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Workshop Description:

Fiona Hammond will show you how to make her bead-embellished brooches. You will create one brooch in the workshop. Several bead-embellishment techniques, and construction techniques for the brooches, are taught during the workshop. Fiona will also explain how these techniques can be used in other jewellery (e.g. necklaces and earrings) and on your quilts or other textile art pieces. Templates will be provided in the class notes, but you may also create your own shapes and designs if you prefer. Come along and have some fun with beads and fabrics, and let your creativity soar.

Topics covered in the workshop:

• Several bead-embellishment techniques: beaded backstitch, bead couching, bead stacks, and picot edging
• Beading techniques for fringes and branched fringes
• Full instructions on how to construct/create the Bead-Embellished Brooches
• Ideas on how to incorporate similar bead-embellished shapes or techniques into jewellery and textile pieces/quilts

Workshop Description:

Fiona Hammond will show you how to make her bead-embellished brooches. You will create one brooch in the workshop. Several bead-embellishment techniques, and construction techniques for the brooches, are taught during the workshop. Fiona will also explain how these techniques can be used in other jewellery (e.g. necklaces and earrings) and on your quilts or other textile art pieces. Templates will be provided in the class notes, but you may also create your own shapes and designs if you prefer. You will also create your own display quilt for your brooch. This is a small quilt-as-you-go style skewiff log cabin, made in fabrics to complement your brooch. Come along and have some fun with beads and fabrics, and let your creativity soar.

  Topics covered in the workshop:

• Several bead-embellishment techniques: beaded backstitch, bead couching, bead stacks, and picot edging
• Beading techniques for fringes and branched fringes
• How to construct/create the Bead-Embellished Brooches
• Ideas on how to incorporate similar bead-embellished shapes or techniques into jewellery and textile pieces/quilts
• Construction techniques for mini display quilt: quilt-as-you-go onto batting; skewiff log cabin technique; colour layout ideas for display quilt

Workshop Description:

Fiona Hammond will teach you how to make a special bracelet that drapes beautifully over your wrist and feels wonderful to wear. This bracelet features multiple lengths of the traditional Russian beading technique called St Petersburg Chain, and incorporates Fiona’s variation which joins the lengths of twin chain together to make a wider band.

Topics covered in the workshop:

• Basic St Petersburg Chain technique
• Creating the twin chain
• Fiona’s variation – joining the twin chains together
• Beadweaving basics: starting and finishing your threads; keeping good tension in the work; conditioning beading threads
• Attaching appropriate findings to complete your jewellery

Workshop Description:

Fiona Hammond will teach you how to make a special bracelet that drapes beautifully over your wrist and feels wonderful to wear. This bracelet is made using the twin chain version of a traditional Russian beading technique called St Petersburg Chain.  This workshop is suitable for all skill levels. Kits are available for this workshop.

Topics covered in the workshop:

• Basic St Petersburg Chain technique
• Creating the twin chain
• Beadweaving basics: starting and finishing your threads; keeping good tension in the work; conditioning beading threads
• Attaching appropriate findings to complete your jewellery