Registration is now open for our Online Studio class Espalier Bracelet with Laura Smith!
Espalier is the ancient horticultural practice of training a tree or shrub to grow flat against a wall or frame to produce more blooms and fruit. In this project, you’ll create a bracelet that emulates an espaliered tree. Learn to work with Painter’s Threads overdyed cord and loop trim to provide a structure like tree branches. It supports beads and sequins in their role as the fruit. Two kinds of water-soluble fabric and water-soluble tape hold the structure in place so that it can be hooped. Embellish the bracelet with your own beads (4 mm round beads, size 8° and size 11° seed beads, and other beads). Stitch with matching #12 pearl cotton (yes, this will go through the beads) and finish with a secure sliding tube-style clasp. Custom size it to fit your wrist. Several colorways are available.
Registration closes on September 4. The first PDF lesson will be posted on November 6, 2024 and the last lesson will be posted on November 13, 2024.
Click here to register for Espalier Bracelet
Here’s a quick rundown of how our online classes work: Students get access to the class content based on the class schedule 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.
Virtual Education Course open for registration!
Pick of the Patch with Dawn Donnelly
The one-day Pick of the Patch course will take place Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, led by noted designer Dawn Donnelly. The course will start at 11 a.m. Eastern time and, after a couple of brief breaks and an hour for lunch, will end at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Pumpkins come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. This class can get you into the mood for fall, with a pop of welcome color as you stitch it over the winter months. The kit for this class includes a 6″ x 9″ (15.24cm x 22.86cm) pumpkin painted on a 10″ x 12″ (25.4cm x 30.48cm) hand-painted canvas, as well as silk, pearl cotton, wool, and wool/silk blend threads. Students will bring the pumpkin to life using a variety of threads and couching techniques. Click here to learn more!
New Online Studio Class coming soon!
Marvelous Macarons with Sarah de Rousset-Hall
Create silk-covered macarons that look good enough to eat. Inspired by her niece’s obsession with these sweet treats, the designer’s stumpwork techniques help create perfect patisserie that make lovely decorations. During class, you will use felt padding, running stitch, lacing, needle lace and ladder stitch to construct the macarons. You will also create a silk filling and an optional cord so you can hang up your treats as described. If you joined the Parisian Patisserie box-making course in 2022, this full kit of six macarons will nestle perfectly inside. Registration dates: Registration: September 4 – October 2, 2024. Class schedule: December 4-11, 2024. Sign up for a reminder!
Lightning Rounds
We have 5 GCC Lightning Rounds available for registration through August 31, 2024. These 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. Click the pictures below to learn more about each course.
Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt
Our Group Correspondence Course 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. Learn More and Register!
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. Read our Interview with Gwen Nelson. Learn More and Register!
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. Learn More and Register!
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. Learn More and Register!
Symphony with Barbara Kershaw
Work on a beautiful, pulled thread set comprising of an embroidery pouch and smalls that will be a wonderful addition to your sewing basket. Learn More and Register!
