Our Education Department has added a new course to our selection of Group Correspondence Courses: Your Roots Are Showing with Diane Herrmann.
This Group Correspondence Class (GCC) features a basket of vegetables rooted to the earth. By employing traditional needlepoint stitches alongside three-dimensional work, you will create stylized vegetables in and under their basket. Using wire, padding techniques, stranded floss, and a variety of other interesting threads, you will learn needle weaving, how to attach stumpwork slips, and how to pad and stitch for effect and dimension. The class will discuss perspective and placement of individual elements in the design. Trellis patterns in the border and background finish off the design.
Registration for this course is currently available to groups. There is a $200 fee per group, and each student in the group pays $35 for a PDF text or $85 for a printed and mailed copy of the text.
Gather your favorite stitchers, make a group and sign up! If you are interested in registering 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.
Ancestree with Carolyn Standing Webb
Registration Dates: Open Through May 31, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
On this course you will work on a tree of life design that will feature you and your family. You can add your mother, grandmother, great grandmother and back for 5 generations or you can make one with just your immediate family. This design can become a heirloom passed on to future generations in your family.
Baby Steps with Gwen Nelson
Registration Dates: Open Through May 31, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
This GCC includes very simplified beading lessons in five techniques: Square Stitch, Herringbone Stitch, Even Count Peyote Stitch, Bead Embroidery, and Right-Angle Weave.
Guanin: Gourd Flower with Margaret Kinsey
Registration Dates: Open Through May 31, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
Guanin: Gourd Flower with teacher Margaret Kinsey is a study of Silk and Metal Threads for beginners.
Thank Goodness It’s Finished with Kim Sanders
Registration Dates: Open Through May 31, 2026
Class Format: Class text and Correspondence with Teacher
Are your beautiful embroideries languishing in a drawer awaiting a trip to the finisher? Finishing the embroidery yourself gives you complete control over the end product and could be less expensive than using professional finishing services. Our Group Correspondence Course Thank Goodness It’s Finished teaches a variety of skills needed to assemble embroideries into their final form.
