Class Descriptions – One Day Classes

THURSDAY:  Seahorse  Class 101 Lynn Payette $35 Basic to Intermediate

This multi-fiber mixed-media piece is worked in white fibers on choice of background fabric (moiré). Fibers will include:  Pearl cottons, #5, #8, #12; floss; mother-of pearl metallics; large and small holed tulle; pearls and beads. Appliqué of sheers and overstitching; edgings; whipped back stitch; several types of squared filling; raised chain band; needleweaving; whipped straight stitch, and couching of metallics will be taught. Objective: mixing a large variety of fibers, creating shaded or filled areas, as well as open, lacy work.

Kit:  Pre-printed moiré, muslin backing mounted on stretcher strips, all fabrics, fibers, threads and beads necessary to complete the piece; a color copy of the piece; complete instructions.

 

FRIDAY:  Treasure-Pendant/Pin Class 102 Lynn Payette $35 All Levels

The student learns unique techniques for working with different threads, sheer and metallic fabrics, nettings, handmade paper, and beads, as well as a fool-proof finishing method. Student makes decisions for stitch and color placement to create their own pendant/pin. Couching with Japanese gold, metallic threads, and flosses, techniques for the application of sheers and opaque fabrics backed with a fusible web, working with handmade paper in a stitched piece, and beading techniques will be demonstrated.

Student supplies 5” stretcher bars and tacks to mount Congress Cloth; a variety of sharp and blunt needles, beading needles; invisible thread; beeswax; small sharp scissors; pencil, glue stick (not blue); pillowcase to carry the work in progress; tweezers, extra lighting and magnification. To finish ‘Treasure’ so that it can be used as a pendant student will furnish their own neck chain, if desired.

Size: 1¼” x 4

 

Saturday:  A Day with Dahlia Class 103 Marnie Ritter $28 All Levels

Soft green organdy over pale yellow congress cloth- two layers offer an excellent background over which the dahlia is stitched to give a raised effect.

Layered satin stitches of silk are used for the shading concept. Loopy French knots add the finishing touch. Stitch direction and length and instruction about the “poison” color theory is part of this class. Design is 4” in diameter.

Student needs stretcher bars 10”x 10” and #8 embroidery needles.

Sunday:  A Flower Box Class 104 Marnie Ritter $30 All Levels

Seven canvas patterns that move from one to another with anticipation, including one that works over and within gold lace. Silks and metal threads, varied beads and semi-precious stones, and gold lace make this design, worked on gold glitter canvas, fun, fun, fun.

One last instruction -- how to make a true    florists’ bow --that elegant finishing touch!   Design is 7” square.

Student needs stretcher bars 10”x 10”.

Thursday and/or Friday and/or Saturday and/or Sunday:  Studio Time Class 501 Sharon Lynch No Kit Fee All Levels

Have enough projects but want to have a comfortable place to stitch? Join experienced teacher and stitcher Sharon Lynch and other region stitchers for a relaxing opportunity to work on a piece of your own choosing, with help available for questions or problems that you may have. Studio Time will give you an opportunity to finish a difficult project from another seminar, or to work on one of those “UFOs” that was set aside because you were stuck.

Studio Time will be offered each day of the Seminar and you may take one, two, three or four days of Studio Time.  There is no kit fee but you must register for each day you wish to take Studio Time.

All levels of stitchers are welcome.

 

Class Descriptions – Two Day Classes

Thursday – Friday:  Say it With Flowers Class 201 Marnie Ritter $58 All Levels

Flowers, flowers, flowers. How many are there? Look around you - lots! What is a world without flowers. Real fresh flowers are the beginning of this enhanced canvas.  We “pound them” onto the glitter canvas to create a bouquet over which the stitched flowers will float. The fascination with the different impressions is unending in both color and shape. It seems magic!

The flowers are created with embroidered French ribbon manipulation, fishbone stitched overdyed ribbon flowers, beaded flower shapes, satin stitch, bullion, French knots, and appliqued lace.

The basket is created with an off-set herringbone counted canvas pattern and basket weave.

Silks, overdyed ribbon, beads, rayons, and metallics are the chosen threads.

Size: design 7”square, finished size: 9”x7”

Student needs:        assembled stretcher bars 12”x14”; tapestry needles #24; embroidery needles #7 or #8; one piece #18 white mono canvas 18”x18” for practice.

Teacher provides: fresh flowers, other supplies, drawn canvas, threads, instructions, colored photograph.

