American Needlepoint Guild
Seminar 2022:Classes
Class Matrix
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| 4-Day Classes | | | | | | |  | | Bellefonte Kurdy Biggs 40102 Monday-Tuesday & Thursday-Friday August 1-2 & August 4-5, 2022 Would you like to create a free hanging or standing piece of artwork? Bellefonte will accomplish that goal. The base circle will be stitched using Gloriana’s Branch Coral and threads from Accentuate, Soie Perlee and others. The rectangular piece is stitched in deep chocolate tones with oregano and coral. The Diamond is stitched with a color palette based on Waterlilies Prickly Pear that will bring in the coral and greens to tie the three pieces together. For additional sparkle and depth bicone cyrstals and beads will be added.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 8” circle; 4” x 18” rectangle; 7 ½” x 7 ½” diamond
Kit Cost/Kit Contents: $225 coral, green and brown (40102A) lavender, blue and brown (40102B); #18 Soft Ivory and brown canvases, threads including Elegance, Neon Rays, Petite Silk Lamé Braid, Splendor, Kreinik and Accentuate metallics, Gloriana, Caron overdyed silks, beads, crystals, needles and instructions
| | | | |  | | O Holy Night Janet Zickler Casey 40104 Monday-Tuesday & Thursday-Friday August 1-2 & August 4-5, 2022 O Holy Night is a three-dimensional crèche scene inspired by a holiday greeting card. The center stable portion features the holy family in a small stand-alone 3-D diorama. The camels, kings and angels are stitched on two separate canvases that can be attached to the central stable with hinged jewelry findings. The finished design features beading techniques as well as many textured stitches. The class will also include hands-on finishing instructions that allow the student to finish the design themselves.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 6” x 25”
Kit Cost/Contents: $295; #18 white line drawn canvas, instructions, photographs, threads, finishing instructions and instructions for a small 3-D beaded star
Student To Supply: 3 sets of stretcher bars – 15” x 15”, 11” x 18”, 8” x 9”
| | | | |  | | Color Is Key Wendy Moore 40114 Monday-Tuesday & Thursday-Friday August 1-2 & August 4-5, 2022 A single motif, a Greek key, and all six rainbow colors are intertwined to create an evocative and exciting design that nearly flies off the canvas. An interlocked puzzle of shape and color, this wildly-linked maze is stitched with a dizzying array of threads in a wide range of color and fiber types. Explore the intricacies of many canvas stitches, one square inch at a time; from simple canvas and laid-filling stitches to composite, needlepoint motifs. There is a choice of either a tan background or a light grey background.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 11” x 14”
Kit Cost/Contents: $195, Sandstone (40114A), Grey (40114B); #18 line-drawn taped canvas, many Rainbow Gallery Specialty threads, Needlepoint and Pepper Pot Silk, Kreinik Braids, DMC Cottons, Caron and ThreadworX over-dyed cottons, needles, instruction booklet and photo
| | | | |  | | Autumn Gold Kay Stanis 40121 Monday-Tuesday & Thursday-Friday August 1-2 & August 4-5, 2022 The glow of a warm autumn day surrounds the hills and streams. Butterflies and snails amble about the flowers, leaves, berries, mushrooms and rocks of the landscape. The hillsides, waterfalls, trees and pools against the morning sky are worked in space-dyed silks in straight, satin, laid, and renaissance stitches and embellished with stone chips, seed beads and French knots. The inner borders are worked in composite stitches. These are joined in embellished waffle stitches outlined in Braids. The outer borders are combinations of silk and metal techniques.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 6- ½˝ x 7- ½˝
Kit Cost/Contents: $120 without stretcher bars (40121A), $137 with stretcher bars (40121B); Congress cloth, organza, Soie Crystale®, Waterlilies®, silk sewing thread, Braids, check purl, pearl purl, five different types of beads, felt, kid, wire, invisible thread, needle set, full color instructions
| | | | |  | | Tapestry Tastings Debbie Rowley 43018 Saturday-Tuesday July 30-31 & August 1-2, 2022 Sample a tasting menu of counted canvas stitches! Large pattern areas alternate with large motif stitches, worked with a variety of textures. Stitches include waffles, Rhodes, Smyrnas, herringbone, woven ribbons, Jessicas, Milanese pinwheels, 8 pointed star, swirl, birthday plaid, Bargello, double fan doubled, walneto, crescents, battlement couching and more. Choose from chromatic blue topaz, grayscale with red accents, bold rainbow or pastel rainbow color ways. Learn the best approach to these stitches, including the best ways to start and stop threads. Variety, fun, challenge!
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 8”
Kit Cost/Contents: $150 chromatic Blue Topaz (40118A), Rainbow (40118B), Pastel Rainbow (40118C), Grayscale with Red Bold (40118D); #18 canvas with taped edges, Presencia Floss and Pearl Cottons, DMC Floss and Pearl Cottons, ThreadworX, Entice, Silk Lamé Braid, Neon Rays, Neon Rays+, Kreinik #8 Braids, needles and instructions
| | | | |  | | Dreaming Jeannette Tombaugh 43023 Saturday-Tuesday July 30-31 & August 1-2, 2022 Dreamcatchers are used to protect a sleeper from nightmares. I have always been fascinated with dreamcatchers which led me to design this piece. This dreamcatcher, one of many types, represents the 13 phases of the moon which has 13 strings and 7 feathers. In this design you will explore how to incorporate macramé, canvas painting, blending with overdyed threads, and using specialty stitches to create this one-of-a-kind dreamcatcher. The types of stitches and threads add character and dimension to this piece. Happy dreaming!!
