Strawberries in Metal Threads

Location: Via Zoom  

Duration: 6 weekly 2.5 hour sessions

Join us for our beautiful new six-week exploration of goldwork embroidery and metal threads, with our Strawberry design. Discover the intricate techniques involved in goldwork and metal thread embroidery, learning to integrate various metallic elements seamlessly. With expert guidance, master the methods of design transfer, padding and applying metal threads to elevate your embroidery to a new sparkly realm. Explore the play of light and shadow as you create lifelike strawberries and vines, creating textures with stitches and threads. Immerse yourself in this process, honing your skills and unleashing your creativity to craft a stunning final piece. Our courses are fun, relaxed and friendly and connect likeminded stitchers from around the world.

Throughout the 6 weeks of your Goldwork Strawberry course you will be guided through the process of making by our expert hand embroidery tutors. You will learn the fundamentals of Goldwork padding, exploring how to create dimension and relief with felt padding, You will also explore how to create refined padded areas with soft string padding. You will then learn how to add texture to your Strawberries by combining Bullion textures

All of the materials for this course will be sent out to you. You will need a 10 inch seat frame or an equivalent embroidery frame or slate frame for this class. You will need to supply you own embroidery equipment (scissors, needle threaders, daylight lights etc) to suit your learning needs.

All International Parcels will be shipped via express courier two weeks before this class is due to start. Please do not book onto this course if you are within the two week window before the course starts and you live outside of the UK. UK parcels will be shipped three days before the course is due to start. UK parcels will be shipped express via Royal Mail. Please note that the address that you book the course with will be the address that the kit is sent out to. Shipping will be calculated at the checkout.

Our online courses are delivered via Zoom using a high quality visualiser. Please download Zoom before the course begins (we will send a guide on how to do this when the course is booked). We also have an accompanying WhatsApp group for each of our courses. This group enables you to connect with other students and the tutor by sharing photos of your progress. Please download WhatsApp before the course starts (we will also send a guide on how to do this when the course is booked). All of our online course sessions and recorded and sent out after the class for you to keep forever! They are sent on a link for you to download after the class so please don't worry if you miss a session of tutoring, you can always catch up using the recording.

All our course times are run on UK time, please check here for help converting to another time zone.

Tutor Profiles

Our bespoke online classes are taught be expert hand embroiderers who have worked in the couture industry for brands such as Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dior, Valentino, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, YSL, Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana, Schiaparelli, Lanvin and Burberry to name a few. The classes will cover the basics, insider tips and practical application making sure students are fully equipped to go on and apply what they have learned to their own garments and develop their own unique styles. Our tutors are work embroiderers first and tutors second which means they are able to give you a unique insight into the magical world of couture hand embroidery.

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Testimonials

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