Courses
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A Garland in Silk Sampler
Explore early American embroidery through an “American Fancy” sampler featuring counted alphabets and a folk-style floral basket. Learn to create crinkled, untwisted silk threads and use stitch direction to create shimmer, texture, and depth.
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FreeMuschelwerk Pincushion
Work a Nuremberg-style pincushion to add to your collection from the four courses exploring samplers of the 17th and 18th century from the imperial city
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2026 Stumpwork - Cabinet of Curiosities
The Stumpwork course is a comprehensive online course about the stitches, history and use of stumpwork of the 17th century. 20 needlelace stitches are taught as well as how to make figures, trees, flowers and animals
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Pincushions of Nuremberg - Series 3: Amalia's Frame
This third series of five pincushions concentrates on Amalia Pachelbel Beerin, the designer behind a baroque embroidery pattern book and daughter of composer Johann Pachelbel. There will be an emphasis on learning to handle filament silks.
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2026a Harmony with Nature Casket
Work an embroidered cabinet based on the 17th century models in a mixture of couching of unusual silk threads and stumpwork relief. The course teaches all the advanced stitches and provides over 900 pages of instruction. All materials provided.
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2026 Rose Glove Scissors Case
This scissors case as a glove, is inspired by the multitude of 17th century sweet bags and cushions which use tent stitch to work a design and then a long gobelin stitch in gold or silver thread for the background, imparting a delicious shine.