Jigsaw Animals- Fran Walker January Meeting 2023

This month our workshop was led by one of our own members Fran Walker and she  had obtained permission from the Author of Animal Parade by Clare Young, to use her illustrations as inspiration for our animal embroideries.

Fran had made two wonderful animals, based on the illustrations in the above book, by making them up as material jig-saws and then embroidering over the top.

Members chose what animal they wished to make and then traced the picture breaking it down into pieces which were numbered so we didn't get in a muddle!

Fabrics were chosen and bondaweb applied to the pieces so they could be attached by ironing.

Slowly wonderful animals began to appear in the most beautiful colours.

Most of our members were able to do some stitching to enhance their animal before they went home and it was now very easy to work out what animals they were.

It was a very enjoyable day and members took home their animal to embellish at home and hopefully to show everyone when finished!

A big thank you goes to Fran for thinking of the idea and sharing it with us so we had a very enjoyable workshop.

Thanks Fran.