Textile Art Festival

SHEER INDULGENCE: Stitch, Shape & Colour Silk Organza

with Sharyn Hall
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Fee: $95

Silk organza has several unique properties: it's sheer, it's stiff and it takes dye beautifully. The sheer quality allows for layering, resist dyeing techniques add colour and pattern, and combined with its unique stiffness, wonderful texture and dimension (shape) can be created.

In Sheer Indulgence: Stitch, Shape & Colour students will experiment with manipulating the organza fabric before dyeing, using hand and machine stitching (including pleating), tying and binding techniques. Add colour with reactive and acid dyes. Heat creates the change in dimension, and used in combination with manipulation, will create beautiful coloured, patterned and shaped silk organza, its stiffness assisting in creating texture. There are so many ways to manipulate fabric - adding the colour and pattern is just sheer indulgence, so come and indulge yourself.

Fee covers all dyes and chemicals, use of all equipment, use of a smocking and sewing machine, class notes plus fabrics as below.

Class requirements
Students bring: sewing accessories: needles, polyester thread, dressmakers and safety pins, large and small scissors (for fabric).
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, 12 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.

Class fee includes: 10 assorted silk organza fabrics (white, coloured or pre-dyed), cut as 8 pieces approx 35cm square and 2 strips 20cm x 115cm.

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

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.

TAP Tips and Tricks

With Lesley Riley for Unique Stitching
Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Fee: $60

Discover a dozen altered and alternative ways to use TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) on a variety of surfaces beyond the typical iron-on to fabric transfer. You'll leave with a stack of sample, oodles of ideas and fingers just itching to delve into new creations.

Fee includes 12 pre-printed TAP images to transfer, papers for transfer, wood and metal surfaces for transfer (sponsored by Walnut Hollow) provided by Lesley.

Students bring: 12 inch square of white cotton fabric, paper scissors, fabric markers (Textas)

Book directly by emailing sales@uniquestitching.com.au

BOOKED OUT

Fabric Embellished Table Runner

with Wendy Bailye from 'The Felt Studio'
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Fee: $110

Using pre-felt as a base, you will learn to make felt using fabric and wool and silk fibres as embellishment. It's an easy and quick way to felt. Kit contents include the use of all felting equipment, 18 micron pre-felt, assorted wool tops, silk fibres and nylon net fabric.

Students are to 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.

Paintbox Pizzazz 2: Fine Focus

with Julie Haddrick
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Fee: $50

You will learn about adding dimension, realism, shadows and fine detail for flowers, leaves, birds, feathers, animals and lettering by creating little samples on white fabric using fabric paints and pens.

Then you can paint a hand coloured bird; either a baby blue wren or wedge-tailed eagle using Julie's pattern, OR you may be interested in painting onto a piece of your own pre-quilted white fabric.

Paint sets are available for purchase later if so desired.

Fee includes: use of paints in class only and printed notes

Students bring:

• 3 x A3 (good quality) washed white 100% cotton fabric (or PFD); each piece 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
• A3 plastic sheets or plastic sleeves to dry work on
• Pencil case, lead pencil, eraser, pen
• Plastic craft stencils & stamps that you may have. (Like used for scrapbooking)
• If you want to paint on quilted fabric, bring only 2 x A3 white fabric pieces and a small piece of WHITE quilted fabric say A4 size that you have sandwiched with a lightweight batting and prepared earlier by machine stitching a pattern like feathers, leaves or flowers.

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

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.