Zoom: 10 ways to create a new fabric

Last week's mini workshop via Zoom with Jayne Emerson was a new experience for many of us (including Jane). Around 30 members took part, and it all went very smoothly, thanks to careful preparation by Gill and expert hosting by Anne.  

Jayne is wonderfully energetic and enthusiastic about the work she does, which is the creation of innovative new fabric samples for designers, including couture houses. Her work is predominantly experimental, often collaging and embellishing vintage and other fabrics, and after a short presentation from Jayne, we had a go ourselves.

It was great fun cutting out strips and individual elements from patterned fabric, stitching them to a plain, complementary background, adding further embellishment and watching completely new fabrics take shape.  So many ways to manipulate them into exciting new options!

This is obviously going to be a popular technique for many members. 

Here are some snapshots of pieces created on the night.  A few people were fast enough to make two (or more) pieces in the time we had, and in some cases, the stitching on the reverse side was as interesting as the front.