206S | Tilly de Harde | Stunning Land or Seascape | 9:00 - 17:00 (R684.00)

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Did you know that in this fun class, you can create a realistic land- or seascape by using mostly threads and yarn.

You will also learn her method of finishing off a textile artwork so that there are no unsightly stitches showing when your artwork is mounted on a stretched canvas
You will use some of your fabric- and yarn scraps to create a sense of sustainable art and by the end of the class, you will have a completed artwork, ready to hang on your wall!

CLASS TYPE: Sewing Machine
SKILL LEVEL: All Levels
Sewing Machine hire available.

KIT INCLUDED:
-Stretched Canvas
-Stitch and Tear stabilizer

SUPPLY LIST:
Please note that you have to bring your own photo of your favourite landscape, and I will help you to interpret it. The List of Requirements will not tell you which colours to bring. Look at your photograph and match the colours accordingly.

-Cutting board big enough to cut a fat quarter on.
-Rotary cutter with a sharp blade.
-Quilting ruler.
-Masking tape
-Teflon sheet.

FABRIC:
Please have your fabrics cut and ready to start so we
don’t waste time cutting.
-A square piece of Stitch and Tear stabilizer, nine by nine inches.
-Looking at your photo, scraps of fabric in similar colours as the sky, middle ground and foreground. Use strips of about one inch wide and about 10” long. Don’t use your most loved fabrics!
-An 8½” square of black 100% cotton fabric.
-Strip of black cotton 3” X 2” with applique paper ironed onto the back.
-An 8½” square of batting (the thin, very common one, Loomtex, is fine.)

THREADS and YARN:
-Look at your photo and choose yarn that is similar in colour to what is on the photograph.
-Don’t go for yarn that is too thick as you are going to have to sew over it but if you have different textures, which will be wonderful!
-Bring a variety of yarn in every colour that you see in the photo. Wool, crochet cotton, bamboo threads, anything that you never know what to do with…. bring. Maybe it works beautifully in this little gem! A bit of bling in some of your threads will bring interest.
-Try to match your machine embroidery threads to that.
-Remember, variety is the spice of life! Bring more threads rather than less.
-Fill a bobbin with a neutral colour, one with black and one with the most common colour in your photo.
-Black all-purpose thread.
-Black machine embroidery thread.

FEET:
-Walking foot
-Open toe embroidery foot/darning foot
-Quarter inch foot

NEEDLES:
-I love my Jeans needles, you can bring Jeans size 80 or 90 or Universal size 80 or 90

OTHER:
-An old towel
-Black fine point permanent marker
-Your photo (without animals/buildings if possible)