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Evy's Favorite Flowers Corsage

Sweet yet elegant, this beautiful silk velvet, chiffon and organza flower corsage may be used as a lapel adornment just as it is or you can remove the rose or pansy and wear them as single flowers! When they are not gracing your collar these flowers can be showcased on a pillow, purse, storage box or even framed. Various silks are needle felted onto a sturdy base to create the background for the blooms. Tender violets, pearl beads, silk ribbon and fine lace further enhance the corsage. This pre-day class will be taught in the upcoming July Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion. Kit includes all the supplies plus a CD with the instructions and embroidery designs to make the rose, violets and pansy.

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Embellisher Baby Bonnet

Make this heirloom quality baby bonnet using needle felting and an embroidery machine. This class illustrates the versatility of the needle felting, and shows how to get more mileage out of those lovely built-in features in your sewing machine.

Bonnet is made from linen and silk. Class kits include fabrics, pattern and embroidery designs on a CD.

Class time: 6 – 8 hours
Requirements: Embroidery, needle felting and sewing; 5x7 hoop

Seaside Sashiko Treasure Box

Get creative with gorgeous fabrics and fun machines! In this class we will use machine needle felting, machine embroidery, Sashiko stitching and a little bit of sewing to create a beautiful, beach inspired covered box. The kit includes a CD containing the mermaid button cover embroidery design, the seashell Sashiko border template and the class instructions.

Class Time: 6 – 8 hours
Requirements: Baby Lock’s Sashiko and Embellisher machines; embroidery machine optional

Silk Organza Rose

Use your embroidery machine to "grow" a beautiful, life-like 3D rose, one that will never fade! This class will show you how to create made in-the-hoop rose petals and stitch them together into a lovely bloom, perfect for wearing on your lapel. The class kit includes all the supplies necessary to make the rose. A 4x4 hoop is required.

Embellisher Purse Class

Create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind, work of art and use it as a purse! This hands-on class will show you how to use the Baby Lock Embellisher to join silk fabrics and other fancy fibers into a whole piece of cloth, which will then be used to make a purse. A lovely silk organza flower, created with machine embroidery, adds the final elegant touch! The class kit includes everything you need to make the purse as shown except for the brooch pin in the flower center. Students are encouraged to bring their own fancy brooches or ornate buttons to class. Class kit includes the project/embroidery design CD.

Class Time: 6 – 8 hours
Requirements: Baby Lock’s Embellisher machine, embroidery machine with 4x4 hoop and sewing machine.

Other color variations are available

Needle Felted Purse Tote

Find out how easy it is to “jump-start” your needle felting creativity with simple appliqué designs! Techniques taught show you how to use appliqué to create base designs, which then can be needle-felted with roving, ribbon and other fancy trim. In this class, both the Baby Lock Embellisher and embroidery machine will be used. The class kit includes the designs/project CD.

Class Time: 6 – 8 hours
Requirements: Baby Lock’s Embellisher, embroidery machine with 4x4 hoop and sewing

Shadow Work Pillow

Learn how to create “shadow work” designs with a reverse appliqué technique all done “in-the-hoop.” The pillow is made from linen fabric and one linen guest towel. This lovely little project makes a wonderful gift as a keepsake bag for a bride or new mother! The kit includes the design/project CD.

Class Time: 6 hours
Requirements: Embroidery machine with 6x10 hoop

Summer Sprite

Make a Fairy Sprite using an embroidery machine. All of the doll parts, including her body are made in the hoop, and then assembled with a few hand stitches and a little glue. This is a crafty project, sure to delight all ages of embroidery enthusiasts!

Class kits contain all fabrics plus the complete Sprites embroidery design CD.

Class time: 6 hours
Requirements: Embroidery, 4x4 & 5x7 hoop

Covered Box

Learn how to cover a papier-mâché box with embroidered appliquéd fabric. Fancy trim and ribbon finish the box for an elegant, beautiful gift to give or keep.

Class kits contain one papier-mâché box, fabrics, batting, felt and trimmings as well as a CD of the embroidery designs.

