I am sew excited to announce my new class, Hand Embroidery Basics and Beyond, for Creative Spark, the on-line learning experience for C&T Publishing!
The course begins with an overview of the materials, tools, and techniques you’ll need to know to get started, including how to choose the right needle. Then, you will learn how to expertly work with perle cotton, stranded floss, silk embroidery ribbons, seed beads, buttons, and more to give your project texture, dimension, and personal flair.
There are 22 design exercises that show you how to successfully incorporate stencils and other stitching aids into your embroidered creations. There are detailed demonstrations of over 21 embroidery stitches, and yes both left-hand and right-hand! The course includes the Embroidery Stitching Handy Pocket Guide shown in the photo.
The embroidery stitches are demonstrated in perle cotton, cotton floss, silk embroidery ribbons, and seed beads. I recommend that you also have a set of my Embroidery Stencils the Essential Collection on hand.
What is more I show stitchers how to explore techniques for altering a stitch, and bring clarity to stitch definitions. Aiming to inspire, I will show you a variety of my embroidery samplers, journals, and other ways to document your stitches and projects.
There is also a course handout, and I show you how to create a sampler roll from your stitched squares, and give you details how to create the Crazy-Quilt block.
I hope that I this inspires you to take the Hand Embroidery Basics and Beyond!
Happy Stitching to you! ~Christen