Cataraqui Guild of Needle Arts Past 'Learn a Stitch'

 

Learn a Stitch Programmes for previous years:

02-03 (yr 1); 03-04 (yr 2); 04-05 (yr 3); 05-06 (yr 4);

06-07 (yr 5); 07-08 (yr 6); 11-12; 12-13; 14-15;

 

2002-03 (year 1)

 Embroidery Basics:
  • Variations on stitches
  • The ergonomics of needlework
  • Materials and equipment:
    • needles, laying tools and scissors
    • fabric and threads
    • hoops, frames and stands

2003-04(year 2)

Canvas Sampler
(Guild designed)

  • smyrna cross
  • checker stitch
  • half rhodes stitch with bugle bead variation
  • parisian stitch
  • double herringbone stitch
  • double cross stitch
  • sheaf stitch
  • long and short stitch
  • plait stitch
  • couching stitch
  • framed mosaic
  • double-tied oblong cross
  • victorian cross stitch
  • gobelin stitch
  • rhodes stitch
  • rice stitch
  • rococo stitch / queen stitch
  • algerian eye stitch / eyelet

2004-05 (year 3)

 Counted Thread Sampler
(Guild designed)

  • counted cross stitch gate
  • lagartera
  • blackwork alphabet
  • drawn thread
  • satin stitch flower border
  • pulled thread - honeycomb stitch,
    whipped satin ribbing
  • three-sided italian cross stitch
  • needleweaving
  • hardanger
  • hemstitching

2005-06 (year 4)

 Raised Embroidery:
Flora, Fauna and Flying Things



  • couched snail
  • padding with felt - berries
  • stumpwork dragon fly
  • stumpwork butterfly
  • turkey work - thistle, cat tails, etc.
  • wrapped beads
  • peapod
  • caterpillar
  • leaves and stems
  • flowers - bullion knots, coral knots, etc.
  • knotted garden


2006-07 (year 5)

Finishing techniques, edgings and insertions:

  • hand-rolled hem
  • blanket and buttonhole stitch and needlelace edge
  • hemstitching
  • four-sided and square-edging stitch
  • eskimo laced edge
  • faggoting or insertion stitches

Modern Trends

   

2007-08 (year 6)

Surface embroidery sampler using variations of basic stitches

    

Learn a Stitch Programme for 2011-12:

Date
Learn a Stitch
Embroidery 101
Lesson 1 (Oct 03):   Hoops, Frames, and Stands
Lesson 2 (Oct 17): Alternating Double Backstitch  
Lesson 3 (Nov 07): Cross Stitch & Variations Needles, Laying Tools, Threaders and Scissors
Lesson 4 (Nov 21): Feather Stitch & Variations  
Lesson 5 (Dec 05): Chain Stitch & Variations Fabrics
Lesson 6 (Jan 09): Rhodes Stitch

Threads
*** Bonus: Thread Conversion Charts

Lesson 7 (Jan 23): Wheat Stitch and Variations  
Lesson 8 (Feb 06): Pekinese Stitch  
Lesson 9 (Feb 20): Norwich Stitch  
Lesson 10 (Mar 05): Lace Stitch Finishing
Lesson 11 (Mar 19): Fleur-de-Lis Crescent  
Lesson 12 (Apr 2): Bargello Hints and Tips
Lesson 13 (Apr 16): Sprat's Head and Variation  
Lesson 14 (May 7): Hardanger Motifs  
Lesson 15 (May 14): Sashiko  

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Learn a Stitch Programme for 2012-13:

This year we will be doing pulled thread white work. Beth Abbott has designed a lovely branch of maple leaves. The completed project also has three drawn thread borders. By the end of this learn-a-stitch programme, we will all be more proficient at pulled thread and drawn thread work. Eventually, there will be a two page picture of the maple leaves posted here that you can print and tape together.

Supply list was provided. (After meetings, click in table below for handouts.)

Linda Burke will be giving 4 lessons on "Embroidery for Beginners", if needed, beginning Oct 15.

Date
Learn a Stitch
Oct 1

Organizational meeting (Mary Lou Wilson)
Buttonhole stitch

Oct 15 Four sided and three sided stitch (Elizabeth Vandenberg)
Nov 5 Algerian Filling Stitch (Barb Jackson) and Marburg or Mosquito Filling Stitch (Theresa Lawrence)
Nov 19 Workshop all day - no Learn a Stitch
Dec 3 Ringed Backstitch (Ann Miller)
2013  
Jan 7 Wave stitch, double wave stitch (Sally Fink)
Jan 21 Open trellis (Jocelyne Ezard)
Feb 4 Punch stitch (Donna Hamilton)
Feb 18 Wrapping stitches (Jocelyn Ezard)
Mar 4 Double Back Filling Stitches (Donna Hamilton)
Mar 18 Preparation for drawn thread work, hemstitch and cutting/drawing threads
Apr 8 Simple drawn thread borders
May 6 Herringbone border (Barb Jackson)
June 3 Schwalm Embroidery (Ann Miller)
June 17 Finishing

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Learn a Stitch Programme for 2014-15: Blackwork Project
Date
Learn a Stitch
  Pattern Summaries: Part 1 (#1-19 and Borders 1-4); Part 2 (motifs )
Sept 8
Introduction to the blackwork project (Mary Lou Wilson and Ros Hanes)
Sept 15
Patterns 1 and 2 (Ros Hanes)
Oct 6
Patterns 3 and 4 (Anjali Shaym)
Oct 20
Patterns 5, 6, and 7 (Donna Hamilton)
Nov 3
Patterns 8 (Irene Hodge)
Nov 17
Patterns 9, 10, 11 (Theresa Lawrence)
Dec 1
Pattern 12 (Theresa Lawrence)
2015 (Note that patterns below are not in order)
Jan 5 Patterns 13 and 14 (Lorna Rae)
Jan 19 Pattern 16, 17, 18, 19 (Anjali Shyam)
Feb 2 Meeting cancelled due to weather
Feb 16 Motif Patterns 4 and 5 (Theresa Lawrence)
Mar 2 Border Patterns 1 and 2; 3 and 4 (Ros Hanes)
Mar 16 Motif Patterns 1, 2, 3 (Barb Jackson)
Apr 6 Pattern 15 (Ann Miller) sample pieces
Apr 20 Workshop - no Learn-a-stitch lesson
May 4 Motif Patterns 6 and 7 (Mickie Beauchamp)
May 18 Victoria Day - No Meeting
June 1 Motif Patterns 8 and 9 ( )
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Last modified by dhh: Sep 24, 2015