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.
You will learn the basics of designing a patch in the embroidery software Hatch, how to transfer a design from the computer to the embroidery machine, and how to stitch your design with the machine.
We're taking a step away from the sewing machine and enjoying the soothing art of hand embroidery. In this class, students are asked to bring an article of clothing they would like to work on, and they walk away with an embellished garment decorated with a word or phrase in their own handwriting.
Why not bring your machine in and join other embroidery customers for a fun filled class. A new design will be given each time you attend this club. Kit included.
Learn essential embroidery techniques, including how to choose the right stabilizer, hooping placement, and more from an embroidery expert.
Come learn Punch Needle Rug Hooking or take your skills to the next level with this sculpting punch needle class. Learn the basics as well as how to make longer loops than the needle is designed to make. These long loops are fun on their own, and easily sculpted into shapes.
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