Lavender Lace

Thursday – Friday:  Almost Wright Class 202 Deanna Powell $52 Intermediate

LMOST WRIGHT is an Arts and Crafts style necklace designed to teach students circular Ndebele beading, square stitch, two-needle Peyote stitch, picot edges and a beaded closure. Emphasis will be on constructing a beaded toggle closure. A simple slide is included in the class. Students will learn how to read a bead pattern to work the square stitch in several colors. The kit will include needles, Nymo thread, Delica, seed, and crystal beads and complete instructions.

 

Thursday – Friday:  Dyeing for Blackwork Class 203 Carolyn  Standing Webb $65 All Levels

 

If you have ever wanted to create your own color of silk this is your chance to do so. We will learn how to use special silk dyes to dye your fabric, ribbon and threads so that all of them are the same color. Then we will take those gorgeous silk threads and learn how to create a scrolling floral band on antique white 32 count linen for a needle roll adapted from an antique in my collection. You will learn how to stitch blackwork patterns using several techniques.  Shading and reversible stitching, pattern darning and finishing techniques will be taught.

Kit contents:  Linen, silk fabric, silk threads, basting thread, dye, needles, directions

Student supplies: plastic bags and containers, chopsticks, paper towels, pearl cotton, colored pencils, usual stitching supplies, light and magnification, tacks and stretcher bars.

Pre-work:           2 to 3 hours

Project size: Needle roll 3½” x 1” x 9½“;Fob 1½” by 1½“

 

Thursday – Friday:  Goldwork Class 204 Tanja Berlin $75 or $95 All Levels

 

Students may choose Harebell, ($75) Or Nue Dragonfly ($75)or Marguerite ($95).

The student can also choose between working in gold, silver or copper and on a choice of black, dark blue, dark green or black velveteen ground fabric. If no colour is selected then the kit will come with gold threads and black ground fabric.

We begin by sewing down felt and string for padding onto a cotton velveteen ground fabric.

Over the top of the felt and string padding a variety of gold metal threads will be applied.

We will explore the use of couching threads such as Japanese threads, Pearl Purls, Twists and Rococco. Also hollow gold’s which are cut into chips and sewn down like beads over the string.

NOTE: Student must choose design on Registration Form.

 

Saturday – Sunday:  Class 205 Deanna Powell $88 Basic-Intermediate

Lavender Lace was designed to teach students double needle Peyote stitch, cabochons that are stitched and a delicate right angle flower stitch. Emphasis will be on constructing the necklace straps that attach to Swarovski squares and cabochon to form a completed neck piece.  Students will also learn to use the Peyote stitch to make a toggle to finish the Lavender Lace project.

The kit includes needles, Delica beads,  Swarovski square and bicone crystals, one Labradorite 30x22MM cabochon and      instructions for finishing.

Techniques:  Beading - Peyote stitch

Materials Used:  Delica beads, Swarovski cyrstals, cabochon

Saturday – Sunday:  Miss Hannah's House Class 206 Carolyn Standing Webb $85 Basic-Intermediate

Miss Hannah’s House was created to remember all the teachers and students who created samplers in school. Miss Hannah Swan was a teacher from Charleston who taught in Massachusetts but none of the samplers that her students stitched have been found. The house and the toys have a number of stitches that were used on   period samplers from the areas where she studied and taught, such as cross stitch, marking cross, smyrna cross, queen stitch, Irish stitch, long arm cross, blanket stitch, satin stitch, and rice stitch. The design for the roof of the house features two alphabets and a verse. Animals and trees are stitched on the outside of the house along with Miss Hannah and two of her students. The alphabet book contains folded paper alphabets and a few designs. The personalized pin ball has a row of glass headed pins around it. The apple shaped measuring tape has a ribbon leaf for the tape pull. The painted wooden needle case mimics a wooden pencil that the students would have used in class.

Technique: Counted Thread

Student to Bring: Stretcher bars, tacks, light and magnification if needed, and basic sewing kit.

Project Size: House - 5x3x3 inches;Tape Measure - 2 inches; Alphabet book - 1 ¾x2 ¼ inches;  Pin Ball - 1 ½ inch diameter;     Needle case

Saturday – Sunday:  Beautiful Birches Class 207 Lynn Payette $53.50 All Levels

Beautiful Birches’ (non-charted) uses paper, threads, novelty fibers, sheer and opaque fabrics, fusible web, silk ribbons, Veloura, Brazilian threads, and pearl cottons to create a light source, depth and perspective and cast shadows in a landscape.

Stitches taught include outline, whipped outline, couching, loop, Japanese leaf, and whipped back-stitch, as well as working with silk ribbons and paper. 

