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‘Bird Mania’ with Nikki Parmenter *New 2026

£160

Description

Create a bold, colourful bird image incorporating mixed media. You can choose from free machine embroidery, hand stitching or a combination of both. Will you make a single bird or a whole flock? Select from a wide variety of bird stencils ranging from owls to songbirds. Your birds will be made using either fused fabric, PVC or an oil pastel transfer, then painted and stitched.
Your finished piece might be a small scale, detailed panel with flora and fauna as a background. Alternatively you can recreate a Victorian style dome compositionin and display your birds on twisted branches. Perhaps your birds will be perching on branches inspired by Klimt’s “Tree of Life” or displayed against a tropical jungle background.

Additional information

Dates:

5th and 6th August 2026

Times:

10am -4pm

Requirements :

  • Your Lunch
  • Sewing machine with free machine embroidery foot
  • Black ultra fine Sharpie pen and black biro
  • Paint brush
  • Embroidery threads and needles
  • Range of batik fabrics and floral / leaf patterned fabrics
  • Wadding
  • 4 felt squares
  • A metre of calico
  • A metre of stiff interfacing