Landscape Collage Workshop with Rebecca from Featherstitch House on Saturday 22nd November

Landscape Workshop with Rebecca from Featherstitch House

Saturday 22nd November – 10 – 4pm – £75 – Learn how to combine textile art skills as you embroider a stunning landscape.

This full day workshop is aimed at stitchers with some experience who want to experiment with a range of textile art techniques. Rebecca will teach you:

• How to use images to create templates
• How to create layered backgrounds
• How to use simple stitches to add texture, dimension and movement.
• How to create dramatic skies
• How to add embroidery and embellishments to create botanical details
• How to frame your work in a hoop

After the workshop, you should be able to use any photo to create a landscape of your choice.

*PLEASE NOTE* On the day you will learn how to create the Poppy Landscape, any additional photos shown here are just to inspire you.

Requirements:

A kit can be purchased on the day for the hoop, fabric and felt for £20 – paid to Rebecca OR please see below under Felt and Fabric etc… There will be stab mats available on the day to borrow if you require one.

You will also need:

*6 inch/20cm Embroidery Hoop

*Embroidery needles

Beading Needle

Needle Felting Needle

Needle Felting Stab Mat

Needle Felting Finger Protectors (if required)

Paper scissors

*Embroidery scissors

*Stick glue

*Felt and Fabric (Poppy Patch have lots of fabric and felt but the felt is limited and is bought as a minimum off the bolt as 10cm)

*20x10cm foreground felt – I use a grass green.

*3x 20x10cm mid ground felts. These should be different shades, getting paler to create depth – I use a moss green, sage green, and a green-blue.

*10x10cm blue felt for the sky – I use a duck egg blue.

*10x15cm brown felt for the tree.

*Wool roving in white, light grey and dark grey to create sky textures.

A short length of sari silk ribbon, or other fine, bouncy fabric to create 3d flowers

*Threads

*A selection of stranded embroidery threads in shades to match your felt and silk

ribbon.

I use Anchor threads in shades but Poppy Patch a huge array of Cottage Garden or Valdani stranded threads:

0846 – Dark Green (DMC3011) 0256 – Mid Green (DMC 906) 0255 – Light Green (DMC 907) 0856 – Brown-green (DMC 370) 0853 – Beige (DMC 372) 0355 – Light Red (DMC 975) 0013 – Red (DMC 817) 403 – Black (DMC 310).

The red shades match the poppy theme, but you should choose colours to match your silk ribbon or whatever colour you want your meadow flowers to be.

Beads

3mm Black Seed Beads – 2mm Black Seed Beads – Selection of 3mm beads in the colour you want your meadow flowers – some should match your silk ribbon.

*Can be purchased at Poppy Patch