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Wednesday 14 December 2011

Workshops

What do you do at the weekend? Walk the dog, play sport, catch up with friends and family? Well there is a whole bunch of people who like nothing better than to spend their weekend learning new skills and meeting new people. I've met quite a few of these lovely folks over the last few months when I have taught workshops at Texere Yarns.


Customise a Cardigan was a course brimming with ideas to turn a cheap, mass-produced, knitted garment into something that looked like it had come from a high end retailer. With machine applique, hand embellishment, felted buttons and Suffolk puffs, this basic cardigan was transformed into a unique item.


Spice and Sparkle was a workshop teaching a technique of fusing sheer fabrics with glittery fibres and other small objects trapped in between the layers. I went all-out with this and made a table runner with slices of dried fruit, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and cloves. It wasn't the easiest thing to make but it smells devine!







Design and photos copyright: Claire Ketteman

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