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A New Starting Point - one day workshop with Basingstoke Embroiderers Guild

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 Torn newspaper layered with painted Bondaweb. I am going to alternate writing up my workshops with the Dublin show. I will show you some of the graduate work from Dublin in the next post. I have taught A New Starting Point twice in the past three days. A treat for me but could be monotonous for you, hence the alternation. The first workshop was with the ladies of Basingstoke Embroiderers Guild on Thursday 7th November. We got off to a flying start painting up the Bondaweb then getting down to business with the 'backgrounds' and 'pretties'. The tearing and layering process is a simple one but can be difficult to get to grips with at the start.  I love this workshop - it is my favourite, the results are always fabulous. Just by layering newspaper with painted Bondaweb and all kind of sparkles.           The ladies getting on down with their sparkles.        After the tearing and layering the ladies played with printing blocks on sheets of