by Dale Rollerson
This course is no longer being offered on line, but is now available as six downloadable pdf files.
Complete course: $22.00 ($20.00).
Special package of this course plus Dale's book 'Surface Tension'
Course Plus Book: $40.00 ($36.36)
Course Description
The embellishment machine is a wonderful addition to one's array of other textile equipment; the sewing machine, heat gun, soldering iron and so on. The name implies embellishment and needlefelting but used in conjunction with your sewing machine and hand stitching, there are so many other things you can do with it. You will soon find yourself wondering what you did before you had one.
Obviously you will need a needlefelting/embellishing machine or attachment, a sewing machine and hand sewing needles plus an awful lot of other stuff you already have in your stash of goodies.
Lesson 1:
First Things First - lots of sampling with fibres, yarns and fabrics to see what works for you.
Lesson 2:
Scrumptious Surfaces - all about backgrounds created on the embellisher and build on the surfaces with hand and machine stitch.
Lesson 3:
The Woven Surface - cutting and weaving and putting it all together again
Lesson 4:
Creating Cloth from stitch and surface and a little knitting.
Lesson 5:
Bonding and Burning - how can you do a workshop without fusing and distressing?
Lesson 6:
The Finale - some quick drawings, some design and execute maybe an amulet, a magic carpet, a vessel or wherever your imagination takes you.
Interested? What next?
Email us to sign up and pay.
We take Visa, Mastercard, PayPal or direct deposit.
Then I will email you the requirements you will need and invite you to join a special Yahoo group set up specifically for this class. The lessons will be available on a fortnightly basis beginning Monday 10th May 2010. You will be able to share your questions and experiments with others on the Yahoo group and post pictures of your work. I will be there to answer questions and you can always email me of course.
Lessons for this workshop will be available in .pdf format. I will email you each fortnight with a link to the lesson which you will be able to download to your computer.
The six lessons and Yahoo group will be open to students enrolled for 4 weeks following the final lesson to allow you extra time to further work and interact.