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Hand Embroidery - Stumpwork - Beginners
- Price:
- £92.00
- Starts:
- 16/05/2024
- Day of week:
- THU
- Tutor:
- Felicity Billing
- Ends:
- 13/06/2024
- Location:
- Oakwood House, Maidstone
- Time:
- 14:00 - 17:00
- Duration:
- 4 weeks
Stumpwork is a three-dimensional form and is also known as raised embroidery There is so much creative freedom in stitch.
In this short course we will focus on different stumpwork stitches as well as looking at other projects that will develop your skills. You will be given guidance on how the various stitches can be translated to fill your design.
This course will be taught by Felicity Alice Billing. Felicity is a British couture Hand Embroiderer, with a first-class BA (Hons) Hand Embroidery degree, obtained from the Royal School of Needlework. She transforms traditional stitch into contemporary fashion-art-based garments using current trends and sustainable materials to showcase her specialist Hand Embroidery techniques.
Who is the tutor?
About the Tutor: Felicity Billing
How will I be taught?
Craft courses provide an opportunity for students to learn and develop skills, techniques and understand how to design for a chosen craft to a higher level. Our Tutors use a variety of teaching methods including demonstration, instructions, one-to-one tutorial guidance, group discussions and critiques.
Our courses are taught by qualified and experienced tutors most of whom are practising craftspeople.
What do I need to bring with me?
Please bring the following items with you to the first week of this course:-
- A piece of fabric (approximately 24cm square) - plain or patterned
- A piece of ribbon - 30cm long and approximately 6mm wide - any colour
- Embroidery cotton (e.g. Gutterman) - a small reel of any colour
- Embroidery threads (Anchor or DMC) - available from sewing shops/haberdashers/Hobbycraft - 2 or 3 skeins - any colour/different colours
- A small amount of wool - any scraps will do
- An embroidery needle (if you have one) or a standard sewing needle
- Scrap pieces of fabric, thread, ribbons etc
What can I do next?
Your Tutor will be ale to advise.
What do I need to join the course
This course is suitable for beginners/those with no experience of the subject.
Getting to your course
Find us
Oakwood House
Oakwood Park
Maidstone
Kent
ME16 8AE
If you require any information about this location then please call 03000 41 22 22* and quote the Course Code MAI/141556/N/PF.
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