We used the prints and rubbings we made last time and other fabrics to create ‘plates’ for sewing onto in future sessions. We ripped the fabrics and arranged them how we liked them and stuck them down.

While they were drying we had a go at Free Stitching, Free Stitching means you can put your stitches anywhere you like, so you can make patterns if you want to, but you can also do something less fixed, even chaotic.

Katie stitching. She decided afterwards that these shapes looked like fish.

Lucy stitching.

Jackie stitched a picture of her house.

Keara stitched some stars.

Emily and her cross stitch.

Richard attempted chaos.

Suzanne stitched over and through her stitches.