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Finished pieces of Work

 Janet has finished her jewel-like flower wreath using rich shades of purple and mauve. She has couched a boucle thread and increased the texture with French knots.

 The wreath has been finished with a bow of purple and green picking up the shades in the stitching.

Thank you Janet for a very pretty and colourful wreath

Sandra has finished her wreath and with the addition of a couple more embroidered circles has used it to decorate the lid of a box. The edges are decorated with handmade twisted braids.

She has embroidered a bullion knot rose as a centre piece on the lid and another one in the centre of the embroidered band.

Thank you Sandra

Flower Wreath - Kate Slaughter June Meeting 2025

 Kate had brought a wonderful array of brightly coloured and finely stitched flower wreaths to show us what we would be making. See below.

Kate advised us to use an 8ins. square of a neutral background fabric and place it in our ring. We then tacked around a doughnut shape so that we knew where to place our stitching.

 Kate demonstrated how to lay our boucle thread and couch in down in a meandering style going around the shape a few times until most "holes" were covered.

Members chose a wonderful array of colours to begin their couching.

Kate went from table to table demonstrating and  making suggestions to improve our outcomes. 

Once the couching had been finished we then filled up the "tiny holes" with French knots and bullion stitches. increasing the texture and depth of colour.

Tiny beads, buttons and ribbon roses were added to complete the texture  and beautiful jewel-like wreaths began to emerge.

Most of our members were either finished or had nearly finished their wreath which they took home to complete and we hope to see them soon. It was another fun workshop which our members enjoyed.

A big thank you goes to Kate for leading the workshop and supporting us through the making of the Flower Wreaths which was greatly enjoyed.