Thistle Threads
Double Casket with Four Seasons Design in Stumpwork Project Course (January 2022)
$ 7,650.00
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Thistle Threads
Double Casket with Four Seasons Design in Stumpwork Project Course (January 2022)
$ 7,650.00
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.
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Silk Purl Flower Baskets (September 2021)
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Course starts September 1, 2021 with user/passwords to access the first of three lessons.
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 one kit shipment.
If you already have a slate frame, there is an option without slate frame - but note this can not be done in a hoop or hand.
If you are interested in being on a waiting list for this class for January 2022 if the course is sold out - please email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu. I have 90% of materials to run another 60 people and am awaiting the supply to reach me.
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Harmony with Nature Casket Online Class (Jan 2022)
$ 3,520.00 - $ 3,683.00
Visit product page →Registering now for January 1st, 2022 start - there are only 69 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)
- The course will be an 'all-in-one' course with over 230 packages of silk and metal threads, silk purls, stumpwork glass eyes, stumpwork wire, stumpwork fruit forms, linen fabric, slate frame, casket box and lid inserts, and finishing materials (silk lining, lining papers, gilt edge papers, gilt woven edging ribbons (2 types), hardware, silk ribbon, mirror, glue, etc) for the entire project including 560 pages of instructions that are printed from pdf pages online, 7 stitch animations and 9 hours of detailed finishing videos (21 videos).
- The course only assumes the most basic of knowledge - threading a needle, doing a basic satin stitch. Full instructions for couching, needlelace, using the thread types, framing up your linen, tracing pattern, etc. are included. The stitching is divided about 50% couching down unusual threads, 25% satin stitch/french knots, and 25% needlelace. The emphasis is on using the unusual threads custom made for the project, learning the needlelace and doing the finishing - things that are new to the typical stitcher. I have posted a blog with comments about taking the course from previous students for their perspective.
- Casket is: 11.5" wide x 8" deep x 6" high with feet
- It is designed to be worked over a 24-month period. There are only 69 out of 250 spots for this course left and it is not planned on being run again after the spots are gone as some threads will not be available and the cabinet maker is retiring next year and these are all the boxes I will get. 100 people have already taken the project with several of the caskets finished and looking lovely! (see a finished student casket here)
- The course starts on January 1st with user names/passwords for the online materials sent that day. Shipments of the threads/fabrics will avoid Christmas to reduce the impact of Christmas issues at post offices, theft on porches, and customs back-ups for international students.
- There will be between 2-3 shipments for the course if paid in full. The installment payment shipments will be 7 shipments. The linen, slate frame and half the threads will be shipped first. (For installment payments, this first shipment is divided into 5 boxes vs 1 box). A second shipment will include the box and more threads. The third shipment will be the finishing papers, glues, tapes, etc. Box sizes are different and not all items can be shipped in one box. The shipments are timed to correspond with payment milestones.
- The instructions are released one lesson a month online. All previous lessons remain open after a new lesson is released. An email is sent on the 1st each month to remind you to log in.
- You stitch at your own pace. There is an online forum (NING) which all students past and present in Thistle Threads courses use as a discussion and Q&A forum. Pictures can be posted.
- Orders paid in full will have access to all lessons and materials shipped earlier, taking into account issues with near-holiday shipping. Materials are only shipped after students have been given fair warning with an email so they can be on the look-out for boxes and give notice of vacation holds.
- US shipping is priority mail. Overseas shipping is first class mail except for the wooden box which will come priority mail. Customs duties are the responsibilities of the student. I can not ship marked 'gift' or 'educational materials'.
- Please do not email me with requests for box only, patterns-only, box building instructions, or to reprice the class without items you already have. The answer is no. Why is the answer no?
If you are interested in taking the course or finding out more, email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu
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Double Casket with Five Senses Design
$ 6,085.00 - $ 6,328.00
Visit product page →A casket has become available, if anyone is interested in working this project.
- 165 tubes Soie Paris
- 20-count Montrose Linen
- Slate frame
- Needles
- Double Casket with Brass Hardware (Tin is shown and no longer available)
- Turned wood feet (shown in pictures vs. video)
- Cream and Purple handmade finishing papers
- Pink lining velvet and silk
- Purple edging papers with gold stampings
- Gold woven edging tapes for interior and exterior of casket
- Italian beeswax rubbed marbled paper
- Antiqued mirror
- Old fashioned tacks and silk ribbon
- Finishing tools (brush, relay, micro spatula, scraping card)
- Wheat paste
- Brass inkwell and pounce pot
- Bottles with brass tops
The online instruction will include:
- 18 graphs for the panels
- 20+ hours of finishing videos to cover the casket with the finishing papers and adhere the embroideries to the sides.
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.
- Casket is: 11.5" wide x 8" deep x 12" high with feet
- Worked in tent stitch over 20-count linen
- It is designed to be worked over a 24-month period. It is not planned on being run again as the cabinet maker is retiring next year and these are all the boxes I will get.
- There will be between 3-4 shipments for the course. The linen, slate frame and the threads will be shipped first. The second shipment will be the finishing papers, glues, tapes, etc. A third shipment will include the box Box sizes are different and not all items can be shipped in one box. The shipments are timed to correspond with payment milestones.
- The instructions are released one lesson a month online. All previous lessons remain open after a new lesson is released. An email is sent on the 1st each month to remind you to log in.
- You stitch at your own pace. There is an online forum (NING) which all students past and present in Thistle Threads courses use as a discussion and Q&A forum. Pictures can be posted.
- Orders paid in full will have access to all lessons and materials shipped earlier, taking into account issues with near-holiday shipping and the casket making schedule. Materials are only shipped after students have been given fair warning with an email so they can be on the look-out for boxes and give notice of vacation holds.
- US shipping is priority mail. Overseas shipping is first class mail except for the wooden box which will come priority mail. Customs duties are the responsibilities of the student. I can not ship marked 'gift' or 'educational materials'. * If you live in a country with iffy postal system (South Africa, some of Asia, and South America) there will be a surcharge for delivery with courier and I am happy to look into this with you, email me.
- Please do not email me with requests for box only, patterns-only, box building instructions, or to reprice the class without items you already have. The answer is no. Why is the answer no?
- There are 64 double caskets that have been set aside for new students who learned late about the Cabinet of Curiosities because my cabinet maker is retiring in 2020, I would not be able to supply a casket later. Currently those 54 are being reserved for the Four Seasons Stumpwork Casket. There will absolutely not be any more double caskets beyond this as we have used up the locks we manufactured as well. It was an amazing and fleeting project.
If you are interested in taking the course or finding out more, email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu
- 165 tubes Soie Paris
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Double Casket with Four Seasons Design in Stumpwork Stitch Along (Already Own Casket)
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Visit product page →If you want installments - click the BLUE text not the drop down menu.
THIS COURSE IS ONLY OPEN TO THOSE COC STUDENTS WHO ALREADY OWN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CASKETS:
- Double casket
- Flat Casket with Doors
- Flat Casket
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.