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 17” x 22”
Kit Cost/Contents: $200; #18 Eggshell canvas, specialty threads, overdyed floss, beads, macramé tools, Copic marker, needle packet, instruction booklet and photo
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| 3-Day Classes | | | | | | |  | | October Treats Nancy Cucci 33006 Saturday-Monday July 30-31 & August 1, 2022 Seventh in the series of seasonal samplers, October Treats is a collection of bright colors that gets us in the mood for fall and the fun of Halloween. This project includes a wide variety of decorative needlepoint stitches and techniques. The bold prints, patterns, and textures are accented with seed and Delica beads. Ample supplies of threads are included so that samplers can be individualized and made more meaningful.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 10”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110; 24-ct white Congress cloth, Kreiniks, solid and over-dyed Cotton Floss, seed and Delica beads, tapestry and beading needles, instructions with color photo | | | | |  | | Mason Jar Cynthia Thomas 33022 Saturday-Monday July 30-31 & August 1, 2022 While walking through the meadow, I picked a bouquet of flowers, brought it home, put them into water in one of the canning jars my grandmother used and placed it in the window where it brightened up my kitchen. The Mason Jar canvas from Maggie Co. will remind you of that childhood summer spent on the farm while you recreate the mason jar and flowers using embroidery stitches and ribbon work from a time gone by. There is even a bee coming to check out your work.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 9” x 9”
Kit Cost/Contents: $330; #18 hand painted Maggie Co. canvas, Prisms, Perle Cotton, Flair, Fuzzy Stuff, Neon Rays, Splendor, Kreinik Metallic, 6-ply Silk, beads, wired French ribbon, silk ribbons, beading and sewing threads, wire, pearls, instructions
| | | | |  | | Quiet Frost Kathy Rees 30315 Wednesday-Friday August 3-5, 2022 Snow has fallen soundlessly in the dark of night and we wake up to a quiet frost. Layers of threads and stitches make up the areas above and below the center ribbon of snowflakes and icicles created with beaded embroidery. Icy colors of silks and metallics in a variety of textures are combined to create a winter wonderland.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate Design Size: 4” x 12”
Kit Cost/Contents: $107; #18 line-drawn opalescent canvas, instructions, beads and embellishments, and all threads to complete the project
| | | | |  | | Making Waves Lorene Salt 30319 Wednesday-Friday August 3-5, 2022 Making Waves was born out of a desire to further explore creative ways of integrating curved lines into a needlepoint design while better understanding the challenge of how to incorporate these curved shapes onto a grid pattern. Making Waves was the outcome of my learning process and artistic revolution. String Art and needlepoint stitches are featured in this design and further embellished with glass beads, bugles and a Margarita. Additional stitches explored will include Fleur-de-Lis, a variety of Jessicas, Sprats Head, Starfles, Braided Stitches, Trellis work and an Inverted Amadeus.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 12” x 8 1/2”
Kit Cost/Contents: $175; #18 opalescent white canvas, , beads, Watercolours, Wildflowers, DMC Variations and Perle Cotton, Finca Perle Cotton, Vineyard Silk, Kreinik Braid, Silk Lamé Braid, Soy Lustre Shadows and Solids, needles, instructions
| | | | |  | | Beyond The Moon Jeannette Tombaugh 30323 Wednesday-Friday August 3-5, 2022 Beyond the Moon was inspired by the late Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto. My design is a tribute to him and where he spent most of his adult life. The image is of a Native American woman looking at the moon and wondering what is beyond. This piece was designed to illustrate the techniques of creating perspective and dimension in needlepoint. To accomplish this, appliqué, blending with overdyed threads, beads, miniature wooden blades of grass, and specialty stitches are used. The moon and planet are stitched in glow-in-the-dark threads.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 17” x 19”
Kit Cost/Contents: $240; #18 Leventeen Blue canvas and 24-ct Ecru Congress cloth, overdyed threads, Rainbow Gallery specialty threads, markers, beads, miniature grass, pattern cutouts, needle packet, instruction booklet and photo
Pre-Work: 6 to 8 hours - Students will be sent the fabric and the threads to complete dress a month prior to coming to class
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| 2-Day Classes | | | | | | |  | | Golden Candles Toni Gerdes 22908 Friday-Saturday July 29-30, 2022 Stitch these beautiful 3-D stand-up candles to use as a special decoration for many special events, such as a wedding, an anniversary, birthdays, or even ANG’s 50th Anniversary. Adding a battery operated tea candle to the top of each stitched candle creates a special glow just like a real candle. Each candle will be stitched and finished separately, but will tie together with threads and patterns. The stitches include complex combination stitches, as well as, old favorites. The embellishment on the large candle is a gorgeous filigree gold diamond.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 3 ½” diameter; 8”, 6” and 4” candle
Kit Cost/Contents: $225; 3 - #18 white line-drawn canvases, all embellishments and threads including Silk Lamé Braid, Silk Lamé Plus, Kreinik, several silks, needles, instruction booklet with photo
| | | |  | | Under The Summer Sun Kurdy Biggs 23002 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 Are you ready to relax under the summer sun? Come along with me as we create our own summer oasis. Radiating out from a large sundial shell in the center a variety of Jessicas, Swirls, Wrapped Eyelets, Sprats Heads and Crescent stitches will be used to create the sand and surf of our oasis. A range of blues and browns in luscious silks and sparkling metallics will bring the sea and shore to life. Beads and crystals will be added for the sparkle and reflection of the summer sun.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 11” Circle
Kit Cost/Contents: $145; #18 Soft Ivory canvas, threads including Elegance, Neon Rays, Petite Silk Lamé Braid, Splendor, Soie Perlee, Kreinik and Accentuate metallics, Gloriana and Caron overdyed silks, beads, crystals, needles, instructions
| | | |  | | Studio Time Sandie Cormaci-Boles 23005 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 Enjoy time with other stitchers, see a variety of projects and techniques and have hands-on help from a mentor! Suggestion on your projects will be given regarding color, technique and thread choice. Stitches will be demonstrated and advice given on your in-progress piece or a new piece. Spend some relaxing time in the Studio Time classroom and get your project finished!
