COUTURE BEADING
Time: SAT 10 am - 4 pm | SUN 10 am - 4 pm
Your Instructors: Charlotte Appleby
Prices: $390
Location: 1888 West 1st Ave
Class Dates: Saturday and Sunday
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Program Overview
This is a unique opportunity to learn Couture beading & embellishment with British Couture dress designer Charlotte Appleby in Vancouver!
This 2-day course gives an in-depth approach to tambour beading and couture embellishments practiced in the Couture houses of Paris today. It will cover the tambour beading technique using silk organza, seed beads, and bugle beads to cover the basic chain stitch and a vermicelli design. The 2nd day will cover couture embellishments including ribbonwork, 3d beadwork & flowers.
** In addition to the weekend you will also receive the online course for FREE (worth $500!) with lifetime access. Be part of the Couture Bead Masters Community!
Develop Your Skill
All materials are included.
This includes couture beading thread, silk organza, beads, sequins, ribbons, bugle beads, and seed & cut beads.
Please bring a basic sewing kit and a 4'' clamp (see discussion on Facebook event for more details)
Option to purchase tambour hook, needle, and frame for $60. If purchased you will take it away after class.
Scheduling
Day 1
Understand specialist supplies required for couture beading such as the variety of beads and sequins and the way ‘fil a gant’ thread is made in France.
Learn how to create a solid framework ready for beading using silk organza on a rotating frame.
The main focus is on the basic chain stitch using a tambour hook correctly set up for silk organza. Learn how to secure a starting and finishing knot and change direction.
Seed beads, cut beads, and bugle beads are used to start tambour beading with a variety of threads.
Day 2
Further, develop the tambour beading technique by working with flat and cup sequins before creating the vermicelli pattern using the Ari technique.
Further techniques are combined with the couture beading with a beading needle to create contemporary beadwork including ribbonwork, 3d beadwork, and flowers.
These are all applied to a mini sample at the end of the day.
Please remember although you will be learning in a mixed-technique group, your class is tailored specifically to your progress.
Meet your professors
Charlotte Appleby
Couture Bead Masters is founded by Charlotte Appleby a British Couture dress designer, trained at London College of Fashion in Handcraft and Production tailoring. I initially worked within fashion, film and theatre before setting up my own business The English Tailoress. I always had a passion for couture beading and applied it to many of my eveningwear and bridal designs. I learnt the skill in 2007 through a workshop and became hooked on the ‘Luneville’ technique. This technique is practiced in the couture houses in Paris today however its origin dates to the early 1800’s. I celebrate the traditional art of couture beading and share my experience to other designers, enthusiasts and companies worldwide. I set up Couture Bead Masters to maintain these artisanal skills within the industry to keep the traditional techniques alive. Alongside my private commission work I educate Internationally running workshops & online courses teaching specialist skills executed in my work. I also provide specialist couture supplies and online resources sharing my knowledge and continued appreciation of couture beading and embellishment.
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