Join us at the Crafters and Makers Studio with Textile Artist Alison Morrell.

Alison will be teaching you how to use free motion machine embroidery to create a layered 30 cm x 30 cm textile landscape wall hanging

Course Overview

This three-week course introduces you to creative machine embroidery through free motion stitch, mark making, fabric layering and mixed media. You will begin by exploring how a sewing machine can be used as a drawing tool, creating textures, lines and marks by lowering or disengaging the feed dogs and guiding the fabric by hand. They will then develop a personal response to a favourite landscape photograph, building a layered textile surface using fabrics, painted papers and thread. The final outcome will be a 30 cm x 30 cm textile landscape wall hanging.

What you will learn…

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Set up a sewing machine for free motion embroidery.

• Create a range of stitched marks, textures and lines using controlled hand movement and machine speed.

• Select and layer fabrics and painted papers to suggest foreground, middle ground, background, sky, land, water or architectural features.

• Use stitch to define shape, add surface texture, suggest depth and unify layered materials.

• Complete and present a small textile wall hanging inspired by a personal landscape photograph.