Greater Pacific Region Seminar 2022
Seminar Class List
Orange Blossom
2 Day Class - All Levels
Three-dimensional crewelwork
This is a class focusing on long and short stitch (Needlepainting) where the stitches will blend to create subtle shading in the leaf, blossom and orange. At the beginning of day one a short exercise will be taught on a doodle cloth to get acquainted...see more
Flight of Fancy
3 Day Class - All Levels
Appliqué, metalwork and surface stitching
In this class the student will cover many techniques of surface embroidery. Appliqué is a technique used to add large areas of bold colour, while different surface stitches and gold threads will be couched down to cover raw edges. The main elements ...see more
Illusion
2 Day Class - Intermediate
Ukrainian whitework
Illusion is a diamond within diamond framed whitework and pulled thread design. Learn over 15 stitches while gaining proficiency in stitching with differing levels of tension. The pulled thread stitches create a lacy look without any cutting of the f...see more
Nella
2 Day Class - Basic
Hardanger
Nella is a 5 inch square doily with a sampling of basic Hardanger filling stitches and a sawtooth edging, and is worked on 28 count linen with two sizes of pearl cotton. Nella is a basic level Hardanger class where students are taught how to work Har...see more
Sara's Filigree Ornament
1 Day Class - Basic/Intermediate
Reversible blackwork and whitework
Sara's Filigree Ornament is a reversible blackwork ornament with accents of whitework and red and gold beads. This ornament is worked on 28 count linen with pearl cotton 8 and 12 and DMC Floche. Sara is a basic/intermediate design. The blackwork is t...see more
Deck the Halls
2 Day Class - Intermediate
Counted Canvas
This little Christmas sampler is composed of multi-colored laid thread pattern corners with Christmas ornaments surrounding a holiday wreath created with French and Colonial Knots over a stitched base. A Christmas Tree ornament, Bargello ornament and...see more
Marasol
2 Day Class - Intermediate
Counted Canvas
The clear blue water along the coast with the warm sun twinkling on the tips of the waves inspired Marasol. There are several colors and shades of blue threads combined with yellows and a touch of accent in this design. In the blue/yellow colorway th...see more
Cats, Hats, and Kicks
1 Day Class - Basic
Counted Canvas
Let's get ready for a fun fall season of pumpkins, black cats, candy corn and trick or treaters at our door. Add a few new stitched items to your fall stitching collection: this little frame weight and scissors fob sitting beside you as you enjoy your favorite hobby, stitching!
Bullion Pink Aster
1 Day Class - Intermediate
Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery
You too can stitch beautiful bullion stitches! And, you will create a beautiful Pink Aster as you do so! This class focuses on learning how to make perfect bullion stitches with rayon thread. While the Pink Aster is an advanced design, this class is appropriate for anyone wanting to learn.
Barb's Hummingbird
2 Day Class - Intermediate
Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery
Stitch a lovely hummingbird flitting among the columbine flowers! The vibrant colors of the ruby-throated hummingbird and orange-red columbine petals engage the eye and the imagination. While an intermediate-level design, beginning-level BDE stitcher...see more
Beginning Blooms Wreath
2 Day Class - Basic
Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery
This is your opportunity to learn Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery (BDE)! The Beginning Blooms Wreath includes all 8 of the available EdMar rayon thread weights and all of the basic stitches. Both the new and veteran BDE stitcher will learn the basic...see more
Happy Holly Days
1 Day Class - Basic
Stumpwork
Remember holidays gone by and celebrate new ones with this elegant Stumpwork ornament. Festive red wrapped berries nestle gently against padded holly leaves. Green velvet ribbon tied festively into a bow tops it all.
Summer Serendade
2 Day Class - Basic
Stumpwork
Sweet living in the summer time! Imagine a warm summer morning, with juicy blackberries glistening in the sun. Bees buzz on their search for nectar while a caterpillar lazily crawls along a stem. This Stumpwork class brings this vision to life as s...see more
Tranquility
2 Day Class - Intermediate
Stumpwork
Lotus ponds bestow introspection, meditation and tranquility throughout Southeast Asia. In this piece, quiet serenity reigns amongst the lotus flowers as a Golden Dartlet damselfly hovers close. Create your own pond of tranquility as you first bloc...see more
Pick of the Patch
Not Available
1 Day Class - Intermediate
Canvas, couching techniques
In the fall of each year, there are so many pumpkins to choose from, but this one is the Pick of the Patch. The student is challenged, as I was when stitching the piece, to fill the areas with a variety of Couching techniques. These include Herringbone, Squared Filling, Burden, Trellis and Tramé.
