Play Day

Come and enjoy a day of experimenting with fabric,dye and stitch. With the following day’s workshop in mind (but open to anyone who would like to try out some new techniques) this is a day of creating some of the dyeing and stitching effects I use in my work. Subjects covered will include shibori dyeing on cotton and silk, over-dying of fabrics and the uses of dissoluble fabric (for effects such as clouds or making your own unique fabric from  thread and fabric tangles/found objects). We will also be looking at creative possibilities of stitches when making a collaged fabric picture.

This is a day to dabble with dyeing and experiment with some of those bits of ephemera and favourite fabric scraps you can’t quite bear to throw away.

There will be a materials charge of £6 payable to the tutor on the day.

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS

No reference materials are needed

Protective clothing: An overall/apron or some old clothing also rubber gloves for dyeing.

There will be a £6 materials charge to cover dyes, dissolvable fabric, and calico etc. (payable to Rachel on the day)

Sewing machine

A selection of coloured threads.

 Some cotton patterned fabrics on a light or white background in your scrap bag

Scissors

A small hand sewing kit: pins, needles and a few silks for finishing touches.