$ 210.00 - $ 230.00
There are 7 spots left in this course. This course is being retired when the current kits are gone as the Tiny Silk Purls are being discontinued.
The course has rolling admissions.
This course is a 3-month project class which is an exploration of silk wrapped purl techniques in a Stuart Era flower design. Outlined in a gold twist, the silk wrapped purls are cut and applied in highly textural techniques and surrounded by spangles. The piece is about 3" x 4" in size when finished. The kit will also include samples of other types of silk wrapped purls along with a discussion of their uses.
Access to videos and presentation on how these materials are made as well as in depth tips for successfully working with these new threads.
$ 697.50 - $ 747.00
I have 12 out of 34 additional kits. The 30-count linen will be shipped in Kit 2 as it is being remade.
9-months at $77.50/month with USA shipping
9-months at $80/month with Canada shipping
9-months at $83/month with Rest of World shipping
This 18-month course is going to take a very deep dive into the whitework/cutwork found on English band samplers of the 17th century. While we are attracted to the large geometry patterns, often called reticella, there are several other techniques which are characteristic and found on most samplers of the period in concert with these complex bands. Over 1/2 of the course will be devoted to the reticella techniques.
The course is a mix of learning techniques, projects and designing your own whitework band sampler. You are being given enough materials to work one to three small pieces of linen with trial stitches so you can feel confident with techniques and material choices. Then there are two sampler projects, each with one band of reticella to explore a mixed colored counted work band sampler with the cutwork. One is based on a sampler from the Winterthur Museum collection and the second is inspired from a favorite piece of mine in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. This piece is a unique example of colored silk threads being used for reticella and I think it is a unique project that combines ease of sight because of the colored threads but also technical challenges to hide the color changes and thus it provides a master class in this reticella technique on the whole.
The third project is a punta-in-aria length of lace. A fourth project can be worked, a band sampler of your own design based on all the materials we will be looking at, provided patterns, and the real 16th-17th century pattern books. In order to do this, the course is taking on the unique challenge that presented the 17th century teacher/embroiderer - the geometry and math of this type of work. When looking at band samplers, we will find that often the pattern didn’t quite fit the chosen width of the sampler the person had chosen to make and that had consequences that had to be filled in or not. It could make for awkward spots in an otherwise stunning piece. I wanted to solve that and answer the questions of how to scale the patterns, how wide to work the bands, over what count and if you were working all these bands with disparate scales of withdrawn threads, how to make them all fit exactly in the boundaries of the sampler without excess room left over in the band.
The course will include detailed photographs of at least five samplers to illustrate techniques. This will be augmented by Pintrest boards to go with the course as both a general reference and specific references in the course text to illustrate points.
Each technique will be accompanied by many patterns which can be cut and arranged and used directly as patterns for your personal sampler. I will also be giving guidance on how to convert many of the patterns found in the 16th-17th century pattern books to the correct scale so you can use them as well as how to look at a pattern and determine the best stitch choices and progression of working the pattern.
Choices of materials is a big part of this course. You have three linen counts that the course has been designed to use. A 30ct, 40ct, and a 53/55ct linen have been provided with enough of each to be used for two projects - the one I intended and your choice of which for the personal sampler. So the ambitious will have extra linen for other projects of this type or can repurpose it. Both silk and linen threads will be used for the samplers matching the thread to the original pieces.
The kits will include all three linens mentioned, silk threads, linen threads, needles, special blue contact paper, and a pair of scissors made especially for this type of fine cutwork.
$ 3,520.00 - $ 3,683.00
Registering now for January 1st, 2021 start - there are only 76 spots available out of 250.
If paid in full, your access will start with all the lessons from Jan 1st, 2020 to date open. Paying in full is also a ~5% discount from installment plans.
There are two ways to pay. Either in full or on a 24-month payment plan using PayPal. The links in blue below are for payment plans and take you to a PayPal page to complete the order. Shipping is included, so please choose your correct region. If your preferred email or shipping address is not the same as entered for PayPal, please email me with the correct info. Husbands have a tendency to unsubscribe your class emails.
The installment plans have changed to have a total of seven shipments vs 2-3 shipments when paying in full. That is why there is a discount for paying in full.
24-months USA Shipping ($154/month)
24-months Canada Shipping ($157.75/month)
24-months Rest of World Shipping ($161.88/month)
If you are interested in taking the course or finding out more, email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu
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A casket has become available, if anyone is interested in working this project.
The online instruction will include:
If you like the look of this casket and it is outside your budget, There are some small trinket boxes with tent stitching as the project - this is sold as a kit and there are about 50 of them left. The trinket boxes are 3" x 5" x 2.5" in size and can hold scissors and some threads next to your stitching table.
