Jean Littlejohn Talk and Class

Another busy weekend involving lots of textiles.

We had a great evening on Friday at Leamington Embroierers Guild where we had Jean Littlejohn to deliver a talk and then a day class on the Saturday.

I'm sure a lot of you are aware of Jean Littlejohn and her close work with Jan Beaney. So to start here are a few photos of her work and samples - she was very generous and let us handle these and take photos.

And her sketchbooks were great. I had serious sketchbook envy.

And here is the result of my day. Her suggestion to our group was to use one stitch - twisted chain stitch.

To make a back ground of this in a thick thread or wool, on a cotton fabric with an open weave with a very large eyed needle - a number 14 Chenille needle.

And then Bond a Web and foil was added

And then more stitching.

I bound some of my threads and I think this helped knock back the gold which was a little brash.

We then got to play with an embellisher. Never had a go before, but found it very easy to use.

I sewed a variety of threads onto soluble fabric in cross stitch in varying sizes. Then I went to the embellisher and worked from the front and the back. Then I added some more crosses in different threads which I really liked the effect of.

And here is our show and tell.

I think I can say we all had a great day. Jean is an enthusiastic textile artist and it was great to be able to see the work in detail rather than just in a book. If you get the chance to attend one of her classes - go.

Take care all and I hope you have a great Bank Holiday Monday - it might even be sunny.

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Sarah said…

You lucky soul, what a fabulous class. I really need to work on my hand stitching. Sarah

5 May 2013 at 17:25

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