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.