Explore the basics of thread painting with Lea McComas in a safe, fun environment. Learn how to fill, shade, blend, and create contour, depth, and details with nothing more than thread. Try this technique without committing to a major project. Participants will complete a series of small exercises to learn skills in isolation, and then combine them in more intricate compositions. This workshop also includes information on thread, stabilizers, and needles.

$40 Kit fee at the workshop

Introduction to Thread Painting Workshop Supply List

Each participant should bring the following:

• A sewing machine in good working order with a free-motion foot
• Machine needles, universal or top-stich (size 90/14 and 80/12’s)
• Scissors for cutting thread
• Small container for collecting cut threads
• Pen and paper for notes
• Mechanical pencil or fabric marking pen for tracing on fabric panel.

There is a $40 kit fee to be paid to Lea on the day of the workshop

The kit includes practice panel, notes and instructions, 9 spools of thread and a spool of bobbin thread.

These items are suggested, but not required:

• Free motion sewing gloves
• Teflon sheet for sewing plate (Supreme Slider)
• Thread Painted Portraits by Lea McComas
• Cushion for chair
• A power strip/extension cord for your machine

Lea will also have several items for sale to include:

• Her book, Thread-Painted Portraits
• 3-value, and 5-value thread kits in a variety of colors
• Bobbin threads
• Gray scale card
• Free-Motion gloves
• Teflon sewing mat