The Messenger Workshop by QuaintMarie / Saturday, March 21st / 2-5pm PT/ Zoom Workshop
$ 250.00
Join us for a a very special slow-stitching workshop with the talented artist, Marthes Harrington, aka QuaintMarie, on Saturday, March 21st from 2-5pm PT.
Marthes has created a workshop based on her stitched Messenger figures - handmade keepers of words, symbols, and personal expression.
In Marthes own words...
Textiles tell a story. Every fibre, every worn edge, every carefully chosen trim carries history and craftsmanship. Symbolism is an inherent part of my work, emerging through the materials I choose, the stitches I place, and the histories woven into each textile.
Worn fabrics, visible mending, and layered textures speak to resilience, transformation, and the passage of time - honouring what came before while creating something new.
I'm a self-taught textile artist, and still learning. From an early age I taught myself to sew and embroider through books, research, and endless practice. I was drawn to the way fabric could be shaped, layered and repurposed. I developed an interest for vintage and worn materials - fabrics that carried a sense of history and imperfection, and from this curiosity my skills grew and over the decades my work evolved. The textile and the work united, each enhancing the other, creating something that carried intention and emotion, made with my hands.
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As always, everything is included in your slow stitching kit. French General kits are made up of vintage and new materials, including threads, needles, snips, scraps, buttons, glue stick, filling and templates. Not all kits are identical, but all kits are wonderful!
Additional materials to have on hand:
Cardboard or cereal box for making up templates
Iron and pressing pad
Scissors
Stitch kits will be mailed out in February and you will receive the Zoom link a few days prior to the workshop on Saturday, March 21st. All French General Zoom workshops are recorded, to the best of our ability, and sent out after the workshop.
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