take
the lead and also using
a rust coloured thread.
Only stitched the
background.

Following the bubbles
of the sponge print but
only stitching the
background.

Filling in the background
using a black thread.
Trying to stitch a
continuous line.

It doesn't matter what I do
there's always one!!












Next challenge - how to develop these ideas further..........

Printed, now what?

Had a good play today......did some  simple block printing.
The blocks were loosely based on Notan and circles.

Red fabric - old cotton sheeting, hand dyed, very low immersion in a plastic bag, block made from kitchen sponge.
Pale fabric - Egyptian cotton, doesn't look it but it's tea dyed, block made from soft cut lino.

What next?

?Overprint - same block, different block, something completely different.
? Add something else - text, hand written, block printed. 

 
? Cut and piece.
? Piece in other fabrics.
? Apply other fabrics.
? Just quilt.

Thought on today - good to go back to basics and just play. Having limited supplies
on the day is liberating. I only had a few fabrics and black print medium with me. If I'd more fabric and more coloured print mediums with me I would have wasted more time making decisions and constantly changing my mind.

Remember - KISS!!      Keep it simple sweetheart/stupid!!
We'll see what tomorrow brings.


 

Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day......

Free machining on velvet applied to free machining on cotton sateen, cut
out and finished with a utility stitch.