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: Any size; bring up to two pieces to work on in class
Kit Cost/Contents: None
Student to Supply: All supplies needed. A maximum of two projects can be brought to class.
| | | |  | | Mr. Sparkles Waitlist Only Dawn Donnelly 23007 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 Mr. Sparkles was created to take away the winter blahs. After taking down the holiday decorations, put up this sunny snowman to brighten the coming months. He will be filled with fun stitches and a bit of glitz. Techniques include beaded snowflakes, Bargello snow pattern, padded nose and colonial knots to create a bulky hat brim and pom-pom.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 7 ½” x 9 ½“
Kit Cost/Contents: $115; #18 white canvas, floss, Pearl cotton, Watercolours, metallics, Silk Lamé Braid, Vineyard Silk, Planet Earth Silk Opal, ThreadWorx Kreinik Tapestry Braid #12, beading thread, sequins, beads, needles and instructions
| | | |  | | Teaching Needlework 101 (Encore) Susan Hoekstra 23009 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 You stitch. You stitch well. Therefore, the natural progression is for you to teach the art you love. What exactly does that entail? Come to this class to find out! In Teaching Needlework 101 you will learn the essentials for teaching needlework; from writing a contract, preparing a proposal, buying your supplies, planning your class, understanding ways to teach adults and how to jump to teaching online. All the 2020 topics, plus more, will be discussed. This class will cover three Master Teacher Program required topics!
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: n/a
Kit Cost/Contents: $55; Each student will receive a notebook with examples of the following: contract, proposal, needlework supplier information, class planning, general stitch guide creation information, adult education and information covering online teaching
| | | |  | | Purple Passion Margaret Kinsey 23010 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 Purple Passion is a beautiful embroidery piece worked in silks and metals with padding. The leaves are gilded then stitched with silk and accented with small spangles. The stems and outline of the urn are lizardine and silk gimp. The blackwork on the urn is in one strand of silk floss and #1 Japan gold. A border is worked in one strand of silk gimp while the background is a darning pattern. The techniques are satin, couching, chipping, attaching spangles, attaching check purl, blackwork and darning patterns.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 10” x 10”
Kit Cost/Contents: $85; 24-ct congress cloth, soie de Paris, #1 Japan gold
imitation, #6 bright gilt check purl, soie Perlee, spangles, lizardine, purple silk serpentine gimp, felt padding, illustrated instruction booklet | | | |  | | Harlequin Linda Lachance 23012 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 This intermediate-level canvaswork design utilizes some simple and also interesting textured stitches such as the dimensional fleur-de-lis in the center, and other variations. The concept of the harlequin theme is reflected in the black and white diamonds juxtaposed with the fleur-de-lis (think Jester’s crown), set inside diamond shapes outlined in black and white. The smallest diamonds feature a variety of stitches. There is also a play with the symmetry throughout, using repetition, opposites, and reversal of motifs.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 11 ¼” x 13”
Kit Cost/Contents: $145; #18 canvas, DMC Pearl Cotton, Gold Rush, Shimmer Rays, ThreadWorx floss and Pearl Cotton, Watercolours, RibbonFloss, Kreinik Braids, needles, chart and instructions
| | | |  | | GEO-Link Wendy Moore 23014 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 Four geometric shapes linked together inside a many-sided enclosure is a simple description for this unique design. Off-center window openings, glints of metallic threads, and complex composite stitching bring these simple shapes alive. They almost look like gemstones glittering inside an octagon bracelet. Simple components like the Mosaic and Scotch stitches are elevated and recombined with Gobelin- and Trellis-style stitches to form deep, complex textures in new ways. Explore over-dyed threads and silk/metallic blends, as well as, old-fashioned Cotton Perle and stranded silk.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 10” x 10”
Kit Cost/Contents: $135; #18 line-drawn smokey white canvas taped, Straw Silk, Weeks Dye Works #8, Silk Lamé, Sparkle Rays, Sparkle Braid, Wildflowers, Kreinik metallic, Splendor and Gloriana Silk, needles, instruction booklet and photo
| | | |  | | Mesa Triangle Kathy Rees 23015 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 An abstract geometric, Mesa Triangle features a triangle of batik fabric appliqued to the canvas. A variety of stitches, including couching over laid cording, are used to produce movement within the design. Compensation and placement of stitched areas will be discussed and the student will be encouraged to adapt the piece to reflect their personal interpretation.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 3 ½” x 11”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110; #18 line-drawn eggshell canvas, batik fabric applique, all threads to complete the project, and instructions
| | | |  | | Balloon Play (Encore) Jennifer Riefenberg 23017 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 Float through the warm summer skies. Balloon Play is a continuation in exploring color and design theory, and to learn new ways to approach the painted canvas. You will learn color interactions, color harmony, and value.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 8”
Kit Cost/Contents: $125; #18 hand-painted canvas, a variety of threads, and printed instructions
| | | |  | | Evangeline Waitlist Only Lorene Salt 23019 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 Evangeline is my homage to a poem written by Longfellow. It’s the story of an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love, Gabriel, set during the time of the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadia (Nova Scotia) to Louisiana. This study of diagonal, traditional and string art stitches is an opportunity to try different stitches and to see the versatility of these stitches. Some are old favorites; others will be brand new. The piece is surrounded by a layered border to give it a finished look.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 11 ¾” x 5 ½”
Kit Cost/Contents: $130; #18 French Blue canvas, Wildflowers, Watercolours, DMC and Valdani Pearl Cotton, Vineyard Silk, Kreinik Braid and Ribbon, ThreadWorx Pearl Cotton, overdyed silk, Frosty Rays, Flair, Petite Very Velvet, needles and instructions
| | | |  | | Celebration Rose Kay Stanis 23021 Saturday-Sunday July 30-31, 2022 A golden gossamer rose celebrates the 50th anniversary of ANG. The celebratory rose has five petals. It also has five rose hips that represent the seeds that ANG has sown for each decade. The golden three-dimensional flower dances on a linen background. The sumptuousness is enhanced by five marquises filled with navettes in sparkling crystals surrounded with check purl chipping. Stumpwork appliquéd leaves and double-sided goldwork is combined with couching techniques for the petals. The finished piece can be displayed in a Sudbury octagonal box.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 4" x 4"