‘Beautiful Birches’ contains unique techniques, and gives the student opportunities for placement of stitches, colors, and media.

Student supplies:  10” x 12” stretcher bars and tacks to mount the piece; small, very sharp scissors; paper scissors; tweezers; glue stick (not blue); a variety of sharp and blunt needles including:  #7 or #8 crewel needle, #22 and #18 chenille needle, #22 tapestry; scotch tape, sharpened pencil; bag or pillowcase to carry the work in progress; a ‘C’ clamp or other means of attaching the working frame to a table.

KIT INCLUDES:  pre-drawn Congress cloth; pearl cottons; Brazilian threads; machine rayon and metallic threads; sheer and opaque fabrics; Wonder Under (fusible web); complete instructions and color copy of the piece; Veloura; Sparkle Rays; Kreinik metallic threads; Bijoux; floss; silk ribbons.

SIZE:  5 ¼” x 8 ½

 

Saturday – Sunday:  Needlepainting Class 208 Tanja Berlin $45 Beginner to Advanced

In this two day class the student will work either the Wild Rose or the Red Poll using a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, in the method of long and short stitch.

This embroidery is suitable for all levels; each stage of the embroidery is demonstrated and explained in detail.

This is an intriguing technique, using the threads as your paints on a closely woven fabric to create a realistic picture. Several professional stitching techniques will be covered when we work the design, i.e. starting and finishing of threads, the use of a split stitch line and working the design as a 3-dimensional piece.

Different embroidery stitches will be used, i.e. split stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch, and long and short. The technique of blending long and short stitches so that they shade beautifully and how to position the stitches so that they lay smooth will be covered in the class.

The student goes home with the knowledge of how to design a piece, transfer the design onto the fabric and all the information required to complete the embroidery.

Size: Wild Rose: Height: 3 1/4 inches (8 1/4 cm) Width: 3 1/2 inches (8 3/4 cm)

Red Poll: Height: 3 inches (7 1/2 cm) Width: 2 3/4 inches (6 3/4 cm)

Needle Painting Kit includes instruction booklet, 100% cotton fabric with the design hand-drawn, DMC        embroidery floss, #10 crewel embroidery needles.

 

Class Descriptions – Four Day Classes

 

Counted Thread and Lacis Bell Pull Class 401 Jonalene Gutwein $70 Advanced-Intermediate

Counted Thread and Lacis Bell Pull is a  contemporary interpretation of traditional Lacis. The drawn thread work includes the lacis border, two forms of hemstitching, and Scandavian needleweaving, complemented by surface embroidery, blackwork, drawn fabric, and counted cross stitch. The surface embroidery stitches include zigzag cable stitch, sorbello, braid stitch, Montengrin cross stitch, diagonal Montengrin, long-armed and long-legged cross stitch, rosette chain, and zigzag coral stitch. The drawn fabric stitches include overlapping Greek cross and wave stitch. Double running blackwork will also be taught.

Prerequisites

Previous drawn thread experience with at least one class or a GCC.

Size

7" x 18"

Materials Used

100% Linen - 32 threads to the inch; stranded silk, linen thread in 2 weights

Prework Required

Approximately 6 hours. Prework includes working basting threads to delineate the borders as well as securing the edges of the 3 areas of drawn thread.

Peony Ribbons Class 402 Betty Chen Louis $138 Advanced

This dramatic Oriental piece was inspired by the Japanese nuihaku tehnique that creates the look of brocade. This class will explore original approaches and untraditional shading.  Students will learn how technique, color and stitches can be used to articulate designs. Ways to maintain design unity and create movement will be demonstrated.

Students will explore transition of color through needlepainting, manipulating colors and threads to create subtle shading. “Optical mixing” of the pastel palette captures the iridescent and transparent qualities of the original Japanese textile. Other techniques used are layering of silk and metal threads, Tramé, couching metal threads, Oriental knots used in various open-canvas sections, and flat-stitch patterns.

Kit includes: 15" x 18" piece of 24 count/inch white congress cloth (design size is 10" x 14-1/4"); Au Ver A Soie (Soie D'Alger) 3333 and 3334 (violet), 1343 (blue violet), 3312 (red violet), 1735 (blue green);   Kreinik Ribbon 1/16 102 (Vatican gold); Japan Silver #1; Kreinik filament nickel cord 011C; color reproduction of project.

Students to bring: 15" x 18" stretcher bars, staple gun or tacks, frame clamp, magnifier lamp, teko-bari (silk-laying tool), one sheet of tissue paper, two 3" x 5" index cards, and Scotch tape.