On Demand: Workshop: Creative Hands with Sabine Kaner

Join this pre-recorded online workshop Creative Hands with Sabine Kaner.

In this workshop you will be learning how to decorate and construct an Embroidery wrap solely using hand stitching. The wrap is made of felt and is designed to hold embroidery threads and tools. The wrap folds into three sections, decorated with fabric scraps, left over felt pieces, buttons and ribbon to tie up.

The decorative design on the outside consists of 3 cut-out hands (template provided as PDF) on top of which is a layer of geometric shapes and stitches. The folded wrap has space with its various pockets to hold approximately eight embroidery bobbins, pins, needles, needle threaders, scissors, safety pins to hold buttons and beads and a small purse for miscellaneous items.

This tactile design is an opportunity to discover the potential of hand stitch and felt, and enjoy the playfulness of shapes and colours, whilst creating a useful item which could become an invaluable companion to the embroiderer, or stitcher especially when travelling.

We are running a number of short workshops and demonstrations which are £2.99 for members and between £10 and £15 for non-members. As well as upcoming events, members can also access recordings of past workshops at a reduced price, to watch at their leisure.

Why not join us to access this discount and other membership discounts too?

You can find details on Guild Membership at https://embroiderersguild.com/membership/

Sabine Kaner

Sabine Kaner is a fine art textile artist working solely with hand stitch and mixed media. Her work focuses on storytelling, particularly on some of the missing narratives and challenging topics in today’s society.

Sabine’s process of making has been evolving over many years, always looking at new materials and learning new techniques. Central to this has always been her use of re-purposed fabrics and materials wherever possible. She likens her needle and thread to drawing and mark-making.

The title and design of this workshop was inspired by the hands that often appear in her work; they denote the underlying symbolism that characterises each individual piece created.

‘There is a magic touch, a tender touch, the human touch’ (Sabine Kaner, 2022)

What you will need to do to start the workshop

You will need to cut out the patterns from the templates provided for the project (please cut them out prior to the workshop). Find them on Dropbox, the link will be available on the Online Event Page.

How to prepare for the workshop

The templates for the embroidery pattern come as PDFs (and can be downloaded and printed out, to prepare for the workshop – see, 1 – A3 felt-fabric substrate template; 2 – A4 accessories templates; 3 – A4 hand template).

Using tracing paper or kitchen paper, trace carefully around each one of the templates to create your pattern.

Attach your felt to your pattern pieces with pins and cut out.

You will need to use your ‘hand’ pattern piece to create 3 hands.

Save all the felt scraps for the geometric decoration on the outside of the embroidery wrap.

Materials required for the workshop

You will need to bring these materials listed below to do the workshop, to use in your design.

Fabric

• 2/3 pieces of felt
• One for outer layer
• One for inner layer
• Enough felt to cut out 3 hands, (one for each fold)
• Leftover pieces of felt to create the shapes which hold the embroidery tools, plus felt/fabric scraps for the geometric shapes, which decorate the hands on the outside
  (Main felt measurements below)
  
  Felt using these measurements
• 1 outside piece, 23 x 29 cms
• 1 inside piece, 22 ½ x 28 cms
• 3 hands, 20 x 5 ½ cms
• Cut out leftovers from felt & fabric (scraps)
  
  Tools required
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Tracing paper
• Large Scissors for cutting or bladed rotary cutter
• Ribbon
• Sewing needles
• Pins
• Sewing threads in various colours, to match felt
• A skein of embroidery thread for decoration
• Erasable fabric marker pen
• Buttons, various sizes (optional)
• Fabric and felt scraps
• A large coat hook/eye fastener, (used for bulky fabrics)
• Small press fasteners (optional)
  
  Personal items to fit inside embroidery wrap
• Small scissors
• Needle threaders (optional)
• Safety pins for beads and buttons
• Sewing and embroidery needles
• Pins
• Embroidery bobbins

Optional alternatives 

• Kitchen paper for tracing 
• Using Stabilised fabrics for hands and geometric shapes 
• Curtain rings to sew around 
• Changing the measurements of the embroidery wrap, to accommodate different sewing tools 
• Velcro instead of small press fasteners

Refund Policy

Refunds are not available for this event. However, it will be recorded and details to access the recording will be emailed to ticket holders a few days after the event.

Sharing your creations

We would love to see your embroidery wrap on Instagram and Facebook using the hashtag #egskch

For others to see your posts on Instagram, your account needs to be public. To see them on Facebook, the post needs to be public.

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