Kit Cost/Contents: $90 without stretcher bars (23021A), $108 with stretcher bars (23021B); 28-ct Christmas blue linen, two organzas, silk sewing thread, Grecian twist, check purl (2 sizes), Braid, brass wire, Swarovski navettes and montees, needles, instructions
| | | |  | | Desert Sun Toni Gerdes 23108 Sunday-Monday July 31 - August 1, 2022 When the sun is high over the hot desert, the landscape seems to shimmer and sway from the heat. This design captures that shimmer and sway with vibrant southwest colors creating a band sampler of the varying colors of the landscape and sky on a hot summery day. The best stitches for horizontal, vertical and diagonal bands will be explored to create the different parts of the scenery. The rich colors and patterns add to the luxury of Desert Sun. A touch of metallic to add the shimmer will be included.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 9 ½” x 7 ½”
Kit Cost/Contents: $165; #18 white line-drawn canvas, all threads including many overdyed silks and cottons, Silk Lamé Braid, wool blends, needles, instructions booklet with photo
| | | |  | | Dragonfly Mandala Terri Bay 20101 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 Dragonfly Mandala is a blackwork, whitework, and pulled thread sampler. This striking mandala measures 8 ½” inches both high and wide. Some of the stitches included are double running stitch, eyelets, satin, mosaic, double cable, wave, faggot, pulled upright cross, and Rhodes. The blackwork will be taught both as reversible and as backstitch.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 8 ½” x 8 ½”
Kit Cost/Contents: $50 plus $30 video equipment rental fee; 28-ct Zweigart white Cashel Linen, DMC Pearl Cotton #8 and #12, DMC Floss, tapestry needles, charts and instructions packet
Pre-Work: Satin stitch grid – 6-10 hours to complete
| | | |  | | Saguaro Sunrise Sandie Cormaci-Boles 20105 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 This small but dramatic piece features the beauty of a desert sunrise. Rich vibrant silk threads are used to create the design. A variety of stitches come together to make the desert backdrop. The model is finished as a needle book accented with twisted cords.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 4” x 6”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110; 24-ct Congress cloth, 10 shades of Rainbow Gallery Splendor, Rainbow Gallery Glisten, The Thread Gatherer hand-dyed silk, finishing fabric, wool felt, cactus scissors, needles and instructions
| | | |  | | Let’s Talk Color & DesignL Susan Hoekstra 20109 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 This class is for those who wish to become, or explore, becoming certified as an ANG Master Teacher. We will cover terminology, work examples of color and design, and discuss design ideas and how to use your color knowledge to make them pop! Join us as we begin the process of acquiring knowledge necessary to move on to becoming a Master Teacher! This is not a teaching class, but a class to equip you with information to pursue teaching.
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: n/a
Kit Cost/Contents: $65; Color wheel, color pencils, color and white paper, and a paint brush. A small booklet will be included that covers color terms along with plain paper in which different color and design theories and ideas can be explored
| | | |  | | Flame Sampler Margaret Kinsey 20110 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 Flame Sampler uses the beautiful flame stitch pattern, so similar to a favorite bargello one, and is the focal point of this Rozashi study. Navy and rose with accents of gold are the main colors in this sampler. The stitches used are ichi dan straight, line, ni dan straight, ni dan step, and san dan. The patterns are combinations of ichi dan, ni dan and san dan straight and step. Traditional Rozashi threads are used.
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: 6” x 7 ¾”
Kit Cost/Contents: $90; ro attached to frame; navy, peach, light yellow and gold silks; brocade and gold metallics; Japanese and #24 tapestry needles; Nori; and an illustrated instruction booklet
| | | |  | | Calypso Linda Lachance 20112 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 This vibrant and happy intermediate canvaswork design is stitched on your choice of black or white canvas and starts out with a challenging Amadeus stitch in the center. Bright colors are used for many variations of Jessica and crescent stitches, fleur-de-lis, square herringbone, Braided cross, and others, offset against borders of black and white scotch stitch. When complete the design is embellished with Swarovski crystals and beads for a final touch of bling.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 12” x 12”
Kit Cost/Contents: $140 black canvas (20112A), white canvas (29112B); #18 canvas, many Kreinik #8 Braids, DMC Pearl Cotton, ThreadWorx floss, needles, chart, beads and crystals, and instructions
| | | |  | | Butterfly Sunset (Encore) Deborah Mitek 20113 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 A delightful silk ribbon sunset garden will be stitched in this encore presentation. One can almost feel the warmth and peacefulness of the summer’s evening. The focus of the class will be to apply the techniques of silk ribbon embroidery and surface stitching to a photo transfer. Learn how to create dimension and texture, as well as, design perspective by using a variety of threads in varying weights and thicknesses, including 4mm and 7mm silk ribbons.
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: 9” x 6”
Kit Cost/Contents: $120; 24-ct white Congress cloth taped with photo transfer, overdyed silk ribbons, Straw Silk, Wildflowers, Waterlilies, Capri 18, Water n’ Ice, Floche, Bijoux, Soy Luster, overdyed Soie Perle, overdyed flosses, chenille needles, instruction booklet and photo
| | | |  | | Aztec Heart Kathy Rees 20115 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 The heart’s symbolic power was central to Aztec culture. They considered it one of the body’s spiritual souls, home to a person’s feelings, intelligence, and spirit. The ultimate symbol of life, the Aztecs raised the heart up to the Sun God and then burned it. In the smoke, it would take on new strength and go on giving light and heat, so allowing life to continue on earth. Bands of stitches representing traditional Aztec symbols will be accented with metallics.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 9” x 9”
Kit Cost/Contents: $129; #18 line-drawn eggshell canvas, all threads to complete the project, and instructions
| | | |  | | Im-Possible Jennifer Riefenberg 20117 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 The Im-Possible square is an optical illusion where the top and bottom of each square/diamond is uncertain. This design includes a series of these geometric, perspective drawings in elegant silk and metal embroidery that will fool the eye. These illusionary drawings were popular during the Art Deco movements and the original colorway of red, pink, and black is consistent with this period, though an “autumn” colorway will also be offered. Let your finished piece puzzle your friends!
