Hand Embroidery Basics and Beyond

22 Ways to Play with Embroidery Gadgets & Whatnotts

Making waves in the slow-stitching movement long before it was reinvigorated, Christen Brown is known for her prolific needlework and specializes in hand embroidery and crazy-quilting. This class is a basic introduction to embroidery materials, tools, techniques, tips, and tricks, including “aha” moments that even an experienced student will find valuable. With Christen’s mantra of “practice makes sense,” carrying you through this online course, she will show you 22 design exercises to start stitching your way to embroidery excellence.

The course begins with an overview of the materials, tools, and techniques you’ll need to know to get started, including how to choose the right needle. Then, you will learn how to expertly work with perle cotton, stranded floss, silk embroidery ribbons, seed beads, buttons, and more to give your project texture, dimension, and personal flair. Next, she will walk you through 22 design exercises that show you how to successfully incorporate stencils and other stitching aids into your embroidered creations. Beginners will love her detailed demonstrations of over 21 embroidery stitches, and more experienced stitchers can explore techniques for altering stitch definition and adding mixed media embellishments. Aiming to inspire, she will show you her embroidery samplers, journals, and other ways to document your stitches and projects.

Click the link for more details or to sign up: Hand Embroidery Basics & Beyond