Registration is now open for our Online Studio class Pink Goldwork Butterfly with Connie Chow!
This butterfly, ready to use as a brooch or hair adornment, is stitched with traditional goldwork techniques-but with a modern twist. Techniques covered include couching pearl purl and gilt twist, chipwork, application of crystals, and cutting and finishing the piece.
Registration closes on November 6, 2024. The first PDF lesson and videos will be posted on January 8, 2025 and the last lesson will be posted on February 26, 2025.
Click here to register for Pink Goldwork Butterfly
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.
Online Studio Classes
It’s Back! 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, with registration starting on November 6, 2024! 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 sign up for a reminder!
Virtual Lecture Registration Now Open!
The Life and Art of Jessie Catherine Kinsley with Thomas Guiler
Born into the Oneida Community, Jessie Catherine Kinsley was raised amidst ideas of free-love, gender equality, and Perfectionism, by a group of people who believed they were bringing about heaven on earth. She lived through the tumultuous years of the breakup of the Community, entered into traditional family life, and became a regionally famous artist. Though she dabbled in many media including drawing, painting, poetry, and children’s books, she is most known for her braidings. Kinsley invented an artform that used discarded dresses and fabric to create gigantic braided mosaics that depicted scenes from literature, scripture, nature, and history. Live Lecture Date: Saturday October 19, 2024 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: September 16 – October 17, 2024 1PM Eastern Click here to register!
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!