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 8”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110 Red, Pink and Black (20117A), Autumn (20117B); #18 white canvas, silk and metallic threads, printed instructions
| | | |  | | Peaks & Valleys Lorene Salt 20119 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 In the past year I have re-discovered my love for Bargello but I wanted to take it a step further than the traditional. To create a “flowing” pattern, students will learn how to manipulate the design to create a freeform type of Bargello pattern. We use #3 Perle Cotton in this piece as it is thicker and the coverage is better. The piece is further brought to life by the addition of metallic ribbon. The piece is surrounded by a layered border. This is traditional Bargello with a twist.
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: 12 ¾” x 7”
Kit Cost/Contents: $75; #18 white canvas, DMC #3 and #5 Perle Cotton, Fyre Werks, Kreinik #8 and #16 Braid, needles, instructions
| | | |  | | Four-Way Bargello: Investigate and Stitch Gail Stafford 20120 Monday-Tuesday August 1-2, 2022 Learn how to use a variety of Bargello patterns to create four-way Bargello patterns. Partially stitched Bargello patterns and mirrors will be used to investigate four-way patterns. One-fourth of a four-way Bargello pattern will be stitched and hinged mirrors used to discover how the finished pattern will look. Play with color combinations and different types of Florentine patterns to create one or more unique four-way Bargello patterns.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 8” or 9” x 9”
Kit Cost/Contents: $97 (20120A) Seagreen, Lavender, Yellow, (20120B) Antique Green, Terra Cotta, Antique Blue; 2 - #18 canvas, threads including stranded embroidery cotton, Impressions, sparkly threads such as Neon Rays+ or Petite Sparkle Rays, needles, instructions including numerous color images of stitched examples
| | | |  | | Simply Spring Dawn Donnelly 20207 Tuesday-Wednesday August 2-3, 2022 Spring is almost here and it just wouldn’t be the same without a bunny. But, this is no average bunny, it’s a bunny tree. Cute as can be and just waiting to be dressed up with some fun stitches like Trellis, Fancy Cross, Staggered Mosaic, Bargello Swirls, Branscombe Edge, French Knots and Stem Stitch. Top the tree with bunny ears made of fabric and wire. The tree sits on top of some bunny feet filled with Mosaic Squared Modified in a bed of grass created using Woven Trellis.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 6” x 10”
Kit Cost/Contents: $128; #18 white canvas, DMC Mouline Cotton Variations, Pearl Cotton, Wildflowers, metallics, Silk ‘N Colors, overdyed floss, Spring II, Vineyard Silk, Vineyard Silk Classic, sequins, beads, buttons, paper sign, cotton fabric, floral wire, needles and instructions
| | | |  | | Gertrude the Patchwork Giraffe Waitlist Only Toni Gerdes 20208 Tuesday-Wednesday August 2-3, 2022 Gertrude is a charming Patchwork Giraffe that explores many different stitches to create a happy addition to your needlework decorations. She is the second in a series of Patchwork animals; the first was Elliot the Patchwork Elephant. The whimsical feel of the colors make stitching on this canvas a dream. The stitches include old favorites and a few surprises. The background will be a white on white scrolling darning pattern design worked diagonally in one corner and vertically for the rest of the background to enhance the giraffe’s fanciful personality
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 9” x 11”
Kit Cost/Contents: $140; #18 white line-drawn canvas, all threads, fabric, and embellishments including Silk Lamé Braid, several silk and cotton threads, false eyelashes, beads, sequins, needles, instruction booklet with photo
| | | |  | | Canvas Embellishment Cynthia Thomas 20222 Tuesday-Wednesday August 2-3, 2022 Come join Cindy’s adventures in canvas embellishment. Students will provide a painted canvas no larger than 16” x 16” or 256 square inches. Prior to class the student will provide the teacher with a picture of their proposed canvas. The teacher will provide the student a list of suggested threads for the canvas that the student will bring to class. During class, the teacher will provide the student with a stitch guide and instructions. Students will learn from their own canvas in addition to the other class canvases.
Proficiency Level: All Levels
Design Size: Canvas is limited to 16” x 16” or 256 square inches
Kit Cost/Contents: $95; Stitch Guide
| | | |  | | Light Flurries Terri Bay 20401 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 Light Flurries is level 1 of the Hardanger Snow Series. This class is designed to be a student’s first steps into Hardanger Embroidery and is a good refresher for those who have done Hardanger previously. We will take the mystery out of cutting fabric threads and learn how to work Klosters, cable, satin, ship, blanket, eyelets, dove’s eyes, and needle weaving. A doodle cloth will be used in class so the student may work techniques at their leisure.
Proficiency Level: Basic
Design Size: 7” x 7”
Kit Cost/Contents: $55 plus 30 video equipment rental fee; 28-ct white Zweigart Cashel Linen DMC Pearl Cotton #8 and #12 tapestry needles, charts and instructions packet
| | | |  | | Flame Fan - Canceled Jonathan Brown 20403 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 Flame Fan captures the elusive flickering of fire and is inspired by the constantly changing shapes of flames and the different depths of color. Multi-colored Anchor floss and couched Kreinik gold emulate the broken and flickering nature of fire. Students will explore the use of different weights of couching to create depth and the use of a basted grid to create accurate angles. The class will be taught in English and Scots, and the teacher will be wearing a kilt!
