Join me for a creative workshop where you’ll make a beautiful mixed media and stitch ammonite. I’ll be there to guide you at every stage, with demonstrations and hands-on support to help bring your design to life.

We’ll begin by painting an abstract background onto white muslin fabric using acrylics, setting the scene for your ammonite. From there, you’ll build a quilt sandwich before transferring the ammonite outline onto your piece. Using a variegated grey-brown thread, you’ll stitch along the template lines to create the structure of your design ( previous experience of free motion stitching is an advantage).

Next comes the exciting part – adding texture. You’ll mix ExpandIT medium with acrylic paint, apply it to your ammonite, and then use a heat gun to bring out incredible surface detail. A few extra layers of paint will help build depth and richness in your artwork.

To complete your piece, you’ll add simple hand stitching around the ammonite, bringing balance and harmony to the overall composition. By the end of the session, you’ll have a unique artwork that combines colour, stitch, and texture in a truly striking way.

The size of your finished piece will be 8” x 8”

What’s included

• All fabrics, wadding, acrylic paint, ExpandIT medium, brushes and hand embroidery threads. You will also have use of my heat gun.

What you’ll need to bring

• A sewing machine that can be adapted for free motion sewing ( you will need to be able to drop the feed dog or have a plate that fits over the top )

• Free motion foot / darning foot compatible with your machine
• Spare bobbins
• Reel of variegated brown/grey thread (King Tut quilting thread no. 980 or equivalent).
• Reel of white bobbinfil or bottomline thread.
• Basic sewing kit, to include both a large and small pair of scissors and hand stitching needles.
• Embroidery needles for your sewing machine. I would recommend a 75/11 size.
• An apron as we will be working with acrylic paints