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January Tuesday 17th

Introduction to free-machine embroidery

Free-machine embroidery is easily learned, immensely creative and very addictive! When creating your sewing, fibre art or mixed media projects, use it to embroider your own patterns, produce stitched textures, make beautiful embellishments and thread sketch.  An exciting machine technique with endless uses and well worth knowing about!  more details here 

February Saturday 4th

Scrapbook Stitchery:  A personal journey

Make, machine quilt and embroider a fabric scrapbook journal in which to keep a personal record of your creativity in stitch. Pre-dyed fabrics, patching, machine quilting, stitch, and discharge techniques will be incorporated to make this unique textile book. Use your journal to: house collected textile fragments and ephemera; record fibre experiments; practice embroidery stitches; showcase machined samples, thread sketched patterns and stitched doodling.  Add more pages and watch your scrapbook journal grow! more details here

February Tuesday 14th

Part 1- Husqvarna Software: Design, digitize and embroider

Do you own a Husqvarna computerized embroidery sewing machine or are you thinking of purchasing one? Would you like to discover and learn about the many exciting design functions and embroidery features available? This 3 part course will introduce you to this exciting and creative technology. Using computer and embroidery software learn how to design, create, and digitize your very own embroideries. If you are a newcomer to the world of embroidery on your computer, there is a huge amount of fun and creativity in store. Speak to Jill if you have a different make of machine. more details here

February Saturday 18th

Artistic Appliqué: Birds & hearts canvas art

Come and create fun and folksy textile art, on a box canvas for your wall.  Full of whimsical charm, this canvas will combine colourful bonded appliqué with free-machine embroidery, hand doodle stitching, buttons and bead embellishments. more details here

March Tuesday 27th

Part 2- Husqvarna Software: Design, digitize and embroider

See February Part 1 for details more details here

March Saturday 31st

Silk Sensations: Drawstring purse or book wrap

Silk fibres, threads, strippings, cocoons and more, will be used to make quick embossed silk paper, embellishments and beads. Luscious, iridescent paints and foils together with machine and/or hand stitching will be combined to decorate your silk collection, in readiness to make into either a purse or book wrap.  A day full of everything silk! more details here

May exact dates and venue to be confirmed

Spring School: Textiles, embroidery, fibre art and mixed media

Spend a whole week awakening your creativity, learning new things, making stuff and more!  A week packed full of fun and activity.   Jill has put together a programme covering a myriad of exciting activities - all textile, fibre and craft related.  Drop Jill an email to enquire further and look out for more details posted here soon!  

May Saturday 26th

Putting the Text in Textiles: Make a tote bag

Design and create your very own unique, graffiti-style textile tote incorporating print, paint, machine and fabric collage techniques.  Fun fonts and stylish scripts will form the main part of the design.  A fun and creartive workshop! more details here

May Tuesday 29th

Part 3- Husqvarna Software: Design, digitize and embroider

See February Part 1 for details more details here

July Saturday 14th

Fibre Art Fancies: Make stunning textile jewellery

Make beautiful textile gems, jewels and ornaments and fashion them into original jewellery to wear, adorn or embellish!  Reuse, upcycle and invent novelty ways to hang, pin or thread your fibre art fancies!  An inspiring hand and/or machine workshop. more details here

July Tuesday 17th

Bijoux Boxes: Embroidered, quilted and beaded

Learn how to design, create and make stunning, jewel-like, richly embroidered boxes.  Free-machine quilting and embroidery combine together with rich fabrics, threads, beads and embellishments to make a most personal and treasured gift. more details here

August exact dates and venue to be confirmed

Summer School: Textiles, embroidery, fibre art and mixed media

Spend a whole week awakening your creativity, learning new things, making stuff and more! A week packed full of fun and activity. Jill has put together a programme covering a myriad of exciting activities - all textile, fibre and craft related. Drop Jill an email to enquire further and look out for more details posted here soon! 

August Tuesday 21st

Miniature Books: Bound and embroidered

We shall bind watercolour paper into a small book and embroider a cover to make an intimate, hand bound book.  Hand and/or free-machine embroidery, together with beaded and applied embellishments are used to embroider this precious little book. more details here

August Saturday 25th

Fancy Folk Art? Free-machine embroidered cushion

Design and make a beautiful Hungarian inspired folk art cushion, decorated with themes such as flowers, leaves, birds and spiral ornaments.   Free-machine embroidery techniques using interesting machine threads such as Lana, Cotona, Perlé, etc will be used to make a stunning cushion. more details here

Other Workshops in the South West 2012

Jill will also be attending workshops at different venues around the South West for various groups, the Embroiderers' Guild and the West Country Embroiderers.

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July Sunday 22nd

Creative embroidery with mixed metals

Make a dazzling, metallic, stitched panel on this inspiring and creative mixed media metals workshop. Use machine and hand embroidery together with patinated metals, wire and beads to create a stunning, rich piece of work.

To enquire about available places on this workshop at The Yarner Trust in North Devon, please telephone (01288 331692) or visit their website The Yarner Trust  

Teaching Creative Textile Workshops

Jill has extensive knowledge and experience about a wide variety of creative textile workshops.  Here is a list of just some of the one-day workshops that she teaches.  Jill can adapt each workshop to suit the needs of the group. If you would like to book Jill to visit your group, guild or class for a Creative Textile Workshop, then please contact her.

• Introduction to free-machine embroidery

• More with your machine - Embellish and embroider

• Stitching On Solubles - Free-Machine Embroidered Flowers

• Embroidered boxes

• Stitched paper collage

• Stitched stationery

• Introduction to embroidery machine design using computers

• Textile jewellery

• Felting

• Dyeing, painting and printing

• Silk paper pouches

• Mixed media metals with stitch

• Mixed media play day