Purchase this digital product and receive a link to the YouTube video of the CraftyMonkies Online Interactive Workshop featuring craft expert Cathy Emmott and her wonderful Summer Daisies workshop.
Introduction by Cathy from Dear Emma Designs:-
From my garden workshop in the Yorkshire Dales, England, I dream up, design and stitch a small range of textile products, lovingly embellished with my unique raw edge appliqué designs. I turn my illustrative designs into intricate textile art using new and vintage snippets of fabric and bring them to life using Free-Motion Machine Embroidery. Inspired by my love of garden birds, insects and wild flowers, free-motion machine embroidery is the perfect technique to reflect nature. My business has been lovingly grown over a period of 15 years and I have taught for 8 years to established sewing groups and one-to one private lessons.
What You Will Learn in this Online Interactive Workshop:-
I have designed a unique workshop for you which will give you a peek into how I construct, stitch and embellish my designs. I will explain what free-motion machine embroidery is and how I use it, what are the pitfalls and how best to practice this technique. I will demonstrate using my own sewing machine and talk about fabric tension, needle types and speed of sewing. You will learn about the most suitable fabrics to use and why I love to use old and worn fabrics to create my designs. I will show you how to build your design and use free-motion embroidery to add a free-flowing, sketched look to your work.
Skill Level for this Online Interactive Workshop:
Intermediate
Material requirements for this Online Interactive Workshop:-
Background Fabric
1 x Base fabric (fine cotton/linen) measuring 30 cm x 30 cm i.e. pale blue.
Daisy Design
An assortment of fine cottons / linen in plain or small patterns to create your scene. Refer to the images if you need inspiration. Include lace and other textured fabric for the petals. You will only require small scraps of fabric (patterned and plain) so have fun collecting these in preparation.
Fabric requirements for this Online Interactive Workshop:-
Petals - Fine White fabric.
Centre of the Flower - Yellow/Orange.
Stems/Leaves - Pale Green.
Butterflies - Any colour pattern that has a small/delicate pattern and colour.
Bee - Yellow for the body and lace is effective for the wings.
Equipment requirements for this Online Interactive Workshop:-
A sewing machine capable of free-motion machine embroidery including a darning foot compatible with your sewing machine and a suitable needle (number 90)
Sewing machine thread. Cathy uses Gutermann (eg White, Pale Blue, Yellow, Pale Grey, Dark Brown, Greens). Silver embroidery thread for butterfly antennae. All top thread will require a matching spool thread
1 x 25 cm x 25 cm medium weight, iron-on interfacing
1 x 9"/20 cm embroidery hoop
Templates - these will be provided to all who purchase a ticket for this workshop
Iron-On Adhesive e.g. Bond-a-web/Fuse-a-web 20 cm x 20 cm piece
Fabric Scissors
Iron Away Pen eg Frixton
Pencil
Iron and Ironing Board (or suitable surface)
Protective Cloth eg an old, clean, cotton handkerchief or tea towel
Pattern requirements for this Online Interactive Workshop:-
A link to Cathy's Pattern/Template is included in the PDF, available to all who purchase this video.
This class is available to view as many times as you like for 60 days
FROM THE DATE OF YOUR PURCHASE
NOTE: Any short video featured in this promotional info is a Trailer and not the fully-edited version you'll gain access to via YouTube!
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