Below is a list of workshops designed and taught by Christina Thomas. Classes are divided into sections.

If you would like to hire Christina to teach a workshop, please visit her contact page. She would be thrilled to hear from you.

Drop your feed dogs

Acquire the skills to use your needle and thread with your feed dogs down. This workshop will give you the knowledge and confidence to be in control of the free motion designs you create. A great base to further your future creativity should you wish to thread paint, craft thread lace and/or free motion quilt your own quilts.

All levels

Thread painting

Your needle is your pencil and thread is your colour choice. You will become familiar with a variety of needles and threads available as you prepare to paint with both straight and zigzag stitches to create the masterpiece of your choice.

All levels (Experience dropping your feed dogs an asset)

Thread Lace & Beyond

This exciting introduction to the variety of dissolvable stabilizers available will offer you the opportunity to try a few as you create unique pieces to stand alone or add just the right element to your fibre art piece.

All levels (Experience dropping your feed dogs an asset)

Machine Attachments: Feet, needles, program stitches 

Why not use what you have to create unique surface designs. This workshop is simple, fun and a great introduction to ‘getting out of the box’.

All levels

Bobbin work and Beyond – Fabric and Canvas work

The opportunity to create unique surface designs is expanded by introducing thicker yarns and threads. You will explore how to create typical hand embroidery techniques such as cable, moss, whip and the feather stich on embroidery canvas as your fabric. You will also explore couching and differences between the two similar techniques.

All levels (Experience dropping your feed dogs an asset)

Inks and wax Crayons

The wax crayon compliments and contains the inks, creating outstanding results. You will explore a few different techniques such as marbling, grating and blending.

All levels

oil stick paints

Oil paint sticks are a must for creating stunning colours on your surface while keeping your fabric with a soft hand. You will explore the fundamental and metallic oil sticks and how to use them with different techniques to create just the right outcome for your masterpiece.

All levels

Exploring watercolour pencils & transfer paints

You will spend the day creating samples as you try different ways to use the colour mediums. They are unique on their own, watercolour pencils offer the excitement of adding water in different ways, where transfer paints need polyester fabric to show off it’s best results.

All levels

Colour…On

An introduction to all three colouring workshops listed above. Can’t decide which colouring technique you’re interested in – you don’t have to. You will have an opportunity to try them all.

All levels

Traditional goes Innovative

Traditional fabric manipulation was done by hand to create fabulous lace work by drawing, pulling and cutting threads in a specific design. This workshop offers the opportunity to use the same techniques - using your sewing machine! You will have the opportunity to bring in numerous non-traditional fabrics and mediums such as acrylic paints, heat tools, and felt to create unique samples.

All levels (dropping your feed dogs as asset)

Bonding

You will explore several types of bonding material including 007, painted and unpainted bondable glue sheets, and polyester roving and ribbon film as we create some exciting samples.

All levels

Transparent

Netting, sheers, and plastic page sleeves are a few of the transparent materials we will work with to explore and create some wonderful samples.

All levels (dropping your feed dogs as asset)

Insertions

Using felt, paper, fabric or any usable material, you will cut and sew the shape back using the same type of material or mix it up. Paper works very well sewn into felt. You will try a variety of materials and be encouraged to use your programme stitches to add interest to your design as you sew in your inserts.

All levels

Using the Element of Design – Line

Line is one of the essential elements of design. This workshop will immerse you in understanding how a line can affect your design whether it’s soft, hard, thick, thin, straight, dotted or curved. Your understanding of this concept will come through hands on work as you find just the right line to start your abstract with. You will draw, doodle, slice, shuffle and create personal, unique abstracts as you learn how the lines work together to affect the design and the viewer.

All levels (Experience dropping your feed dogs an asset)