This group explores a wide variety of specialty threads and stitches on canvas including counted needlepoint and finishing techniques. All stitchers welcome.
Description
We will continue to work on Layers of Leaves by Kam Wenzloff as Jan Kelly discusses leaves 31-40. The instructions are available in Needlepoint Now in six installments – one in each of the six issues of the magazine in 2023. This group explores a wide variety of specialty threads and stitches on canvas including counted needlepoint and finishing techniques. All stitchers welcome.
Our Beginning
Needlework as a pastime experienced a renaissance in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Women had both the time (most didn’t have careers) and the money (a consequence of post-war prosperity) to pursue their creative instincts.
Minnesota was not immune to this nationwide trend. The Needlework Association of Minnesota was formed by Marnie Hensel and Mary Dayton in order to put on a money-raising exhibition in the fall of 1971 in support of the Minnetonka Center of Arts and Education.
More than 400 individuals entered their needlework in that show, a level of participation that motivated the organizers to collect names and addresses of those interested creating a permanent needlework group.
A provisional cabinet led by Georgiana Kane guided the Association during its formative period from fall of 1971 to May 1972. The group officially began with the first organizational and annual meeting in May 1972, and with the adoption of its bylaws in 1973, became the Needlework Guild of Minnesota. There were approximately 50 charter members.
Since its inception, the Guild’s focus has been to create a supportive environment in which members help other members broaden their technical skills and their knowledge of needlework. The ~200 men and women who belong live in a dozen or more states. In 2022 we celebrate our 50th anniversary and look forward to many more years of fellowship as we pursue excellence in the art of needlework.
Join us for a meditative evening in the studio and develop an appreciation for Sashiko, a Japanese embroidery method.
Our goal is to inspire you to create projects with the sewing tools you already own, and just as importantly – to have a fantastic time with new friends and sewing buddies.
This is a mixed-level embroidery class, appropriate for both newcomers to the art of embroidery as well as more seasoned embroiderers who are familiar with filling stitches or students who have taken Introduction to Tenango Embroidery.
This class will go over the proper set up of the embroidery unit, as well as, needles, stabilizer and optional software. Proper hooping technique and embroidery considerations when using different thread are topics discussed.
If you can count, you can cross stitch! Â Show your love for Chicago with this cute version of our hometown skyline! The Three-hour workshop will give you the skills to read a pattern and sew directly on to a blank fabric palette to create your own project. Â All materials are included.
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