Pascal Goldenberg

Integrating hand-embroidered Afghan patches

Pascale runs an embroidery project in Afghanistan, where women hand-embroider 8 cm long patches. These can be integrated in an authentic way with various patchwork techniques; the final product thus plays symbolic witness to a meeting of two cultures.

Pascale will present a wide range of options for integrating patches embroidered by Afghan women; the patches will be framed in all kinds of ways.

A sewing machine is indispensable.

At least 4 embroidered patches will be needed to try out the various techniques; these will then be offered for sale in the show (at an average price of €6 per patch).

Pascale Goldenberg, French artist and freelance teacher in contemporary patchwork techniques lives in Germany.

List of material

Fabrics:

• ¼ to ½ m² of support fabric (will not be seen, old sheets, for example)
• Around ¼ m² of fine wadding (thick wadding can be split) or thick molton
• An old pair of jeans, blouse or shirt (to be cut up)
• If you have one: a metre of edging fabric
• ¼ m² of Vliesofix (Double-sided heat-sealant)
• 4 to 5 pieces of ‘neutral’ fabric (maximum surface of each ¼ m²), ‘neutral’ = can be used with all other fabrics and colours; e.g. a natural tone, a blue, a black, a discretely flowered fabric (this can include pieces of used garments)

Sewing threads:

• Range of coloured threads at your disposal
• If you have them: machine embroidering thread, ‘boutique’ quality
• Several metres of knitting thread (wool this time as opposed to sewing thread); this may include costume thread or strips or fine ribbon.

Small sewing material:

The usual items, such as pins and sewing needles, small and large pairs of scissors, a 30cm ruler, a ball-point pen

You may photograph my samples, for strictly personal use only

I advise you to bring a notebook.

Thursday 12 June : 6 hours of lessons - 60 € - from 10:30 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:30
Friday 13 June : 3 hours of lessons - 30 € - from 10:30 to 13:30 and from 14:30 to 17:30