Go on a creative journey with renowned textile artist Meredith Woolnough as she teaches you how to use a domestic sewing machine as an unconventional drawing tool to create unique sculptural artworks.
Includes:
- Organic Embroidery Book
- For the first time, Meredith offers crafters and fiber artists a lesson in how to use the "organic embroidery" method
- This versatile method involves creating sculptural artworks with a domestic sewing machine and water-soluble fabric
- Get the behind-the-scenes look into her art process, from the initial fieldwork sketching and research that inspires her designs to the production of her embroidered sculptures
- She guides you through 12 activities to help you begin your own mastery of the method
- Features full color photos of Meredith's work which is accompanied with stories behind each piece
- Author: Meredith Woolnough
- Softcover; 176 pages
- Extra Fine Gel Pens
- Mark your projects with extra-fine lines that won't disappear until you iron them away.
- You can also use the pens to draw out appliqués for correct placement
- Gel pens are a great alternative to chalk, which can rub away
- Stitch by hand or machine over the markings and then iron them away
- Extra-fine 0.5 mm tips create precise marks
- Six different ink colors give you the right shade for marking a variety of projects: Black, red, pink, green, blue, and purple
- Wash-away Non-woven Stabilizer
- Soft and sheer
- Stronger than films
- Completely dissolvable
- No fiber residue
- Looks and feels just like traditional backing but dissolves when laundered or submerged in water
- Includes instructions
- 12" x 5 yds.
- 80/12 and 90/14 Klasse Sharps Needles
- Sharp needles have a fine point and shaft specifically designed for sewing tightly constructed fabrics
- These needles are also recommended for delicate heirloom sewing and precise edge stitching
- Perfect for any fiber that requires a sharp needle, such as Ultrasuede, Batiste, Ultraleather, or any tight weave microfiber fabric
- Fits any front to back threading machine
- Five needles per pack
