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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