If you are interested in taking the course or finding out more, email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu
$ 7,650.00 - $ 7,830.00
5 are left
THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO ANYONE
Because my cabinet maker is retiring in 2020, this course is being offered as a bundle because I would not be able to supply a casket later:
- a Double Casket
- all finishing materials needed to assemble the casket
- threads to complete the Four Seasons design (see B&W diagram) for the casket in stumpwork as well as the lid insert and the inner doors (see silk purl floral baskets). Pictures of 12 finished panels are shown.
- mirror, inkwells, and bottles
All you need is to provide the labor to make your dream casket. This is the last opportunity for a double casket. My cabinet maker has committed to the last numbers of pieces he is making and our last hardware has been cast and locks made and delivered.
NOTE: The video is of a different casket and not the one for this course - it is only an example of what a finished casket looks like. The black and white drawing is the design for the course. It will be embroidered in stumpwork.
$ 720.00
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Double Casket with Four Seasons Design in Stumpwork Stitch Along (Already Own Casket)
$ 720.00
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THIS COURSE IS ONLY OPEN TO THOSE COC STUDENTS WHO ALREADY OWN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CASKETS:
There will be a version of this course for new people - after the piece is stitched and so the price is known. If you want to be on the wait list for this - email tricia@alum.mit.edu
This 36-month online course is open for reservations - instructions start Feb 1st, 2020. This will be run exactly like the stitch-along for the Harmony casket. Students will pay for monthly instructions for the sides and will provide all threads and materials. It is assumed that the student has the required casket already as there are no more to sell.
The design is shown in the black and white diagram. It will be worked in stumpwork in a variety of COC threads with an emphasis on raised work - dresses, detached flowers, feet peaking out, etc. Thread bundles will be periodically offered for those who want to 'kit' the class as they go. If you are thinking of 'kitting' the project with the thread bundles I will offer - please let me know (tricia@alum.mit.edu) so I can put the correct numbers aside. This isn't a commitment, it just helps me choose threads for the project as I go so I don't choose one so rare that it can't be supplied in those approximate numbers.
Design drawings will be available for those who own a flat casket or flat casket with doors. People are encouraged to mix their own elements in or just use a few panels for their casket to make it more their own.
There will be an insert for the tray and a set of panels for the inside of the doors that are embroidered. The pictures of the flowers in the baskets are the inside of the doors already finished. This pattern, instructions and thread kit will be made available soon separately for those COC students who are already working on a design of their own and want to incorporate these inner doors into their design. The instructions and thread kit for the insert will also be available separately for those who aren't doing this casket design.
Please email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu for any questions.
NOTE: The video is of a different casket and not the one for this course - it is only an example of what a finished casket looks like. The black and white drawing is the design for the course. It will be embroidered in stumpwork.
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If you are interested in being on a waiting list for this class when it can be run in 2021 - please email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu
This 3-month course has two 5" x 5" flower basket projects that can either be hung together or used to line the inside doors of a double casket/flat casket with doors. The projects use silk purls in multiple sizes, scallop trim, gilt 1 1/2 twist, and chardon coupe and bouclette on a 40ct closely woven white linen. The kit includes all fibers, needles, linen piece and slate frame to work the pieces. There will be two kit shipments.
The course will be re-run later in 2021 when a large quantity of silk purls are expected to arrive.
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If you have always wanted an embroidered casket but are not sure of taking on such an enormous project, this kit was designed to allow people to make a sweet little trinket box, modeled off smaller boxes of the 17th century. The box can fit a number of small needlework accessories like scissors and needles.
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This course is closed
This is the last running of the popular Goldwork Master Class. Unfortunately the Japanese needles have become too hard to get and the linen for the main project is now out of production. I have 6 open spots right now. The course will be open until all spots are registered and is at your own pace.
The course is 18-months long and uses historical objects from the MFA collection to explore the varied stitches like up and down buttonhole and plaited braid where gold was taken through the surface of the linen in complex knotted stitches during a period of the 17th century. History lessons will be combined with stitch instructions and five projects to showcase your learning. We start with a master spot sampler to test each stitch and move on to smalls and a second band sampler. The threads, linens and any needed finishing materials are included in the two kits.
The stitch instructions for the 29 gold-work stitches are supplemented by animations of each stitch which can be played over and over to understand the working.
The pieces have faux gold threads included which are easier to work with, but there will be an extra real gold thread package in the second kit that allows substitution and extra threads to work future projects with. There are two shipments, the first contains the threads and fabric for the Spot Sampler. The second shipment contains the threads and materials for the rest of the projects. Kits will be mailed first class. There is a special page that describes how the course lessons are delivered, downloaded, etc - check the FAQ.
The projects are:
Spot Sampler
Tutor Band Sampler
Golden Accessories
Tudor Pincushion (rusts)
Small Pincushion (blues)
$ 10.00 - $ 360.00
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