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Patti Culea

Three Day Workshop

Deowyn:  A Study in Silk

Skill Level: Some Experience with the medium and/or technique –  Some beading experience would be helpful

•  Drawing and coloring a face

• Working with silk fibers

• Dyeing silk;  peyote beadwork

• Beaded flowers and joints

• Creating dangles with silk cocoons

• Fabric collage

• Free motion machine work

• Creating beautiful wings from organza

• Tools for stuffing and turning

• Collage fibers (other than the silk provided in the kit)  scraps of fabrics, threads, yarns, organza in colors of choice

• Decorative threads for machine work – have some metallic

• Topstitch needles for sewing machine in size 12

• Size 11 & 15 seed beads in colors to match your theme – one color of each size

• Delica beads in color to match theme – one color

• ½ gross (72) each 3 & 4 mm Swarovski bicone crystals in colors of choice

• Beading wire in 24 gauge – gold or silver

• Painting brushes – rounds and flats in sizes 10-12

• Containers for mixing dyes and paints and one for water         Paper towels

• Colored pencils – colors for shading, highlights, eyes and lips

• Micron Pigma or Zig Millennium pens in brown, black, red

• Sewing machine in good working condition and one you are familiar with

• Free motion or darning foot for your sewing machine – this is not optional

• Basic sewing kit:  fabric and paper scissors, extra bobbins, straight pins, tape measure, hand sewing needles, etc

Kit includes: 

• Hand-out with color step photo’s

•  Freezer paper

• Water soluble stabilizer

• All silk needed for project

• 2 Swarovski rivoli’s

• Size 15 gold or silver charlottes

• Silk sewing machine thread

• Stuffing

• Fireline

• Beading needles

• Use of dyes and paints

• Rubber stamps and stamp pads

• Soldering iron with a fine point

pculea@mac.com