O'Susannah's Studio: Embroidery Classes at O'Susannah's

Did you know that we have an Embroidery Classes the 3rd Wednesday of every month? Embroidery was something I learned as a pre-teen. My sisters and I were taught by our next door neighbor, Mrs. Langworthy. I remember a group of the neighbor girls getting together at her house and her teaching us. We were taught the basics and to this day I can't believe how lucky we were to have someone will to spend an evening every week with a group of pre-teen girls and teach us all how to stitch.

We have 2 classes, the first one is from 1:00-4:00 PM and in this class we are working on the Home Sweet Home An Embroidered Workbox by Carolyn Pearce.

Isn't it just darling? Wait until you get a look at the next picture!

Each piece is tiny and because they re all so small they are really 'doable' in a short amount of time. Some of the stitches are ones we've already learned but some of them are completely new and we are having a lot of fun learning them.

This is a picture of the back of the box! The box is 6 5/16" x 6 1/8" x 3 7/8" finished!

Our evening class goes from 6:00-9:00 PM and in this class they are doing something completely different! They are doing the same stitches (for the most part) as they are in the afternoon class but instead of putting them on the notions for the box we have taken Crabapple Hill Studio's pattern

Susan's Dresden Garden

and are doing each of the embroidered 'blades' with the stitches we are learning! Talk about fun! The threads we are using for this are Silks, Embroidery Floss, Pearl Cotton & Wool!

Here is the evening class learning how to color on fabric with Crayola Crayons and to Embroider!