Textile Hearts – Freemotion Embroidery Follow-on Workshop with Caroline Michelle

Create a beautiful coastal or summer countryside textile heart

Choose to create a beautiful coastal textile heart or a pretty summer countryside heart in this lovely follow-on freemotion embroidery workshop. With full templates, the process of creating your artwork is broken down into easy step-by-step instructions throughout the day.

This workshop is perfect if you have some experience of freemotion embroidery or have previously completed the beginners’ freemotion workshop. You’ll be taught all the skills needed to make the most of this fantastic technique, and leave with the knowledge and ability to continue with your own designs in the future. Bring your own choice of fabrics to create a piece that suits your own taste (the heart measures approximately 18 x 23cm).

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

Templates and tracing paper.

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
• FABRIC A – patterned backing fabric of your choice for the main part of the heart (no smaller than 30 x 45cm)
• FABRIC B – light-coloured plain fabric for the heart insert, coordinating with fabric A (no smaller than 20 x 18cm)
• A variety of fabric scraps for the raw-edge appliqué artwork in the centre
• Ribbon (about 35cm)
• Plain felt, white or coordinating with fabric A (about 25 x 30cm)
• A small amount of stuffing
• Black thread
• Bondaweb
• Pencil (an erasable pen is helpful but not essential)
• Your usual sewing equipment – tweezers, scissors etc.