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 11” x 7“
Kit Cost/Contents: $50 with PDF (20403A), $75 with printed stitch guide (20403B); Pale Grey Congress cloth with line drawn design, Anchor multi-color and Anchor Ombre six stranded floss, Kreinik metallic, Gutermann sewing thread, and needles
Student Supplies: Students taking the PDF option will also need to bring a laptop or other appropriate mobile device.
| | | |  | | Blue Hills (Encore) Dawn Donnelly 20407 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 The hills in Michigan may not be big or blue, but they are beautiful. We are surrounded by water and a wide range of terrain. Blue Hills is my attempt at bringing that beauty to life. After a short lecture on handmade paper, the student will spend time exploring the paper by painting, wetting, tearing and cutting it into shapes. It will be attached to the canvas and surrounded with stitches including Corset, French Knots, Branscombe Edge, Criss Cross Hungarian, Butterfly Chain, Oriental, Rhodes and a fake Bullion.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 6 ¼” x 8 ¾”
Kit Cost/Contents: $140; #14 white canvas, Watercolours, Silk & Ivory, Planet Earth Silk, Floss, Impressions, Burmilana, Pearl Cotton, Alpaca, Rainbow Linen, handmade paper, felt, beads, paint, needles and instructions
| | | |  | | Kubota Kimono Waitlist Only Toni Gerdes 20408 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 Inspired by the beautiful landscape art kimonos of Itchiku Kubota, the Kubota Kimono is the sixth in the artist’s series of kimonos after The Wright Kimono, Mackintosh Rose Kimono, Klimt Kimono, O’Keeffe Kimono, and Starry Starry Night Kimono. The kimono features Japan’s Mt. Fuji in intricate embroidered detail. The stitches for this kimono are multi-layered stitches with detailed shading to create the feeling and depth of color of Kubota’s work. The design can be done as the original, a kimono, or as a rectangle (with some design changes by student).
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 8 ½” x 11 ½”
Kit Cost/Contents: $175; (20408A) Kimono, (20408B) Rectangles consistent with over A/B formatting; #18 white line-drawn canvas, threads including several different silks, Sparkle! Braid, Silk Lamé Braid, several overdyes, needles, instruction booklet with photo
| | | |  | | The Game Is On! Susan Hoekstra 20409 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 The Game Is On! Offers a chance for the needle worker to work with a variety of specialty stitches in this well-paced two-day class. There will be different color and needlework processes addressed; for example, directional stitching, how to create emphasis within areas by changing colors and how the colors, and their volume, work together. This design focuses on the checkerboard. And at the end you will have a fully functional game board to use! The frame which allows checkers to be stored is included.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 12” x 12”
Kit Cost/Contents: $119; #18 brown canvas, DMC Floss, Perle Cotton, Pepper Pot Silk, Planet Earth 6 Ply Silk, Kreinik, and the checker storing frame, needles and instructions
| | | |  | | Subtle Beauty Mary Knapp 20411 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 Subtle Beauty makes me think of an English garden. It is stitched using silks, ribbon, very velvet and Braids of cream and light shades of brown with light blue/green accent on ecru/cream canvas. 25 different stitches are used including, Jessica, stacked crescents, French knot, square woven, Bargello, reverse crescents, leaf, Sprats head, couching, eyelets, irregular eyelets, double running, upright crossed star, reverse Scotch and Smyrna. Beads are used to put some sparkle into the garden.
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: 8 ¼” x 8 ¼”
Kit Cost/Contents: $103; #18 Ecru canvas, Silks, floss, #8 and #12 Perle Cotton, #8 and #4 Braid, blending filament, Very Velvet, Neon Rays, beads, needles and instructions
Pre-work:
3-4 hours approximately, stitching the Smyrna Crosses | | | |  | | Angelique Deborah Mitek 20413 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 Come fly with me as we design and stitch this delightful little angel playing the lyre! Silk ribbon embroidery, fabric applique, surface embroidery, and canvas embellishment techniques will be used to create this charming creature with her flowing dress and hair, as well, as highlight her surroundings including a simple border. The idea of flight with the illusion of depth and movement is accomplished using dimensional stitches and threads in varying weights. This heavenly creature contains plenty of glitz and sparkle!!
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: 10” x 10”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110; #18 opalescent canvas taped with watercolor transfer overdyed silk ribbons, Frosty Rays, Petite Silk Lamé Braids, Sparkle Rays, Entice, Very Velvet, Straw Silk, silk floss, Pepper Pot Silk, Rachelette, and Kreinik Braid, chenille and tapestry needles, instruction booklet and photo
| | | |  | | Only Fish In The Sea Jennifer Riefenberg 20417 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 The Talavera pottery of Mexico is bright and playful and often depicts animals in bold colors of the summertime. Only Fish in the Sea, first in a series and inspired by such, is a fun piece to stitch. Swim away on the gentle waves of colors and an ocean of stitches.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 7” x 8”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110; #18 white canvas, a variety of threads, and instructions
| | | |  | | Starstruck Debbie Rowley 20418 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 A galaxy of stars against the night sky! Stitch a variety of stars with loads of texture and sparkle. Tied windmill stars, 8 pointed, 16 pointed and 24 pointed stars, Amadeus, Jessicas, waffle star, star filling stitches, satin stitches, lots of layers and textures – our galaxy is populated with variety! Stitchers will learn the best ways to approach complex stitches in this constellation of stitches. Explore counted needlepoint stars in Starstruck.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 8”
Kit Cost/Contents: $140; #18 deluxe Antique Blue canvas with taped edges, DMC Floche and Satin Floss, Entice, Kreinik #4 and #8 Braids, Silk Lamé Braid and Petite Silk Lamé Braid, Neon Rays, Neon Rays+, Petite Frosty Rays, Sparkle Rays, Sparkle Braid, Mandarin Floss, Glisten, needles and instructions
| | | | |  | | Landscape Features: A Notebook Class Gail Stafford 20420 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 Create your own reference notebook in this 2-day class for the individual who wants to explore stitches and overdyed threads and their use in landscape designs. The focus of the course is to use a variety of stitches and overdyed threads to create stitch samples of sky, water, trees, leaves, and bushes for future reference.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: Notebook class
Kit Cost/Contents: $96; #18 canvas, overdyed threads, needles, complete instructions with numerous color images of stitched examples
