Introduction to Offcuts Workshop with Isabel Fletcher
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About this event
We are very excited to host Isabel Fletcher and her Introduction to Offcuts Workshop as part of our London Craft week event offering.
In this workshop, the varied techniques taught will spark ideas of how waste can be incorporated into everyday sewing projects, such as mending and repair, decorative artworks or entirely new pieces of home furnishings and clothing.
During the workshop, Isabel will lead a series of techniques exploring the endless design potential of textile waste. She will demonstrate how considered placement, shape, colour, and stitch can be combined to create beautifully intricate textiles.
This workshop is suitable for both complete beginners and those with sewing experience.
The workshop will cover:
- Fabric, thread and colour choice
- Improvised offcut appliqué
- Offcut fabric buttons
- Improvised hand quilting
- Questions and discussion throughout
What you will need for the in-person class:
- Fabrics. These can be any scraps or pieces leftover from other projects, worn out clothing, or bigger sections of fabric you can cut up.
- A variety of regular and thicker sewing thread (Isabel will also bring along a selection).
Organiser Squire and Partners at The Department Store
Organiser of Introduction to Offcuts Workshop with Isabel Fletcher
Squire and Partners is an architecture and design practice with experience spanning four decades, earning it an international reputation for architecture informed by the history and culture of where it is placed. The award winning practice has a long history of innovating with materials and creating narratives in architecture, as well as collaborating with artists and makers. Embracing traditional and emerging technologies in craft and construction, the practice is renowned for delivering a rigorously detailed product.
