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Embroidery course with Fay Maxwell - embroidery textile holiday

Fay Maxwell will be teaching an embroidery course for one week on our Colouricious Creative Retreat.

Gathering together a collection of traditional techniques to produce a diverse compilation of very beautiful effects
Combining hand dyed voiles on silk backgrounds, with added muslin and applied gimp. Play with Long and short stich shaded "Slips" tucking them into nests of Shisha, Indian Spots and French Knots Make Webs and Wheel stitching take on the appearance of a pebbly beach. Simple and achievable stiches all mixed together to give a very beautiful effect. All this and more surrounding a mirror frame that would sit very well in anyones home