Registration is now open for our Online Studio class Hummingbird in Silk and Gold with Lizzy Pye!
If you missed your chance to register for the very popular Hummingbird in Silk and Gold with Lizzy Pye last year, you are in luck! We will be offering this class again next year, and registration is now open! Learn how to handle traditional silks known as flat or filament silks, which are untwisted. Stitch silk shading (long and short stitch), satin stitch and stem stitch to create splashes of color amongst the gold. Learn to create smooth felt padding and embellish with traditional goldwork techniques of couching and colored couching, pearl purl, invisibly stitched twist and chipping. Click here to learn more and register!
Registration closes on December 4, 2024. The first PDF lesson and videos will be posted on April 2, 2025 and the last lesson will be posted on May 25, 2025.
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Here’s a quick rundown of how our online studio 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.
Online Studio Classes
Whitework Windows with Terri Bay
Whitework Windows is a Ukrainian whitework design measuring 8″ (20.32cm) square. It is densely packed with stitches typical to the technique, such as spot eyelets, double cable, satin stitches, eyelet chains, hemstitch, long arm cross, and needleweaving. The “windows” are worked on 28-count linen with two sizes of pearl cotton. Registration: December 4, 2024 – January 8, 2025. Class schedule: March 5 – April 30, 2025. Click here to learn more and sign up for a reminder!
Lightning Rounds
We have 5 GCC Lightning Rounds available for registration through November 30, 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.
A Touch of Fall with Jane Ellen Balzuweit
A Touch of Fall is created using a 17th century white work technique, Dresden Lace, a combination of pulled thread and surface embroidery. Learn More and Register!
Ancestree with Carolyn Standing Webb
On Ancestree you will work on a tree of life design that will feature five generations of your family. Learn More and Register!
Baby Steps with Gwen Nelson
There are five beading techniques that must be demonstrated to receive certificates in the Master Craftsman Program in Beading. The five techniques are Square Stitch, Herringbone Stitch, Even Count Peyote Stitch, Bead Embroidery, and Right-Angle Weave. Baby Steps includes very simplified lessons in the five techniques. Read our interview with Gwen. Learn More and Register!
Bargello and Design with Gail Stafford
Bargello and Design is a course designed for intermediate and advanced stitchers who want to create their own square Bargello samplers. The class focus is to design a sampler, and Bargello is the type of canvas embroidery used in the design. Read our interview with Gail. Learn More and Register!
Fandango with Barbara Kershaw
Fandango is focused on Punto Antico, one of many beautiful styles of Italian whitework embroidery. Learn More and Register!
The Princess and the Pea – Limited Availability
Teacher Marion Scoular’s interpretation of the beloved fairy tale includes pattern darning, Blackwork, Hardanger (no cutting!) and a small amount of surface stitchery, all explicitly covered in a 26-page, well-illustrated booklet. To ensure accuracy, the teacher will be supplying the imprinted fabric, with no creases, in a roll. This course will be retiring soon and only a few registrations are left. Learn More and Register!
