Summer Roses Hand Embroidery Workshop with Rachel Davies. Sat 7th June 2025

Summer Roses Hand Embroidery Workshop with Rachel Davies
Saturday 7th June 2025
10am to 4pm

£70 with all materials suppled

This hand embroidery workshop is a celebration of the burst of colour that roses add to our summer gardens.Everything you need is supplied during the day. Choose from a selection of beautiful rose printed fabrics. You will be shown how to apply acrylic paint the fabric, dry it off, and then put it into a hoop. Using just running stitch or satin stitch to echo the petal shapes you will embellish the rose fabric to give it extra texture and detail.

Once completed the embroidered fabric is then cut into a square shape and then ‘glued’ onto an 15 x15 CMS artists canvas. Rachel will guide you to work further into the piece with a little more paint.

You do not need to have any experience at all in sewing or painting to enjoy this relaxing workshop as all the techniques are very simple and Rachel will take everyone through each step. However experienced stitchers will be able to work in an organic way to embellish and develop depth with threads. The rose fabric design becomes a pattern to stitch along and even a small amount of stitching and paint looks successful. The final canvas can stand on a shelf or go on the wall.

During this relaxing day you will have a steady supply of tea, coffee and biscuits. There will be a lunch break, giving you time to view the exhibition at the Gallery.