For our August workshop we went along to O.W.L industry to
learn how to make shrugs and flower brooches. With several Roses being the
proud owners of sewing machines it was the perfect craft to improve their
skills and increase their confidence of making clothing from scratch!
Next came the scary sewing machine bit! With many members
having not used a sewing machine since school Sue and Kielly went through the
anatomy of sewing machine, how the different parts work and the different stitches
that you can do with even the most basic of machines. The result was many
shrugs in a variety of styles, lengths and patterns which the Roses have been
making more of ever since!
Sam also taught us how to make lovely flower brooches using
small circles of fabric, fab for using up any off cuts or spare buttons that
you have left over from other crafts! Whilst it was a bit fiddly at first to
get the stitching right so that when you pulled the thread tight at the end it
all came together to make a flower the brooches all turned out lovely and were
a nice finishing touch to the shrugs made earlier.
Thanks Sue, Kielly and Sam! See you at the next workshop!
