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Chris Porter and Mary Gamester join Valerie in the studio.
We had a great day as always and some great workshops were filmed; Chris shared with us her love of Flying Geese and Dresden Plates, for which she has designed her own templates, as well as showing us how to put a sleeve on the back of a quilt, which she personalises with text and lovely pics too. Valerie gets ready to sew some Yo-Yo's and Mary reminded us how great she is at transfer printing with woven strips, printing blocks and lace (all of which are in her book - Transfer Painting) so keep watching!
Filming with Mary Gamester
We had a lovely day in the studio filming and meeting with Mary Gamester.
Mary is well known for her work with transfer paints and she was kind enough to do a short workshop for us using a snowflake template. We also took the opportunity to see lots more of Mary’s work, which she teaches not only at her own studio
https://www.the-gamesters.co.uk/MaryG/index.htm
but also around the country and she is part of the Missenden Abbey Summer School programme – so you can join her there.
Can you use ordinary textile paint or acrylic paint for Mary’s work? I enjoyed the video and there are exciting possibilities using this technique. Sonia