Our Education Department has added a new course to our selection of Group Correspondence Courses: Daisy & Red Clover with Kim Sanders.
This Group Correspondence Class (GCC) gives students a taste of stumpwork (raised and padded embroidery) in an easily completed size. Most embroidery is two-dimensional. Stumpwork moves into the third dimension by raising the embroidery above the surface of the ground fabric. The way the embroidery is raised is by stitch choice, padding, and detached elements.
Stumpwork is a very methodical type of embroidery. The detailed instructions in Daisy & Red Clover will take you through the steps in small, straight-forward increments. The most commonly encountered techniques in stumpwork are included: needle lace, detached element, and embroidery over felt padding. Whipped chain, padded satin and layered detached chain stitches continue the raised character of this type of surface embroidery. Tips on creating beautifully smooth satin stitch are included. Familiar surface stitches: outline, stem, French knot and detached chain (lazy daisy) complete the design.
Registration for this course is currently available to groups and to individuals as a GCC Lightning Round through November 30, 2026. For interested groups, there is a $200 fee per group, and each student in the group pays $25 for a PDF text or $40 for a printed and mailed(US) copy of the text. Registration for the Lightning Round includes the text.
If you are interested in registering a group for this Group Correspondence Course, you can learn more about the process and download the registration form from our Group Correspondence Course page.
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GCC Lightning Rounds
Our GCC Lightning Rounds are a selection of our Group Correspondence Courses that have been hand-picked by our Education Department and made available for individual EGA members to register without a group for a limited time.
Boca Blossoms with Carol Currier
Registration Dates: Open Through November 30, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
Boca Blossoms is a beginner to intermediate crewel embroidery course with a focus on soft shading using one color family but varying the color order. The stitches include Chain Stitch, Fly Stitch, French Knots, Long & Shorting Shading, Outline/Stem Stitch, Split Stitch and Straight Stitch.
Daisy & Red Clover with Kim Sanders
Registration Dates: Open Through November 30, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
Daisy & Red Clover gives students a taste of stumpwork (raised and padded embroidery) in an easily completed size.
Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt
Registration Dates: Open Through November 30, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt is an opportunity for the student to learn a variety of finishing techniques for use with counted thread work and to create a lovely four-piece set of needlework accoutrements.
Jacobean Fantasy with Kay Stanis
Registration Dates: Open Through November 30, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
Giving new interpretation to designs of the seventeenth century and blending them with the silk and metal of the twenty-first, in Jacobean Fantasy, we will create an exquisite floral design on silk fabric with detached sheer fabric.
More Than a Rose with Melinda Sherbring
Registration Dates: Open Through November 30, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
More Than a Rose is a small piece designed to introduce students to some stitches and raised work techniques used on English sweet bags ca. 1600.
