Hi There! Just a quick note to announce my swiftly upcoming classes for spring and summer! All of these virtual classes are offered through the Smithsonian Associates Studio Arts Program. Stay tuned for new classes in the Fall!

COLOR THEORY FOR EMBROIDERY ARTISTS (VIRTUAL)
Friday, June 3, 2022 – 12:30 p.m. to Friday, June 17, 2022 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Find your personal sense of color confidence while learning to apply color to embroidery art as would a painter using pigments and a palette. Learn the vocabulary of color theory through exercises and embroidery hoop experiments that explore hue, value, tone, and color relationships. Extract palettes from found images and translate them into stitched creations. Open to all levels of embroidery experience.

SUSTAINABLE CLOSET: MENDING AND DARNING (VIRTUAL)
Saturday, June 4, 2022 – 1:30 p.m. to Saturday, June 11, 2022 – 3:30 p.m. ET
As we transition to a greener future, one thing is clear: fast fashion is a thing of the past. Find out how to make your clothes last longer by using a host of sustainable fiber practices. Learn to do beautiful, visible mending using patches, embroidery, and darning. Get an introduction to basic alterations for resizing clothing, transforming T-shirts, and recycling fabric scraps for accessories. Learn about the history of sustainable fiber practices from different cultures, such as Japanese sashiko and the clever ways sewists coped with textile shortages during World War II. Students are challenged to consider their own shopping habits, the impact they have on the planet—and why we consumers need to become more conscientious citizens.

These practices are one part of a new lifestyle that embraces a “regenerative” economy rather than an extraction-based one. Consider taking this class as a step in the right direction for our world and future generations.

COLOR THEORY FOR EMBROIDERY ARTISTS (VIRTUAL)
Thursday, July 14, 2022 – 12:30 p.m. to Thursday, July 28, 2022 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Find your personal sense of color confidence while learning to apply color to embroidery art as would a painter using pigments and a palette. Learn the vocabulary of color theory through exercises and embroidery hoop experiments that explore hue, value, tone, and color relationships. Extract palettes from found images and translate them into stitched creations. Open to all levels of embroidery experience.

FREESTYLE EMBROIDERY BASICS WEEKEND STUDIO ARTS WORKSHOP (VIRTUAL)
Saturday, August 6, 2022 – 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

In this workshop, beginners are introduced to surface freestyle hand embroidery. In this style, the stitches are applied freely, disregarding the weave or structure of the ground cloth. Students learn how to select and prepare fabric using a simple design, ready their hoop, and begin stitching. The class covers several different stitches to achieve various textures and marks, such as basic stitch, backstitch, satin stitch, and more. Take a simple project from beginning to end and learn how to finish your hoop so it can be displayed without a frame.

See you there!