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‘A little Bird Told Me’.. Textile Birds *2025

£130

A fun two days producing a completely original textile bird..can be as fantastical as you wish or bring along a couple of pictures of the bird you wish to emulate – if you want a more realistic garden bird. October 2025 dates now available.

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Description

These textile birds have developed from a workshop with textile group; Found The Thread, and they produced such fabulous birds I am now offering it as a more structured two day workshop. The first day will be spent on the body of your bird, including painting the head, beak and feet. You will have the afternoon to choose how to embellish your bird, choosing from yarns and feathers, commercial cotton, sari silk, velvet. If you would like to hand stitch into the head you will need to clear your diary that evening to work on him/her at home before the second day.

The second day will be spent on the assembly – how to attach all your fabrics so your bird takes on a life of its own. I will show you how to use decorative lace and Tyvek and sheers to great effect creating wings and plumage but each bird will be very much your own, depending on the materials and techniques you decide to use.

Basic machine sewing skills required for creating the body.

Please see the requirements tab for what you will need to gather for both days.

Additional information

Dates:	3rd and 4th July 2025, 17th and 18th October 2025
Times:	10-4pm

Requirements:

Sewing Machine and standard presser foot & basic sewing kit.
biro and embroidery scissors
white cotton machine thread on full bobbin.
Guttermann textile glue
Good to have a selection and there will choice available on the day: feathers, decorative yarns, sari silk, sari yarn, velvet scraps, quilting cottons with small prints.
A Koh i nor ink palette – (Amazon)
Small selection of metallic paints if you have some and fine brush for detail.
DMC or Anchor hand embroidery threads. There are plenty in the studio.
long chenille needle.
small hand needle.
Stuffing tool – ie chopstick
Pliers for cutting wire.
Travelling iron & mat – if you have one.
Materials provided: Pattern, card, wire, stuffing, yarns, feathers, decorative fabrics, sheers, iron on vilene, Calico/ linen, metallic leatherette. florestry tape, eyes, decorative trims.
Plse bring £8 to cover these materials.

Skill Level:

Participants need to be confident using the normal presser foot on the sewing machine

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