Boo Mansion
Not Available
4 Day Class - Intermediate/Advanced
Canvaswork
With a full moon, it will be a bewitching night at Boo Mansion. The weary stitcher must beware, because the ghosts, spiders, tombstones and bats are preparing for a haunting good time. To help bring in the creepy night, the student will use the follo...see more
Elliot the Patchwork Elephant
2 Day Class - Intermediate
Canvas Embroidery (needlepoint)
This charming Patchwork Elephant explores many different stitches to create a happy addition to your needlework decorations. The whimsical feel of the colors make stitching on this canvas a dream. Threadworx over-dyed cottons, several Rainbow Gallery...see more
Ho Ho Ho
1 Day Class - Intermediate
Canvas Embroidery (needlepoint)
Ho Ho Ho, is an amusing small holiday design. The O's in the Ho's are done with fun stitching buttons; they have 64 holes and will be stitched with a Waffle, a Jessica filled with a double Cross stitch, & a Rhodes stitch. The rest of the design – t...see more
O'Keefe Kimono
2 Day Class - Intermediate
Canvas Embroidery (needlepoint)
This O'Keeffe Kimono combines Georgia O'Keeffe's love of the southwest and her depiction of large flowers. At the top of the kimono is the Pedernal Mountain that Georgia painted so many times with the beautiful Chama River flowing from the mountain a...see more
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Not Available
4 Day Class - Intermediate
Realistic "thread painting"
This tiny impressive jewel suspended among the soft pink blooms is stitched using cotton floss and random long and short stitch on shantung silk. Other stitches used to create the fine detail are split stitch, running stitch, stem stitch, straight s...see more
Queen's Garden
Not Available
4 Day Class - Intermediate
Silk Ribbon Embroidery on Congress Cloth with a Photo Transfer
Come into the Garden and enjoy the smell of the flowers and the soft buzzing of the bees! Using silk ribbon stitches and other surface embroidery techniques, we will create an old-fashioned bee skep in a garden of bee-loving flowers. The design will ...see more
Summer's End
Not Available
1 Day Class - All Levels
Silk Ribbon Embroidery on Canvas
Summer's End heralds one of the last flowers of summer, the sunflower. Join me as we stitch this charming design while learning the basics of silk ribbon embroidery and other canvas techniques. By using a variety of threads and silk ribbons in various widths, dimension and texture are created.
Full Metal Flowers
4 Day Class - Intermediate/Advanced
Metal-thread Embroidery
Elizabethan-era embroidery uses a variety of flamboyant stitches rarely seen elsewhere. The Full Metal Flowers class showcases a wealth of these stitches in a metal-thread-only design typical of late 16th and early 17th century English coifs, forehea...see more
Reversable Thistle Heart
1 Day Class - Confident beginner to advanced
Blackwork
Do you like the challenge of reversible blackwork? How about reversible blackwork with different filling designs on each side? This fully reversible blackwork ornament is particularly unusual because the whole thing is reversible, but it does Not emp...see more
Bumble Mini Diva Wallet
1 Day Class - Basic
Japanese Bead Embroidery
The Bumble Mini Diva Wallet is done in Japanese bead embroidery method and is an entry-level piece. Bead Embroidery in the Japanese method incorporates silk embroidery techniques translated with beads.
Teardrop Medallion Pin Cushion
1 Day Class - Basic
Japanese Bead Embroidery
The Teardrop Medallion is done in Japanese bead embroidery method and is an entry level piece. Bead Embroidery in the Japanese method incorporates silk embroidery techniques translated with beads. There are two different styles of Sudberry Wooden Pi...see more
Wild Child Diva Wallet
3 Day Class - Basic
Japanese Bead Embroidery
The Wild Child Wallet is done in Japanese bead embroidery method and is an entry-level piece. Bead Embroidery in the Japanese method incorporates silk embroidery techniques translated with beads. The bright coordinating Wild Child fabrics compliment the colorful Flower Fiesta foundation fabric.
Pearlessence
Not Available
2 Day Class - Advanced
Couture embroidery on canvas
Wikipedia.com's description: "The unique luster of pearls depends upon the reflection of light through translucent layers...The iridescence that pearls display is caused by the overlapping of successive layers... " We will interpret this layering in ...see more
Scintillating Sapphire
Not Available
2 Day Class - Advanced
Couture embroidery on canvas
Today the sapphire gem is known as a Stone of Wisdom, a royal stone of learning and sharpness of thought and vision. It is said that its pure blue light brings order and healing to the mind, lending strength and focus, and an ability to see beneath ...see more
Loon Tunes
Not Available
2 Day Class - Advanced Intermediate
Canvas with blackwork shading
Loon Tunes is adapted, with permission, from the work of graphic artist Eleonor Grosch. The loon is depicted in bold texture stitches placed over metallic laid rows, providing a wet appearance. A striking blackwork pattern is used to simulate the n...see more
Happy Hedgie
Not Available
2 Day Class - Advanced Intermediate
Canvas with blackwork shading
Ann's charming hedgehog is definitely the center of attention in this canvas portrait. Her prickly back side is interpreted in an unusual shaded blackwork pattern that is layered and has several steps. The rest of the body has appropriate solid fil...see more
Blackwork Primer
2 Day Class - All Levels
Counted thread - blackwork
This class is both for those who want an introduction to blackwork and those who want to perfect their technique. We will start at the beginning and discuss what stitches to use and why, which fabrics and threads are best, and what other possibilitie...see more
DIY Sampler
2 Day Class - All Levels
Counted Thread
Counted thread embroidery includes many levels of difficulty, from simple running stitch to interlaced bands. These two samplers give you the chance to choose the level that you are comfortable with or perhaps challenge yourself. Your sampler can be ...see more