Class time: 6 – 8 hours
Requirements: Embroidery, 5x7 hoop

Quilted In-the-Hoop Pillow

Fast, fun and really easy, this project is sure to delight both professional quilters and those who think they can’t quilt! The quilt square showcased in this fashionable pillow is pieced, appliquéd and stippled with batting in the hoop. The mini-corners and half blocks that join the appliquéd squares are also stippled with batting in the hoop. Rickrack trim and beads complete the look.

Class kits contain fabrics, batting, trimmings and embroidery design CD.

Class time: 6 – 8 hours
Requirements: Embroidery and sewing; 4x4 and 5x7 hoops

Other pillow variations available

Blooms (Poinsettia or Pansy)

Most 3D flowers are time consuming and difficult...but these sweet blooms are fast, fun and simple!  The petals and leaves are embroidered on silkorganza and assembled with a few hand stitches.  Because the stitching time is actually very short and no stabilizer is needed these blooms are very quick to make.

Class kits contains silk organza, beads, brooch pin and complete design CD or either the Winter Blooms or Spring Blooms collection.

Class time: 4 hours
Requirements: 4x4 or 5x7 hoop

Perfectly Patched

Have you ever wanted to put embroidery on projects that cannot be sewn on and will not fit in a hoop?  With these patch methods you can!  Suitcases, leather totes, straw purses, wooden boxes, glass containers, plastic bins…your imagination is your limit!

In this class we will make a framed appliqué patch, which will be finished and ready to apply to the project of your choice. Two additional patch methods will be displayed and demonstrated during class. Students will not only learn how to make patches, but will also learn how to apply them permanently and professionally to many different substrates by using the right stabilizer and glue.  This class also covers tips, tricks and tools for creating professional machine embroidery appliqués.

Class time: 4 – 6 hours
Requirements: 5x7 hoop

Lectures

» Sensational Sashiko!

The Sassy Girl can do it all! Come watch Evy demonstrate the creative potential of Baby Lock’s new Sashiko machine. Learn how to use this machine’s sweetly simple stitch to make perfect pleats, couch creatively, apply original appliqués, and draw pictorial motifs and cross-stitch. Sassy Girl quilts, too! Her traditional Japanese stitch replicates that old-fashioned hand stitch found on your grandmother’s quilts. “Hand sewing” has never been so much fun!

This lecture includes a virtual trunk show and power point presentation.
AV equipment required.
Lecture/demo time: Approximately 1 hour

» Embellisher Magic

Not an artist? Guess what -- you don’t have to be to create gorgeous needle felted projects! Come see how to use your embroidery machine to jump-start Baby Lock’s Embellisher to felt the luscious wool projects of your dreams. Find out that needle felting is not just all about wool too! Watch Evy demonstrate how to use the Embellisher to ruche, ruffle and scrunch beautiful silk fabrics into works of art perfectly suited for use on high fashion garments or home décor items.

This lecture/demo includes a virtual trunk show of needle-felted projects. To view projects, click here.
Lecture time: Approximately 1 hour
AV equipment required

» Machine Embroidery Appliqué

Discover just how much fun machine embroidery appliqué can be!  If you have ever longed to try a machine embroidery appliqué design, but thought it looked too difficult, this lecture is for you. Learn tips and tricks for successful, professional results. Find out about the right fabrics to use (there are lots) and the wrong fabrics (there are a few). The right tools, stabilizers and techniques will be discussed and displayed.

This lecture includes a trunk show of appliqué projects. To view some of the projects click here. Lecture time: Approximately 2 hours

» More Sashiko classes coming soon!

Tips, Tricks and Other Helpful Bits

Crammed with enough information to make any embroidery enthusiast dizzy, this lecture covers both the fun stuff and the aggravations of machine embroidery. The lecture also touches on techniques from all of the classes listed above.

This lecture includes a trunk show
Lecture time: Approximately 1 hours
AV equipment required.

Trunk show

Includes a display of Evy’s many machine embroidery projects, a short lecture, a lengthy question and answer session and a chance to shop!
AV equipment optional