Bird Postcards with Anne Kelly Virtual Workshop
Bird Postcards with Anne Kelly Virtual Workshop
Sunday, June 1, 2025
10am-3pm
Class Fee: $70/ WMQFA Members ; $75/Non Members
Workshop Description:
One day virtual course with Anne Kelly. Birds are everywhere in textile art and it is always fun to include them in your work. Design and make a unique bird in this relaxing and creative workshop. Anne will help you to create a really memorable piece of textile art, using a mixture of textiles sourced and found in your collections.
Before the course, please have a detailed photo or drawing of your chosen bird, with as much detail as possible available, no larger than 8 x 11 inches
You can join us from the comfort of your own home or come to the museum for the camaraderie of your classmates.
Timetable:
10 – 10:30 Introduction and design
10:30 – 12:30 Outlining and start collage
12:30 – 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 – 2:30 Stitching and embellishing
2:30 – 3:00 Finishing and background notes
Supplies Checklist:
Backing fabric (strong cotton, canvas or linen) neutral or embroidered – no larger than 8 x 11 inches
Strips/scraps of colourful, fabric and or ribbon or trim for bird and background
Tracing paper 8 x11 inches and a pencil
Glue stick (not wet glue)
Tacking thread (neutral colour), pins
Embroidery cotton, hand stitching kit
Embroidery hoop to hold your background (optional)
About Anne Kelly:
UK- based textile artist Anne Kelly is an award-winning artist, author and tutor. Her multi-layered and densely stitched textiles have been described as ‘small worlds’. Trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College in London, she creates wall hangings and objects using a mixture of mixed media collage and hand and machine embroidery. Her inspirations are taken from travel, memory, nature and especially folk art.
Anne tutors and teaches fine art and textiles to a variety of groups in the UK and abroad. and is a member of the Embroiderers Guild UK, the Crafts Council Directory and the Society for Embroidered Work. Her work is held in national and international collections, as she exhibits throughout the world. Her six books for Batsford are widely collected and studied by students of all ages around the world.
