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Immerse yourself in embroidery! You'll choose a basic color scheme to work with and then appliqué pieces down. Finally, you'll learn embroidery stitches to create texture and depth and give your landscape sampler personality.

You will start with a 9-inch by 11-inch piece of wool with needle turned down, tree top in place, and add nine wool pieces, including a deer, a trunk with branches, and three of your own custom trees you'll cut from a piece of wool. The instructor will supply a drawn diagram on which you'll place your own design of stitches. You'll select your own color scheme for the wool pieces, create your own design, and then anchor all pieces in place with pin-and-whip stitch.

You will learn and explore embroidery design using the following:

• Bullion knot and loop.
• Couching stitch.
• Double cast on stitch.
• Chain stitch.
• Fly stitch (stacked).
• French knot.
• Scroll stitch.

We will strive to fully learn all the stitches on the landscape.

Details

You may need additional time at home to complete the sampler.

Details

A materials fee of $30, included in the cost of the class, covers what you'll need, including:

• A drawn and labeled diagram of the piece with stitches.
• A 9-inch by 11-inch piece of wool with needle turned down, tree top in place.
• Wool pieces for applique (deer, tree trunk with branches, and a piece for you to cut out three custom trees).
• Three needles (#18, #24 chenille and #1 milliners).
• Variety of threads for embroidery.
• Appliqué pins.

A small pillow for cast-on and wrap stitches will be provided by the instructor to use during class.

Class Policies

• Ages 14 and up are welcome.
• Bring a bag lunch each day. There is a refrigerator and microwave on the lower level.