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 2011

HISTORY REVISITED: THE ANCIENT ART OF KANTHA EMBROIDERY - Kantha Embroidery fall

TEACHER: Anna Hergert

2010

MACHINE EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Linda McBain Cuyler

CAUSE & EFFECT - Adding recycled materials to conventional art quilts and making them aesthetically pleasing.

TEACHER: Anna Hergert

2009

SUNFLOWERS OR ECHINACEA FLOWERS - Beginner free motion machine embroidery

TEACHER: Linda McBain Cuyler

JAPANESE BEADING

TEACHER: Dianne Nicholson

NATURE AS INSPIRATION - Bring a rock, a branch, a favourite landscape picture and a sense of adventure and you will go home with an original wall hanging at the end of the class! This intensive three-day workshop will introduce you to recognizing key elements of design and incorporate these into your original piece.

TEACHER: Anna Hergert

2008

THE VALUE OF VALUE

TEACHER: Laurrie Sobie

VERY NEAT BOX - Crazy quilt Etui

TEACHER: Anita Curley

BEGINNERS JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERY - Japanese Embroidery

TEACHER: Dianne Nicholson

RAISED WORK - Stumpwork

TEACHER: Jean Ford

2007

BOUTIS

TEACHER: Alyette Martin

NEEDLE PAINTING

TEACHER: Alyette Martin

2006

MUSHROOMS IN CREWEL - Crewel embroidery

TEACHER: Jean Ford

2005

HARLEQUIN BIRD - Crewel embroidery with silk threads

TEACHER: Jean Ford

2004

SPRING GARDEN - Free motion machine embroidery

TEACHER: Linda McBain Cuyler

CREWEL TEA COZY

TEACHER: Jean Ford

2003

BEDECKED AND BEDAZZLED - Canvas embellishment

TEACHER: Anna Marie Winter

2002

A GUIDE FOR TEACHING

TEACHER: Marie Winter

COLOURED BLACKWORK

TEACHER: Joan Tessari

SILK TO DYE FOR

TEACHER: Jackie Van Fossen

BANNERS

TEACHER: Marion Spanjerdt, Toronto, ON

PAINTED BACKGROUNDS AND THE SEWING MACHINE

TEACHER: Sylvia Naylor, Battersea, ON

2001

FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING - Doll making

TEACHER: Margi Hennen

STAINED GLASS QUILTING

TEACHER: Debbie Bouwmeester-Fasek

VERY BERRY - Raised Embroidery

TEACHER: Wendy Osenton

2000


1999

CRAZY DYES AND EMBELLISHING

TEACHER: Chris Berry

1998

INSPIRATION FOR DESIGN

TEACHER: Pam Godderis

MACHINE EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Martha Cole

1997

BLUE HERON - Canvas workshop

TEACHER: Pat Morse

1996

CABOCHON PINS, LOTUS

TEACHER: Pat Morse

1995

BARGELLO - Canvas workshop

TEACHER: Mary Sustrik

1994

LOTS OF LACENeedleweaving

TEACHER: Jil Nordfors Clark

DESIGN FROM EASTERN MACEDONIA

TEACHER: Joan Petrakis

1993

FINE HAND SEWING NOTEBOOK

TEACHER: Nena Richardson

SPRINGTIME NOSEGAY

TEACHER: Nena Richardson

AYRSHIRE & WHITEWORK - Slide Presentation

TEACHER: Nena Richardson

1992

TASSELS

TEACHER: Vima Michelli

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SAMPLER - Italian lace on canvas

TEACHER: Vima Michelli

CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Jan Beany

1991

EMBROIDERY COMBINING SHEERS, OVERLAYS AND DYES

TEACHER: Sylvia Bramley, United Kingdom

DOLL MAKING

TEACHER: Nikki Chabot

DESIGN FOR EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Anne Miller

1990

EMBROIDERED EXTRAVAGANZA - Beading, dyeing, applique techniques on silk

TEACHER: Sue Rangely, United Kingdom

LANDSCAPES IN FABRIC COLLAGE - Using under dyes, small chips of fabric and fibres, net. Hand or machine embroider, create a landscape

