She was a great tutor, willing to share many samples and her other techniques and how we could apply what we learned to different projects. 
We were given a kit which had a background piece of her handmade tissue fabric, traceable vilene, kunin felt and a selection of sheers that will melt when heated. First task was to choose our design, which we then traced onto the vilene. 
We also had to rub our black tissue background with treasure gold to enhance the lovely textures. 
We stitched our design through our layers of background, felt and sheers with metallic thread showing on the surface here. 
We then used a fine-tipped soldering iron to melt away the sheers around our design. 
It seemed a scarey thing to do, but was actually quite fun and looks great. 
We also used the side of the soldering iron to melt some areas on top of the design to add interest to the surface.
I am ordering my own soldering tool for a birthday present :-) These are some of the pieces made in the workshop 
And this is mine almost finished in the day - it just needs a bit of hand-stitching and maybe some small beads and then I can decide how to mount or frame it. 
A fantastic day with a generous teacher, and a new technique that I can see being applied to many future and varied projects.