The Fashion&Business Saturday Club at De Montfort University had a Masterclass with Cassie Quinn, founder of CQ Studio, exploring how to transform waste materials into textile art. 

Cassie began with an introduction to her work and showed examples of her projects before demonstrating embroidery and stitching techniques. Club members trialled the techniques using hoops, fabric and simple thread. They then moved into the main activity – making an embroidery design from waste materials.  

Working with cardboard, waste fabric, paints, netting, rope and other materials, they explored how everyday and found objects could be cut into shapes and stitched into creative textile samples. 

After a lunch break, Club members carried on creating until the end of the session. They took their work away with them, along with some materials to carry on at home or in their next Saturday Club session. The group then ended the day by visiting the Courtauld Gallery.