Melted Pathways: Heat Reactive Textures & Stitch

Melted Pathways: Heat Reactive Textures & Stitch Workshop ..Alysn Midgelow-Marsden is the tutor for this course. For more information about Alysn, please visit her website www.alysnmidgelowmarsden.com

Discover how heat can transform everyday synthetic fabrics into sculptural surfaces. We’ll work with chiffons, Zeelon, Lutradur and other man-made materials, exploring how they shrink, distort and blister under controlled heat. Layer, melt and manipulate your fabrics to create bold textural foundations, then add stitched lines or swirling patterns to build a richly dimensional piece. A playful workshop full of experimentation and surface exploration.

Dates, please take careful note

2 day   Sat 11& Sun 12 July 2026. Each day runs from 10-4 and tea, coffee, and biscuits are available throughout

Payment

The workshop fee is £250.  Payment is made direct through the website, to secure your place

Requirements

Equipment …

· A craft heat gun and a heatproof surface. (*)

· Your sewing machine and normal requisites, including a darning foot if you are free machining….             I have two bernina 1008 available to borrow in the studio… please book one prior to the workshop if you need one

· Hand stitch requisites.

· A soldering iron (*)

· Florists wire medium grade, preferably without a coating

· Pair of small pliers (*)

· Face mask for protection from fumes (*)

· Embroidery hoop

Materials …

· Any Zeelon or Lutradur you have (*)

· A small selection of other synthetic/plastic materials you can collect from domestic waste including soft plastic packaging for experimenting with (*)

· A good selection of sheer fabrics from synthetic materials such as nylon or polyester, metallic lame, acrylic felt etc.

Bring at least three colours and at least one with a really strong contrast for best effect.

· Standard (cotton or polycotton) sewing threads in at least three of your fabric colours.

· Hand stitch threads.

· Beads and sequins.

· Sweet paper foils.

· Gilt wax such as Treasure Gold (*)

· Bondaweb, Approx A4. (*)

· Plain cotton or interfacing for backing fabric (this won’t be visible so colour isn’t important)

Most of the materials and equipment will be available for you to borrow or buy during the workshop, especially if marked (*). Any other materials and equipment not mentioned, I will be bringing along for you.

don’t forget your lunch as there is no shop in the village