In the
course of these six classes, we will be looking at how stitching straight
stitches in various geometric shapes will give the
illusion of curves. The
title Mathematical (curve) Stitching comes from the fact that many of the
shapes produced are in fact mathematical constructs and derived from the results
of algebraic functions. The math is
incidental to our purposes and is more of a point of interest rather than a
necessary piece of knowledge needed to create the design. If you were worried about the word
Mathematics in the title, don’t be. We don’t need to know the math, it’s just interesting that some of things that we are going to be stitching have connections in the realm of math and physics and we could have stumbled onto them purely by chance.
The class
format will be Zoom and a link will be sent to you a few days before each
class. If you don’t receive one by the Tuesday morning before your class, check
your junk or spam folder and then let me know by email. Sometimes with a large group, some email filters get picky and think I’m
sending spam when I send all the emails at once. I will present information through
presentations, demonstrations and videos.
I will be
supplying handouts for each class so you will have a set of notes on the topic
I plan to discuss for that class. They
will also be posted on the blog, In MyWorkroom. Each lesson, complete with
accompanying videos and relevant links will be posted there after each
class. I will send the link to the
lesson page in a follow up email after the class. You will be able to go back to any lesson by
clicking on Mathematical (Curve) Stitching on the top right hand side of
the navigation bar on the page.
Class time
and dates: Thursday, 1:30 pm 6 classes: Sept. 23, Oct. 14, Oct. 28, Nov. 11, Nov. 25, Dec. 9
Any questions
about the class can be emailed to me.
Supplies to Gather
You will want to have on hand:
Paper (heavy) - I’ve
been working with black Artist’s Tile Set, Acid Free tiles, 300 gsm, 3.5”
square. Peter Pauper Press. (I had them from another project) I also used
blank playing cards (they are at least 300 gsm) by various companies in various
sizes and polygon shapes – square, circle, hexagon and classic card size. You can use whatever size you feel comfortable with.
Any
reasonably heavyweight paper that can stand up to thread tension without
bending, will work. Colour choice is up
to you. You’ll want to make a nice
contrast with your threads.
(light) - Paper to make patterns. Copy paper weight is
fine. Patterns can be designed on graph
paper .
Thread -- I’ve
used single strand embroidery floss.
Since I work with black and white, bright colours work best for me.
Button
and Craft thread – this is a type of thread that is quite strong and a little
thicker than ordinary thread. It does
not come in a wide range of colours but the red is nice and I use a lot of red.
Measuring
tools - Ruler, protractor (a
full protractor is great – I’m sending a paper one),pencil. *I found an incredible webpage for creating circles that will take most of the work out if it for you. I wish I'd known about it when I was starting this project. I'll give you the link at the first lesson and demonstrate how to use it when we get to circles; you'll love it
Misc. Paper
piercer* (very important) – it can be an awl, pin vise with needle inserted,
anything that will pierce paper and leave a hole about the size of your needle
A piece of craft foam or cardboard or something soft to put under your cardstock when you are piercing your holes.
Repositionable
tape is handy to hold down thread ends until you can tie them off or glue them
down.
Scissors
to cut threads, scissors to cut down paper if necessary
Graph
paper will be handy when creating your own designs (look for graph paper
divided into small sections ). I will also give a link to a webpage for creating custom size graph paper as well as send a sample with your first lesson handout.
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