Description
Treat your favorite caregiver to a special Mother’s Day embroidery event, featuring a limited-edition design with an exclusive English heritage silk floss! Snacks will also be provided as a part of this special event.
This May Morris-inspired embroidery will allow students to make up an embellished small-format notebook cover. Students will learn how to handle silk threads, Japanese gold threads and how to stitch them on a linen ground.
Techniques include:
- Setting up a hoop
- Couching
- Stem Stitch
- Laid Work
- Simple Form Darning Stitch
- French Knots
- Monogram
- Construction of the Notebook cover
Registration fee includes all materials, printed instructions, and light snacks. This class is recommended for those with some prior hand-sewing or embroidery experience.
About your teacher:
Lauren Yeager is a textile artist with a particular interest in studying and preserving traditional garments and embroidery. This led her to studying with the Royal School of Needlework in the UK, and later with the Japanese Embroidery Center and Ecole Lesage as well. She has a BFA in Fashion Design from Columbia College in Chicago, and has received multiple awards for construction and design in costume and in hand embroidery, including the DCASE individual artist grant from the City of Chicago.
Most recently, Lauren worked as a senior educator for the San Francisco School of Needlework & Design before independently launching Elba Embroidery. Previously, Lauren was a production assistant for visual artist Nick Cave in his Chicago studio, building soundsuits for museum installations and private collections. She has extensive experience as a freelance artist, assisting in costume production for various performances and competitions.