Student Supplies: 1” binder notebook | | | |  | | An Autumn Bouquet - Cancelled Cynthia Thomas 20422 Thursday-Friday August 4-5, 2022 Days become shorter, the nights a little colder, and you know that autumn is on its way turning the leaves bright oranges and golds. Pumpkins in the garden are watched over by sunflowers whose nodding heads follow the sun across the sky. Acorns falling from the mighty oak provide food for deer and squirrels. This Raymond Crawford canvas has gathered up these harbingers of fall to create a beautiful tableau. Swarovski Crystals add a touch of sparkle. Techniques include open backgrounds and changing colors on painted canvases.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 8” x 8”
Kit Cost/Contents: $330; #18 hand-painted Raymond Crawford canvas, Kreinik Metallic, Neon Rays, Petite Very Velvet, Petite Silk Lamé Braid, Splendor, River Silk Ribbons, beads, beading thread, Swarovski Crystals, E6000 glue, instructions
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| 1-Day Classes | | | | | | |  | | Anniversary Heart Waitlist Only Nancy Cucci 12906 Friday, July 29, 2022 In honor of ANG's 50th year, Anniversary Heart is an opportunity for the less- experienced stitchers to broaden their vocabulary of decorative needlepoint stitches, and for the veterans to hone their skills. The heart is stitched on a marked canvas and will be outlined with metallic thread. Matte and shiny threads will be used to fill the heart with patterned stitches and accented with a variety of beads and crystals.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”
Kit Cost/Contents: $85; #18 white marked canvas, Kreinik Braids, floss, Neon Rays, white and 24K lined seed and Delica beads, sew-on crystals, tapestry and beading needles, instructions and color photo
|  | | Whirligig Waitlist Only Kathy Rees 12915 Friday, July 29, 2022 Spin or whirl the day away stitching this fun design. Diagonal compensation, textural combinations, and discussion of chromatic colorways will be included in the class discussion. Students will have a choice of colorway.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 4” x 4”
Kit Cost/Contents: $55 Red (12915A), Purple (12915B), Turquoise (12915C), Lime (12915D), Orange (12915E); #18 line-drawn canvas, instructions, and all threads to complete the project
|  | | Or Nue Star (Encore) Jennifer Riefenberg 12917 Friday, July 29, 2022 The Or Nue Star brings silk and metal techniques of motif-based pattern couching to a folk art, Americana style. Enjoy this small piece that would make a great scissor fob or small ornament.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 2” x 1 ¾”
Kit Cost/Contents: $30; Congress cloth, metallic and other threads, printed instructions
|  | | Mostly Jessicas Debbie Rowley 12918 Friday, July 29, 2022 Jessicas can be fun! This class explores a variety of shapes and sizes of Jessicas, with a few filling stitches. This Jean Hilton “string art” stitch can be daunting, but when you learn the basics you’ll breeze through Jessicas when you encounter them in future projects. Our Jessicas are round, square, triangular, oblong, layered, star shaped, interlocking and filled, all stitched with a variety of textures. Choose from bold, grayscale with red, chromatic or pastel color ways. Mostly Jessicas is a Companion to Mostly Amadeus, Fandango, Mostly Walnetos and Mostly Crescents.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 4” x 12”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110 Bold (12918A), Grayscale with Red (12918B), chromatic (12918C), Pastel (12918D); #18 deluxe canvas with taped edges, DMC Floss and Pearl Cotton, Kreinik #8 Braids, needles and instructions
|  | | Desert Rose Jeannette Tombaugh 12923 Friday, July 29, 2022 A beautiful desert sunrise is the inspiration for this piece. The colors in the sky remind one of pink colored roses. The Tudor Rose Stitch was incorporated into this piece for this reason. In this class, you will create a sampler learning how to stitch both twisted and composite stitches. We will be working with several types of threads including ribbon, single loop thread, silks, metallics, and beads. Imagine stitching this sampler as the sun rises with the colors that bring the new day to light.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 10” x 11”
Kit Cost/Contents: $85; #18 Sage canvas, Painters Threads, Entice, Tiara, silk, and cotton threads, embellishment beads, instruction booklet, photo and needle packet
|  | | Earth Spiral Terri Bay 10301 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Earth Spiral is a new twist on the teaching of Ukrainian Whitework Insertion stitches. The spiral, a 12” long and 1” inch wide strip of diagonal rows of Ukrainian Whitework, is wound into a spiral and joined using Ukrainian Insertion Stitches. The Insertion stitches are traditionally used to join two pieces of fabric together usually in clothing such as a sleeve to a bodice. This spiral is worked with the Insertion from Sokal, a three step Insertion. Some of the stitches included are pulled double cable, eyelet, mosaic, faggot, and satin.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 4 ½” long spiral, 1” wide
Kit Cost/Contents: $50 plus $20 video equipment rental fee; 28-ct white Cashel linen, Cottage Garden Thread #8 and #12, tapestry needles, hanging loop, bauble, charts and instructions
|  | | Sedona Sunset Kurdy Biggs 10302 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 A Sedona Sunset is a beautiful sight and we shall stitch a desert memento to remind us of our time in Arizona. Starting with the Caron Collection’s Sedona Sunset and adding in some silks of Soie Perlee, Rainbow Gallery’s Petite Silk Lamé Braid, an array of Jessicas, Crescents, Sprats heads, Sheaf stitches, as well as a double Walneto will be used to build our own Sedona Sunset of shimmering colors. Twinkling crystals and beads will be used to complete the sunset. Finished piece may be framed or finished as an ornament.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 4-½” Circle
Kit Cost/Contents: $75; #18 Lilac canvas, threads include Caron Collection overdyed Sedona Sunset, Soie Perlee and Petite Silk Lamé Braid, crystals, beads, needles, and instructions
|  | | Heart Of Gold Sandie Cormaci-Boles 10305 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Enjoy creating a beautiful golden scissor fob to commemorate ANG's 50th Golden Anniversary. This two-sided design is accented with a gold topaz heart and gold beads. Learn a variety of stitches along with hand finishing with beautiful twisted cords. The gold scissors are included with the kit.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 4” x 4”
Kit Cost/Contents: $69; #18 canvas, Kreinik #8 metallic Braid, Rainbow Gallery Glisten, Gloriana hand-dyed silk, charm, beads, gold scissors and scissors sheath, needles and instructions
|  | | Crescent In Gold Margaret Kinsey 10310 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 The beautiful serpentine crescents, the center of the piece, are fun to create. The crescents are tied in the center with a sheaf stitch. Amadeus stitches set off contrasts with the opposing corners. Stitches include basketweave, crescents, Amadeus, a darning pattern and Smyrna cross, woven plait stitch.
