Tips and Wrinkles

Our members would like to share some of our Tips for successful sewing. We hope you find this section useful. None of these are paid advertisements, just places we have found in and around Devon or when on holiday in the UK.

TECHNIQUES

• Smooth embroidery - to achieve a smooth finish when stranding your skein, remove one thread at a time, line up  and stroke/smooth your 2 or 3 strands, knot and embroider. This is particularly effective when executing satin stitches where you require the threads to lay as flat as possible.  

 

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WORKSHOPS & WEBSITES

• Thimblestitch at Honiton. They have a shop on the Trading estate and also run frequent courses which are very reasonably priced. the website is www.thimblestitch-devon.co.uk

• Felting - try 'Wool on the Exe' , the courses change every month and are suitable for all crafters.

PLACES TO VISIT

• Lancastershire - try to visit the NT property, Gawthorpe Hall.  they have a wonderful embroidery collection and also organise very reasonably priced Workshops.

SHOPS

• Exeter Hospice Shop (opposite the old BHS) is a good source for fabric remnants, old laced, accessories, knitting bits and other crafty materials.

• Serendipity - Bovey Tracey. Large range of fabrics for quilting and also very helpful advice with other sewing questions.