Textile Art Festival

Floral Felt 3D Nuno Scarf

with Wendy Bailye from 'The Felt Studio'
Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Fee: $95

Learn to make a nuno felt scarf embellished with 3D felt flowers. The scarf will be your own design. Kit includes the use of all felting equipment, 180 x 42cm silk georgette scarf (black), 18 micron merino wool tops, hand-dyed silk tops and a plastic template.

Students bring: sharp scissors, one old bath towel, two old plastic grocery bags.

Book directly with Wendy by email wendy@wendybailye.com or 0409 643 220 or 07 3289 1352 evenings only.

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Reversible Loop Bag with Sashiko Dragonfly

with Jane MacDonald, BeBe Bold – Contemporary Japanese Textiles
Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Fee: $71.90

Join Jane to make her Reversible Sashiko Loop Bag. You will learn sashiko stitching and a neat method of bag assembly whilst constructing this useful, hands-free bag. Basic sewing skills are required.

Fee includes a kit containing: All fabric including sashiko cloth, interfacing, sashiko thread, sashiko needles, Chaco paper, instructions and pattern.

Students are to bring: rotary cutter, ruler and mat, fabric scissors and dressmakers pins.

Book directly at bebebold@bigpond.com or 02 6621 9188 or 0416 219 107.

Lutradur Sampler

with Lesley Riley for Unique Stitching
Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Fee: $57

Explore the many uses of this inexpensive and versatile new material for artists.

What is Lutradur? Simply put, it's the magic in the middle – a versatile cross between fabric and paper. It has the body of paper and the strength of fabric. The open, airy structure of Lutradur absorbs paint, ink, image transfers and more, to create a surface that filters light, yet has body and retains its shape. Lutradur is also thermoplastic, which means it changes when heated, producing the kind of organic and artistic effects fibre and mixed-media artists love.

It is an excellent surface to stitch, stamp, stencil, distress, embellish and more.

In this class, based on her book, Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur, Lesley will show you 27 techniques. You will get a chance for hands-on exploration of many of these techniques as well. Lutradur can be used in your mixed media, bookmaking, scrapbooking, quilting and more.

Class includes a kit containing painted Lutradur, pre-printed TAP images to transfer and ribbon provided by Lesley. Heat guns, glues, and other tools will be available for use in class.

Students bring: Scissors, a couple of your favourite rubber stamps (patterned stamps are good), decorative papers and fabric (a handful).

Optional: Ephemera for creating collages, hand sewing needle and 1 or 2 decorative threads

Book directly by emailing sales@uniquestitching.com.au

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Paintbox Pizzazz 3: Sunprints and stencils

with Julie Haddrick
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Fee: $80

Solar printing on fabric is great fun, producing relatively quick, exciting and sometimes unpredictable results. Always colourful, this session will focus on stencil-printing techniques. Students will learn how to create stencils from a variety of materials as well as explore designing using readymade stencils. Using stencils for adding depth, shadows and to create silhouettes will also be explored.

Fee includes: set of 5 jars fabric paints, printed notes

Students bring:

• 2 metres quality washed white 100% cotton fabric (or PFD) cut into A4 and A3 pieces; each named with permanent pen.
• Spray bottle for water
• White plastic paint palette (6-well)
• Water pot eg (yoghurt tub)
• Apron, rag, newspaper
• Some art paintbrushes. Eg. Small size 4, pointed nose 8, large flat size 10, 12
• 1.5 - 2 inch wide flat pastry brushes or foam brushes
• Large plastic tablecloth to dry your work on
• Two A3 sturdy white plastic mats to paint on, eg. thick plastic tablemats from discount stores.
• Readymade stencils, which might include some of the following plastic craft stencils (such asused for scrapbooking) metal, wood or plastic shapes, silhouettes or decals (metal Christmas decorations work well) small wooden lettering shapes
• A4 piece freezer paper or plastic Contact
• A few organic shapes; choose some from ( to use on A3 size) fresh flat leaves, ferns, flowers eg. daisy bush, maidenhair fern, geranium, parsley, coriander, gum leaves all work
• A few man made shapes; choose some from ( to use on A3 size) buttons, beads, rice, washers, doiley, plastic lace, keys, metal mesh etc
• Paper scissors, pencil case, pen etc
• Masking tape

Book directly with Kathryn at Expertise Events on 02 9452 7516 or email kathryn.peters@expertiseevents.com.au

SHEER FANTASY: Stitch - Shape, Strip & Colour Silk Organza

with Sharyn Hall
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Fee: $100

Silk organza has several unique properties: it's sheer, it takes dye well, but did you know that it contains sericin - the stuff that makes it stiff. When the sericin is removed, a soft subtle silk fabric is produced. When combined with dyeing and manipulation… the fantasy begins.

In Sheer Fantasy: Stitch – Shape: Strip & Colour students will stitch, pleat and gather or use folding and wrapping (pole) techniques to manipulate the fabric into 3 dimensional shapes. Heat and chemicals will be applied to strip the colour and sericin. Beautiful dimensional shape is created by using the heat and chemicals in combination with the resist. Additional colour will be added with acid dyes. The textured surfaces created could also be ironed to show the sheer yet subtle pattern created. The options are endless, the end result is fabric to fantasise about.

Fee covers all dyes and chemicals used, use of all equipment, and class notes, plus kit of fabrics.

Students bring: Sewing accessories: needles, polyester thread, dressmakers' and safety pins, large and small fabric scissors.
Bring suitable resists (if you have them) for hot water dyeing (wooden boards, small clamps, wooden pegs, cords & string, glass beads, stones, no poles).
Good quality rubber gloves (not disposables), apron, old towel, Chux wipes, 9-10 litre plastic bucket, 2 plastic ice cream containers, 15 small-medium zip-lock bags, plastic grocery bags, medium black permanent marker, masking tape, notebook and pen, pencil.
Wear suitable shoes in case the floor gets wet.

Fee includes: 10 assorted silk organza fabrics (white, coloured or pre-dyed), cut as 8 pieces approx 35cm square plus two strips 20cm x 115cm.

Book and pay direct with Sharyn on sharyn@sharynhalldesigns.com or 0409 074 236.

Rose Coin Purse

with Jane MacDonald, BeBe Bold – Contemporary Japanese Textiles
Time: 1pm to 2.30pm (1.5 hour class)
Fee: $37

Join Jane to make the Rose Coin Purse. Learn how to construct the purse and attach it to the frame. You will also learn how to make the rosebud as an extra decorative feature.

Fee includes kit containing: purse frame, all fabrics, interfacing, cording, pattern and instructions.

Students bring: fabric scissors, dressmakers pins and sewing needles.

Book directly at bebebold@bigpond.com or call 02 6621 9188 or 0416 219 107.

Daisy Bags: Make Many with Just One Frame

with Jane MacDonald, BeBe Bold – Contemporary Japanese Textiles
Time: 3pm to 4.30pm (1.5 hour class)
Fee: $64.50

Join Jane and make this sweet reversible Daisy bag. Many bags can be made using this quality frame. Simply unscrew and replace with your new bag to match your outfit.

Fee includes kit containing: purse frame, all fabrics, interfacing, pattern and instructions.

Students bring: rotary cutter, ruler and mat, fabric scissors, sewing pins and wash out marking pens.

Book directly at bebebold@bigpond.com or call 02 6621 9188 or 0416 219 107.