TEACHER: Bunty Severs

CONTEMPORARY BLACKWORK - Angel using novelty threads and colour

TEACHER: Joan Tessari

DECORATIVE DRESS

TEACHER: Sue Rangely, United Kingdom

1989

BRAZILIAN EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Mary Sustrik

LANDSCAPE INTERPRETATION - Canvas workshop

TEACHER: Margaret Tewnion

GREEK EMBROIDERY - Western Macedonia

TEACHER: Joan Petrakis

APPROACHES TO STITCHES - Applique from India

TEACHER: Anne Morrell, United Kingdom

1988

BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE GOLDWORK

TEACHER: Janice Routley

WHITEWORK OF CYPRESS

TEACHER: Joan Petrakis

1987

ECCLESIASTICAL WORKSHOP

TEACHER: Dr. Jan Weijer

COLOR AND COMPOSITION

TEACHER: Willana Bristol

1986

WHITEWORK- 2 classes

TEACHER: Bunty Severs

MACHINE EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Joy Clucas

1985

GOLDWORK

TEACHER: Bunty Severs

1984

EMPHASIZE CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO NEEDLELACES, DETACHED STITCHES

TEACHER: Wilke Smith

COLOR

TEACHER: Wilke Smith

1983

DESIGN AND COLOR

TEACHER: Don Stewart

CYANOPRINTING - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Jane Felt, Darcy Guesse

COILED BASKETRY - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Dale MacEwan

TEXTURAL STITCHES ON CANVAS - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Dale MacEwan

FABRIC PAINTING - Mini Workshop

TEACHER: Anne Miller

1982

CREATIVE NEEDLEPOINT - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Dale MacEwan

HARDANGER - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Grace Clements

PULLED THREAD QUILTING - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Stephanie Brand

TWINNED BASKETS - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Francis Cant

BANNER MAKING - To design an expressive, personal banner for home, workplace, or church. (2 classes)

TEACHER: Marion Spanjerdt, Toronto, ON

1980

SHEERS AND OVERLAYS - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Vivian Robinson

FABRIC PRINTING, PAINTING AND DYEING

TEACHER: Eleanor Van de Water, Vancouver, Washington

NON TRADITIONAL QUILTING - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Mary Holdgrafer

MODERN APPROACH TO NEEDLEWEAVING - Mini workshop, 3-D effect

TEACHER: Flo Dutka

PULLED THREAD ON CANVAS - Mini workshop

TEACHER: Rochelle Ponic

1979

TECHNIQUES OF TEXTURAL CANVAS

TEACHER: Mary Sustrik

DESIGNING TOPS AND CAFTANS - Three areas designing for stitchery, for a top or caftan judging and jurying clinic

TEACHER: Eleanor Van de Water, Vancouver, Washington

1978

DESIGN WORKSHOP

TEACHER: Anne Miller

1977

COLLAGE AND MACHINE EMBROIDERY - Design a contemporary appliqué technique. Use of sewing machine for creative stitchery.

TEACHER: Pat Russell, United Kingdom

CANVAS WORK

TEACHER: Margaret Tewnion

1976

CANVAS WORK

TEACHER: Margaret Tewnion

DESIGN, COLOR, CLOTHING FASHIONS - Creative techniques

TEACHER: Ingrid Rowlings

1975

DESIGN FOR EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Constance Howard, United Kingdom

1974

CREATIVITY - A class in creativity was the first workshop conducted by The Edmonton Needlecraft Guild in the fall of the year it was founded.

TEACHER: Flo Dutka

PAINTING ON SILK

TEACHER: Betty McLean

FAMILY PORTRAITS IN EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Bunty Severs

CONTEMPORARY EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Flo Dutka

DESIGN FOR STITCHERY

TEACHER: Jane Dams

BEADED BARGELLO

TEACHER: Mary Sustrik

SILK PAPER

TEACHER: Pam Godderis

JAPANESE EMBROIDERY

TEACHER: Shirley Mae Collis