Registration for our Online Studio class Blossom with Kim Beamish closes on January 7, 2026!
In this four lesson project, students will have the opportunity to practice padded Satin stitch, Fly stitch and creating a trellis (this is different from the Trellis Stitch). The student will learn how to couch metallic threads and great way to attach beads to add a touch sparkle. Students can create all the Blossoms they want in the colorways they wish as this is a Stash Buster! The instructions for this class will be provided as PDFs, there is no video instruction included.
Registration closes on January 7, 2026. The PDF lessons will be posted every week from March 4 to 25, 2026.
Click here to register for Blossom
Here’s a quick rundown of how our online studio classes work: Following the class schedule, students get access to the class content and to a class discussion forum where the teacher will answer students’ questions and where students can post photos of their progress and communicate with each other. PDF lessons can be downloaded at any time up to two months after the last lesson is posted. Please check the details for each class to see if the class format will include video instruction.
Lightning Rounds
Every quarter, our Education Department selects some of our Group Correspondence Courses(GCC) and these are made available for members to register individually without needing a group. These correspondence courses are a great opportunity for members-at-large or chapter members who have been wanting to try one of these group courses and haven’t been able to. There is not an online component to these courses. There are no refunds for course or text fees so make your selection carefully. Learn more about Lightning Rounds.
Keeping in Shape with Gwen Nelson
On Keeping in Shape, the student uses various techniques such as circular and flat peyote to make a necklace with 13 three-dimensional beaded pieces. This course is available as a GCC Lightning Round through February 28, 2026. Register here!
Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric with Laura Smith
On our Group Correspondence Course Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric, you will mark and paint one design onto needlepoint canvas and one onto silk fabric. This course is available as a GCC Lightning Round through February 28, 2026. Register here!
Perfectly Counted Crosses with Carolyn Standing Webb
In Perfectly Counted Crosses you will learn how to create a sampler that will dazzle those who see it with perfectly executed crossed stitches. This course is available as a GCC Lightning Round through February 28, 2026. Register here!
Pulled Stitches Clover – Encore
The leaves and blooms of the charming clover design contain twelve pulled fillings in a variety of patterns. There are both linear and diaper patterns in which the emphasis is placed on tension. Tension, of course, creates a significant change in the texture of the fabric. In pulled stitches, the effect is achieved by what the stitches do, not the appearance of the stitches themselves. This course is available as a GCC Lightning Round through February 28, 2026. Register here!
Uncommon Stitches with Melinda Sherbring
Do you like designs with dragons? Are you inspired by embroidered book covers of the late 16th and early 17th centuries? Do you collect unusual stitches — ones uncommon in modern embroidery? If you answered “Yes” to any one of those questions, then you may want to try this Group Correspondence Course. This course is available as a GCC Lightning Round through February 28, 2026. Register here!
