Class at Bramble Patch

Hello all.

I had a really lovely day yesterday at The Bramble Patch on a class with Catherine Nicholls.

The class was to make a book wrap inspired by the work of Emily Carr. As you know from a previous post I went to the exhibition to see her work at Dulwich.

So for me it was an ideal combination - great teacher and great art!

Here is what we were aiming towards, but as with every good teacher it was fine if you wanted to make a hanging or a banner.

So - to get to this I learned a couple of great techniques that I've never been able to master previously. So one was curved seams - using a rotary cutter - no ruler or template...

This formed the background

And the next technique was needle turn appliqué. I didn't use it on the piece I made - but I'm really pleased with my practice piece.

Here is my work by the end of the day.

So - I used some of my own dyed fabric, some batik and some potassium dyed silk with bondaweb.

Still lots of work to do - but I'm pleased with how it's progressing.

Here are pieces that Catherine was making on a 2 day class at Bramble Patch earlier in the week.

And a work in progress.

And Catherine and Edwina MacKinnion will be at Festival of Quilts - I hope you've bought your tickets and had a look what workshops and lectures you fancy!

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