SATURDAY 7TH NOVEMBER VICTORIA McLEOD DIY
We had a very interesting meeting this afternoon. Victoria talked us through the tools we would find useful for DIY embroidery. This included a hammer, pliers, screwdrivers, bradawl and others.
Some of the items she used to make her pictures were washers, curtain rings, curtain hooks, zips, buttons, tile spacers and so on.
Victoria used fabrics as backgrounds as well as textured wallpaper and muslin which she sometimes then painted a uniform colour but which still retained the texture.
We got lots of ideas to try out as well as possibilities for outdoor work for the Capability Brown festival at Gibside next year.
This piece used plastic tubing which was wrapped, chains
and washers.
Really colourful and effective.
sizes, buttons, eyelets and electric clips.
A variety of items in this piece include staples, cuphooks, curtain rings, buttons and sequins.
A complete change of scene - this piece uses varous textured wallpapers, brown paper, muslin, paints and then stitch.
This piece uses air dried clay.
Victoria printed off fabric maps of places which had special memories for her and then embellished the piece with stitch.
These two piece use a zip, back pockets from jeans, shirt pockets and various other pieces. Definitely re-cycling.
All in all a very interesting and pleasant afternoon. Certainly a different take on embroidery and stitch.
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