I have been asked a few times very recently about my teaching schedule this year. As I have recently moved house there won't be a London workshop this year, sorry. However, my new place has space for a dedicated studio which is in the process of being upgraded and I am hoping to host an open studio some time in the summer in addition to holding small embroidery workshops (maximum 2 people in addition to myself).
If you are interested in either of those things, the open studio and the small embroidery workshops can you please let me know as I hope to create a mailing list with regard to those once my studio is up and running.
Meanwhile I do have two online embroidery workshops, each lasting a full year which are in their very early stages. It is possible to sign up for those and gain access to all video demonstrations from day one.
The baby dress here is from one of those classes, 'stitch along'. We recently created an extra long embellished sash for the little dress which is yet to be sewn onto this garment....that will happen in our next videos. The baby dress was purchased from a vintage seller and we are exploring methods of enhancing its surface, using the dress as a vehicle to hold and display our embroidered works. Mostly the dress is being adorned with little embroidered pockets. You can never have too many pockets!
My other current class, 'ledgers, a record of stitch' centres upon the creation of an embroiderers ledger/sketchbook/journal where we record colour, pattern, texture and stitch references. You can see some of the current work from that class here and I will be able to show you new ledger images later this week.
Back to the dress. Up to now there are two pockets on here, one of which is very long and falls from the inner seam of the front bodice. A very short sash runs partially around one side and the overly long sash you can see today will fall from one of the shoulders. This piece hangs in my work area, I glance at it often and am inspired each time. It's a very lovely thing to have within your line of vision....
View this post on InstagramThe baby dress, a new sash. #embroidery #babydress #stitchalong #embroideryschool