Motifs, Brooches & Cards – Freemotion Embroidery Follow-on Workshop with Caroline Michelle

Make cheerful freemotion motifs – for cards, brooches, plant pots and more

This fun freemotion embroidery workshop is a great class to further your freemotion and appliqué skills and create some gorgeously cheerful, colourful motifs. Pop one in a plant pot to add a little colour, use it as a cake topper, stand it on a wooden base to decorate your home, attach it to a blank card, or add a brooch pin and make it into a badge – the options are endless.

You’ll be guided through all the steps to create your chosen motifs, including floral, seaside, animal and other fun, cute designs. Personalise them with your own choice of colours and fabrics, and add text if you like. The day is full of top tips and handy advice to get the most out of the processes.

Perfect if you’ve learned the basics of freemotion embroidery – you don’t need to have done Caroline’s beginners’ class, as long as you’ve had a go at freemotion before.

This workshop is taught by Caroline Michelle Morgan, a textile artist specialising in freemotion embroidery.

The day

• 10am – 4pm
• Maximum 10 places
• Bring your own sewing machine, or hire one of our Janome machines with a freemotion foot (6 available – add machine hire when you book)
• Cake and coffee/tea all day; our café is open for lunch

Supplied

Wooden sticks, brooch pins and blank cards.

What to bring

• Sewing machine – bring your extra-wide table if you have one (helpful but not essential), and don’t forget your foot pedal and cable
• Freemotion embroidery foot
• Plain felt for backing the motifs, in colours of your choice
• A variety of fabric scraps for the raw-edge appliqué (fat quarters are ideal)
• Black thread
• Bondaweb
• Your usual sewing equipment – scissors etc.