On Monday 26 September we did a technique workshop with
Ina Meyer inspired by the work of
Susan Lenz. We fused various synthetic fabrics, stitched the designs with black cotton thread and then burnt the cutouts with a soldering iron to produce a stunning effect.
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| Scattering snippets of synthetic fabrics onto the synthetic felt back ground. |
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| Ironing fusible web to hold all the pieces together. |
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| Tracing the design. |
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| Stitching with black cotton thread through the paper design onto the back of the felt. |
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| More stitching. |
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| Diana's piece. Front of work, stitching finished. |
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| Lorraine's work. |
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| Sheila's work, removing paper (what a job!). Ina suggested tracing the design on soluble stabilizer next time. |
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| Soldering. |
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| Lorraine's finished piece. |
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| Ina's work nearly completed. |
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| Ina's work. |
We all learnt so much and thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. Thank you Ina for a great morning.
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