Thistle Threads
Double Casket with Four Seasons Design in Stumpwork Project Course (Available 2021)
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Thistle Threads
Double Casket with Four Seasons Design in Stumpwork Project Course (Available 2021)
$ 0.00
THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO ANYONE - It will start in 2021. (it is not sold out as it is for advanced registration only. If I have the course not open for full sale then the computer automatically says sold out - I can't control that part of the website much to my dismay)
I do not have pricing at this time as the course is still in the stitching phase, it will be more expensive than the Five Senses Double casket as the number of threads used will be higher (>$6500). If you are interested in more information or to be put on the list to know when registration is open, please email me at tricia@alum.mit.edu. You can put a $500 refundable deposit down right now to save a space and then make a decision at the end of 2020 and either commit or get the deposit back If you are willing to start the class without knowing the exact cost, I will discuss it. At this point I know about 85% of the cost for sure (casket, finishing materials, frame, linen, basic threads, etc). There are about a dozen people who have chosen that option and are already stitching. I hope to have the stitching done in about 6 months for exact costing.
There are 48 double caskets that have been set aside for new students who learned late about the Cabinet of Curiosities at this point, 11 are left
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).
- mirror, inkwells, and likely 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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Harmony with Nature Casket Online Class
$ 3,520.00 - $ 3,683.00
Visit product page →There are only 112 out of 250 spots for this course left. You can still register after the course starts, the payments will be over 18-months and your access will start with all the lessons from Jan 1st, 2020 to date.
There are two ways to pay. Either in full or on a 18-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.
18-months USA Shipping ($195.56/month)
18-months Canada Shipping ($200.33/month)
18-months Rest of World Shipping ($204.61/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 112 out of 250 spots for this course left and it is not planned on being run again 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 will start on January 1st with user names/passwords for the online materials sent that day. Shipments of the threads/fabrics will start on January 13th to reduce the impact of Christmas issues at post offices, theft on porches, and customs back-ups for international students. Shipments of the group registered before Dec 1st are ready to go, those who register in December/January will wait a few extra weeks as new material shipments reach me.
- There will be between 3-4 shipments for the course. The linen, slate frame and half the threads will be shipped first. 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 Four Seasons Design in Stumpwork Stitch Along Course
$ 720.00
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.
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17th Century Whitework Samplers (May 2020)
$ 697.50 - $ 747.00
Visit product page →This course will start again May 1st, 2020 with 50 spots and then rolling admissions.
To pay in installments, click on the correct blue text below:
18-months at $38.75/month with USA Shipping
18-months at $40/month with Canada Shipping
18-months at $41.50/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 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 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.
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Stuart Silk Purl Flower (April 2020)
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Visit product page →There are 40 spots in this course.
The course starts April 1st, 2020 and then 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.
