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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
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Learn to embroider a beautiful Elizabethan border with goldwork at this embroidery course.Your goldwork embroidery class introduces you to the art of goldwork, including passing, stitching pearl purls, essing, and creating intricate flowers. You'll learn to stitch the gold passing first. Guided by your expert teacher, you will also learn how to plunge and finish the passing thread. You'll then discover how to initiate the pearl purl and how to create sharp angles.The next stage of your embroidery course will be to learn to stitch a silver grid with a smooth silver purl. Following along with your teacher, you will create a flower to define the centre with a loop stitch in purls. Finally, you will learn how to create essing to add depth to your intricate pattern.These embroidery classes are aimed at those with some knowledge of embroidery who would like to learn or improve their goldwork techniques. This in-person embroidery course will allow you to develop at your own pace, with the opportunity for one-to-one guidance from your tutor thanks to small class sizes.The Elizabethan border will need to be finished after the class, and I will make my recorded class videos available for 6 months complimentary. In addition to the in-person class and the techniques learned, you will be able to watch the videos as many times as you like.You have the option to choose a white or black background to work on (just select the colour you'd like when you book).By the end of your course, you'll have some wonderful new goldwork embroidery skills, as well as your beautiful piece of embroidery to keep.
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This class is not available for purchase
What you'll get
Detailed instructions.Gold passing.Gold pearl purl.Gold smooth and rough purl.Silver smooth purl.Beeswax.Different size needles.Calico (backing fabric).White or black satin fabric (choose your preferred colour when you book).2 x Gutermann bobbin thread.
A seated 8 or 10-inch hoop with webbing around the top ring.
An embroidery scissors
A goldwork scissors
A goldwork pad
Pins.
Pencil and rubber.
Notepad
Location
Five village hall - Station Road Backford Chester CH1 6NT
Venue details: Wheelchair accessible and Free parking. Please note that it is a remote location and I recommend that you bring your lunch. There is a small kitchen for tea and coffee.
Stephanie Bonneau is a textile artist specialised in hand embroidery based in Cheshire. She has over 12 years experience collaborated for multinational design houses including Chanel, Christian Dior and Burburry. She has led embroidery classes in renowned institutions. Stephanie is expert is a wide range of techniques including Goldwork, Tambour Beading and silk shading. She teach classes from beginner to advanced and master class.She is now sharing her time between teaching, designing new projects and artworks, working for Fashion Weeks, and private commissions for companies and clients.
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5 to 10 guests
