We can't wait to have the wonderful Cathy Emmott from Dear Emma Designs back in the CraftyMonkies house! Cathy knows how to relax, inspire and educate our students in equal measure, and she always comes up with a lovely design, made especially for us and you. Let's see what she has in store for you this time!....

 

Introduction by Cathy:-

From my garden workshop in the Yorkshire Dales, England, I dream up, design and stitch a small range of textile products, lovingly embellished with my unique raw edge appliqué designs. I turn my illustrative designs into intricate textile art using new and vintage snippets of fabric and bring them to life using Free-Motion Machine Embroidery. Inspired by my love of garden birds, insects and wild flowers, free-motion machine embroidery is the perfect technique to reflect nature. My business has been lovingly grown over a period of 15 years and I have taught for 8 years to established sewing groups and one-to one private lessons. 

 

What You Will Learn in this Online Interactive Workshop:-

I have designed a unique workshop for you which will give you a peek into how I construct, stitch and embellish my designs. I will explain what free-motion machine embroidery is and how I use it, what are the pitfalls and how best to practice this technique. I will demonstrate using my own sewing machine and talk about fabric tension, needle types and speed of sewing. You will learn about the most suitable fabrics to use and why I love to use old and worn fabrics to create my designs. I will show you how to build your design and use free-motion embroidery to add a free-flowing, sketched look to your work.

 

Skill Level for this Online Interactive Workshop:- 

Intermediate 

 

Material, Fabric & Equipment requirements for this Online Interactive Workshop:-

Background Fabric

• 1 x Base fabric (fine cotton/linen) measuring 30 cm x 30 cm i.e. pale blue. 

Daisy Design

• An assortment of fine cottons / linen in plain or small patterns to create your scene. Refer to the images if you need inspiration. Include lace and other textured fabric for the petals. You will only require small scraps of fabric (patterned and plain) so have fun collecting these in preparation.  

 

Fabric requirements for this Online Interactive Workshop:-

• Petals - Fine White fabric.

• Centre of the Flower - Yellow/Orange.

• Stems/Leaves - Pale Green.

• Butterflies - Any colour pattern that has a small/delicate pattern and colour.

• Bee - Yellow for the body and lace is effective for the wings.

 

Fabric requirements for this Online Interactive Workshop:-

• A sewing machine capable of free-motion machine embroidery including a darning foot compatible with your sewing machine and a suitable needle (number 90) 

• Sewing machine thread. Cathy uses Gutermann (eg White, Pale Blue, Yellow, Pale Grey, Dark Brown, Greens). Silver embroidery thread for butterfly antennae. All top thread will require a matching spool thread 

• 1 x 25 cm x 25 cm medium weight, iron-on interfacing

• 1 x 9"/20 cm embroidery hoop 

• Templates - these will be provided to all who purchase a ticket for this workshop 

• Iron-On Adhesive e.g. Bond-a-web/Fuse-a-web 20 cm x 20 cm piece 

• Fabric Scissors 

• Iron Away Pen eg Frixton 

• Pencil 

• Iron and Ironing Board (or suitable surface) 

• Protective Cloth eg an old, clean, cotton handkerchief or tea towel 

 

Pattern Information relevant to this Online Interactive Workshop:-

Cathy's Pattern/Template will be sent to all who purchase a ticket for this online class a few days after purchase of the ticket.

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Tickets for this Online Demonstration (via the Zoom platform) will be limited and allocated on a first-come/first-served basis! The ticket price of £35.00 (approx $40.00) is based on ONE person attending this crafting class.

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This CraftyMonkies online interactive workshop is being broadcast from the United Kingdom and the class time given is based on British Summer Time (BST). We advise you check via Google Search (or similar) to see corresponding start-time in YOUR location! Here's a great world time zone reference:-

https://www.worldtimebuddy.com

 

Are you not able to attend this class due to living in a different time-zone? Are you otherwise engaged on the date of this workshop? Well, we have excellent news! This class is being recorded and a link will be sent to all classmates a few days after the class, so you can watch in your own time!

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You can either attend live or wait for the RECORDING to be sent a few days after the event for you to watch for 60 days. As long as you buy a ticket you can attend or just be sent the recording!

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