Machine Embroidery Workshop

Hampshire County Federation of Womens Institutes

Join us for a hands-on Machine Embroidery Workshop where you'll learn to create beautiful designs on fabric!

WI House

<h4>This workshop will be led by Textile Arist, Linda Miller.</h4> <h4>Bring your sewing machine and discover mysteries of free machine embroidery, plus a drawing, picture or a photograph that inspires you.</h4>Non- members very welcome.Using a sumptuous array of threads in a variety of colours and thickness and working with your own sewing machine, you will learn how to translate your original design into your very own picture of stitches. Linda Miller will guide you through all aspects of creating a design, placing imagery, incorporating a background and a fore ground into their design and how to finish and present their work to its full and deserved potential.The workshop is designed for the novice or the more confident stitcher who wishes to explore the numerous techniques and textures created by threads and stitch, to create pictorial machine embroidery. A list of requirements can be found by scrolling down this page it will also be emailed to all attendees.Tickets £36 includes tea/coffee and cake/biscuits. Please bring your own lunchAny questions? Please email kathrynchilds@hampshirewi.org.ukTickets for this event are not refundable as per the HCFWI Policy Any surplus from this event will go to HCFWI general fundsCharity Reg No: 1010437

Linda MillerMaking Pictures in free Machine Embroidery WorkshopWhat you need to bring An Electric sewing machine, in good working order which can drop the dog feed teeth or has a plate that fits over the teeth.Your sewing machine manual and accessories (oil, screwdriver, etc.)A darning foot/free motion machine embroidery foot that is compatible with your machine.Size 80 needles.An extension leadHand sewing needles.Calico, medium/ heavy weight. (Approx. 50cm/half a yard)Notebook and pen, pencil, paper, ruler.8”/20cm wooden embroidery hoop.Embroidery/sharp scissors.Any threads you have, machine embroidery thread or ordinary dress making thread.All bobbin spools that are compatible with your sewing machine.Any hand embroidery threads you have.Stitch and Tear- stabilising fabric.Reference materials such as: pictures, drawings, books, photographs, patterning- visual material that interests you. Please rememberIt is very important that your machine is in good working order and that the feed dog teeth can be dropped, or that a plate can be fitted over the teeth and that you have a free motion machine embroidery foot/free motion darning foot that is compatible with your sewing machine and fits correctly. Please bring all your sewing machine tools and the sewing machine manual. Please bring as much as you can from the equipment list, if however, you do not have any of the list, I always bring everything with me, (except sewing machines) and items can be purchased at a small cost.

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