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: 8” x 8”
Kit Cost/Contents: $60; 24-ct Congress cloth, #4 Kreinik Braid, #8 AVOS Braids, #1 Japan thread, #8 Pearl Cotton, assorted needles, and illustrated instruction booklet
|  | | Crown Of The Andes Deborah Mitek 10313 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 This charming silk ribbon flower project teaches ribbon embroidery and other surface and needlepoint stitches, as well as, explores new techniques using silk ribbon. Dimension is created using textural stitches. The poinsettia is constructed using a ribbon embroidery filling technique, set on a diagonal leaf background surrounded by a woven border. A short history of this traditional Christmas flower will also be shared. This is a companion piece to the Summer’s End sunflower.
Proficiency Level: All
Design Size: 4” x 4”
Kit Cost/Contents: $75; #18 sandstone vintage line-drawn and taped canvas, Petite Silk Lamé and Silk Lamé Braids, Entice, overdyed silk ribbons and Eyelash, Wildflowers, beads, crystals, chenille and tapestry needles, instruction booklet and photo
|  | | Photographing Needleart Jennifer Riefenberg 10317 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Learn simple techniques and tricks for getting great photos of your needleart without investing in a professional studio. Get acquainted with your camera/phone and practice shooting. Students will learn a couple of editing tips to get a fine finish.
Proficiency Level: All Levels
Design Size: NA
Kit Cost/Contents: $25; There is no kit for this class students will receive a printed document/instruction set and hands-on lessons. If you bring one piece to class, you will receive one quality image which will be sent to you via email
Student Supplies: Camera or camera phone
|  | | Mostly Walnetos Debbie Rowley 10318 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Jean Hilton developed walneto stitches, a twisty “string art” stitch, that can be confusing. Mostly Walnetos demystifies this stitch and helps stitchers develop confidence when approaching this stitch in future projects. Our walnetos are small, medium, large, square, on point, layered and augmented with additional stitches like Rhodes, rice, waffles, fern, Milanese pinwheels and more. Choose from bold, grayscale with red, chromatic or pastel color ways. Mostly Walnetos is a companion piece to Mostly Jessicas, Mostly Amadeus, Mostly Crescents and Fandango.
Proficiency Level: Advanced Intermediate
Design Size: 4” x 12”
Kit Cost/Contents: $110 Bold (10318A), Grayscale with Red (10318B), chromatic (10318C), Pastel (10318D); #18 deluxe canvas with taped edges, DMC Floss and Pearl cotton, Kreinik #8 Braids, needles and instructions
|  | | Quilt Square II Gail Stafford 10320 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Quilt Square II is the second in a series of quilt squares. Overdyed threads will be used with seven different canvas stitches and some reversed canvas stitches to create the design. Enjoy practicing stitch compensation while creating this quilt square. Complete charts are included for regions with more challenging stitch compensation. Learn about value and its role in creating quilt squares.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 4 ½” x 4 ½”
Kit Cost/Contents: $74 (10320A) green and violet, (10320B) periwinkle and red-violet; #18 canvas, Caron’s Impressions and Weeks Dye Works overdyed threads, Copic marker or Micron brush, needles, and instructions
|  | | Mariposas Kay Stanis 10321 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Butterflies flutter in the bright glistening sunshine. The bright wings create a flash of a rainbow. The two layers of foundation provide a dimensional experience. Seed beads and crystals are centered in the flowers on #18 silk interlock canvas which are on top of the butterfly’s wings. It floats over the other butterflies of laid silk, which are embellished with sequins and beads.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 4” x 4”
Kit Cost/Contents: $65 without stretcher bars (10321A), $72 with stretcher bars (10321B); 28-ct interlock silk canvas Dusty Green/Olive Green Jobelan, Waterlilies, silk sewing thread, felt, invisible thread, Coronet and Kreinik Braids, montees, seed beads sequins, needles, instructions with color diagrams and photo |
Back to top | 1/2 Day Classes | | | | | | |  | | Sugarplum Santa Waitlist Only Janet Zickler Casey 10304.1 Wednesday, August 3, 2022 morning Sugarplum Santa is the newest in a series of Santa ornaments loosely based on Polish glass Christmas ornaments. This ornament, with a variety of rich and sparkling threads, includes Very Velvet, Ribbon Floss, Splendor Silk, Wool, Fuzzy Stuff, and Kreinik Metallics. Stitches and techniques include basketweave, filling stitches, padded satin as well as beading techniques.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 5” x 6 ½”
Kit Cost/Contents: $75; #18 line drawn white canvas, all threads, attachments, and instructions
|  | | Tiffany Heart Janet Zickler Casey 10304.2 Wednesday August 3, 2022 afternoon The distinctive color known as Tiffany Blue was selected by Charles Lewis Tiffany for the cover of the “Blue Book” that showcased the annual Tiffany jewelry collection beginning in 1845. Women the world over are still able to identify a special gift from Tiffany’s by that iconic teal blue box tied up with a simple white ribbon. This elegant heart-shaped ornament pays homage to that memory. All tied up with a three-dimensional loom beaded bow, it would make a perfect gift for a special person in your life.
Proficiency Level: Basic Intermediate
Design Size: 4” x 4”
Kit Cost/Contents: $65; #18 white line drawn canvas, all threads, beads, photo, and instructions
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