Women’s Weaving Circle Virtual

She Wears Her Story

🧵 Live on Zoom | September 29 & October 13 | 6:00–8:30 PM Central Time

Two-Part Beginner Virtual Course

Join us for a guided virtual Women’s Weaving Circle where we will create a dimensional burlap, yarn, and bead portrait using the Flow Method.

For the first time in this virtual series, students will learn how to lightly fill the face and create raised facial features, including a softly sculpted nose. These techniques will give the portrait more depth and presence while remaining approachable for beginners.

No previous sewing, weaving, or textile-art experience is required.

Class Theme: Merging of Two Worlds

She Wears Her Story

This piece represents the meeting of the ancestral and the modern, inherited beauty and personal expression.

Through hair, color, beads, texture, and adornment, each student will create a portrait that carries her own interpretation of identity and story. The raised face also reflects this mergingmoving the artwork from a flat textile surface into a more sculptural form.

Students are encouraged to personalize their portrait through their own yarn colors, bead selections, and decorative details.

Class Schedule

This two-part course will be held on:

Tuesday, September 29
Tuesday, October 13
6:00–8:30 PM Central Time

The classes are intentionally scheduled two weeks apart. This break gives students time to continue working where they left off, complete portions of the portrait at their own pace, practice the techniques introduced during the first session, and bring questions to the second class.

What You Will Learn

• How to prepare and assemble a burlap portrait inside an embroidery hoop
• How to lightly fill the face for a subtle raised effect
• How to shape and define a protruding nose and other facial details
• How to outline the portrait using yarn and macramé cord
• How to create yarn eyes, lips, hair, and eyebrows
• How to incorporate seed beads and other adornment
• How to balance color, texture, and composition
• How to securely finish the dimensional elements of the portrait

By the end of the course, students will have a completed or nearly completed dimensional textile portrait and a repeatable method they can use in future artwork.

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• Facial templates
• Preparation instructions
• Pre-class videos
• Zoom access information
• Class reminders
• Supply updates
• Important announcements

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Materials Needed

Students may select their own colors and beads. Your portrait does not need to match the example exactly.

Main Materials

• One 16-inch, 18-inch, or 20-inch embroidery hoop
• Approximately one yard of burlap for the hoop background
• One approximately 12-inch piece of medium-brown burlap for the face and neck
• One small bag of polyester fiberfill, also called pillow or doll stuffing
• Approximately ¼ yard of Wonder Under or another double-sided fusible web

If brown burlap is unavailable, natural burlap may be dyed using brown Rit fabric dye.

Yarn and Cord

• One skein or roll of yarn in your chosen hair color
  This yarn will also be used for the eyebrows.
• One small bundle of yarn in your chosen lip color
• One small bundle of yarn in your chosen eye color
• One small bundle of white yarn for the whites of the eyes
• Black 3mm macramé cord, 3mm braided cord, or a similar thick braided yarn for outlining and definition

Beads and Adornment

The jewelry portion may be completely personalized.

You may use:

• Small seed beads, like those shown in the example
• Medium or large beads
• A mixture of bead sizes, colors, and styles

You will also need:

• A beading needle that fits through your smallest beads
• Nylon, polyester, or beading thread

Needles and Thread

• Yarn needles
• Regular hand-sewing needle
• Strong black polyester or upholstery thread for pulling and shaping the raised facial features
• Regular sewing thread as needed

Basic Tools

• Fabric scissors
• Small scissors for trimming yarn and thread
• Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
• Iron for applying the Wonder Under
• Pressing cloth or scrap cotton fabric
• Chalk or washable fabric marker for tracing
• Black marker
• Straight pins or sewing clips, optional
• Printer and standard printer paper for the facial template

Facial Template and Pre-Class Preparation

A facial template and preparation video will be emailed before class.

Before the first session, students will need to:

• Print and cut out the facial template
• Trace and cut the face and neck from the brown burlap
• Place the background burlap inside the embroidery hoop
• Complete any additional preparation shown in the video

Please do not fully attach, fill, or shape the face before class unless instructed to do so in the preparation video. The dimensional facial techniques will be taught during the live session.

Instructor

Maria Cole “Flöw”

Founder of Zamghuden Studios and creator of the Flow Method, a distinctive textile portrait process combining burlap, yarn, beads, dimensional construction, and intuitive storytelling.

Questions?

Send a direct message on Instagram:

@womensweavingcircle
@goddessflow

Or email:

info@zamghudenstudios