Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries Still Life (Sold)

Inspired by French impressionist painters such as Renoir and Monet, Friends of Wellington Botanic Garden's Artist in Residence Mary will show you how to create your own small piece of Impressionist art that can be inserted into a card or framed. We will release the dye in flowers and leaves into fabric by pounding. The resultant design will be emphasized with simple stitches in matching colours. Only small amounts of flowers need to be used, we will provide some for you. However, if you have any of the following in your garden you are welcome to bring them, pansies, violas, wallflowers, dandelions and puha, lobelia and geraniums. A fabric pack, including cotton lawn and felt, will be provided with a needle. A good range of stranded cotton will be available for you to select from. Most suitable for ages 12+ and confident in threading a needle.

Choose from a range of felt embroidery kits that combine felt and simple embroidery stitches The kit has the design outline stitched on a linen/cotton background fabric. All the yarn and felt for stitching the design is included in the kit as well as a stitch dictionary. This class is aimed at beginners who can thread a needle and would like to learn how to embellish with stitch. The range of designs available for this class can be seen here ​ Choose from: Fantasy Tree Hungarian Rhapsody Turn over a New Leaf Wild Flowers Two in a Bush This class is not currently scheduled. If you are interested please fill out the contact form here To see more Textile Art classes at Hutt Art you can Click here