Teaching classes that I offer to groups of students

This past year or two has brought changes to all us but one of the changes that I have made is that I am not traveling and teaching as much. I am not proposing for seminars and the only teaching that I am doing is when a group contacts me and I will go teach for them. It really is much more relaxed and I am having fun working on some past projects and designing new ones. I have been able to design some custom pieces for groups that I visit.
Because of all of the above and the expense, I decided to close down my web site. I have never been really good at keeping it up anyway. I kept the original domain names so that I could use them if I wanted to but for now I will be putting things on the blog. I do want to start some cyber classes but that is still in my imagination and the future. Contact me at carolynswebb@yahoo.com if you are interested and I will send you the details and prices.
Also design samplers and needle work boxes and smalls. If you want a piece just for your group we can talk about it. Perhaps the best way to see some of the thing that I have done is just to google my name and look on images.
I mostly teach blackwork and pulled thread but there are a number of other pieces that I have taught also. Most of the things that I teach are scheduled for two day classes. For blackwork, I use silk on linen with touches of gold thread. Usually they are black on white but a couple do have color.
The pulled thread is usually cotton thread on linen.
Blackwork


This first one called Basket of Gold is a four day class but it could be done in three days.

Cherry Blossom

Ebony

Floral Explosion

Ojimi

Ancestry

Dyeing for Blackwork
In this one you dye your own silk threads and fabric in class so it can be almost any color.

Pulled Thread

Belle Fleur

Ivory

Lady Jane's Lace Sampler

Lucy's Pocket

Moon Flower Bag

If you have questions let me know. I love to design and teach so please contact me so I can come and visit you.

Classes this fall - Ivory and Feather Your Nest

As most of you readers know, I design and teach needlework. I love to see just how the designs come alive with needle and thread.
In August of 2016 - this year, (I know how the years speed ahead ever faster all of the time,) I will be teaching two fun classes.  I have slowed down my schedule so the classes that I teach are very special. Here is the link to the Retreat website.
http://www.needleworkguildmn.org/images/2016RetreatInvitation.pdf

One of the classes is Ivory, which is a pulled thread piece that uses shades of white and tan to stitch a Japanese flower ball. The companion piece is called Ebony and is done in blackwork. They use the same design but the contrast between the black and white is so interesting. When both of them have been exhibited together, it usually takes a while before people realize that the designs are identical.

Ivory

Ebony



The other class is Feather Your Nest Box and Smalls. This one was created specifically for the retreat and full of fun Minnesota touches. The box has an owl on the top and stitched pockets on the inside. The smalls include a cute owl emery, a blackwork mouse pincushion, a flame stitch scissors sheath and lots of others. I hope that it is as fun for the students to stitch as it was for me to design. Although it is not a traditional sampler it functions the same way with lots of samples of different stitches and techniques.