Stitch & Chat Club: Sewing, Quilting, Embroidery, Beadwork, and More! (Ongoing)
An ongoing creative social club where learners gather to work on their own needlework and fiber arts projects, and learn lots of new techniques too, including cottagecore and traditional skills.
Willow Polson
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(87)
What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Stitch along with me, in my cottage in the woods! In this ongoing creative social club, learners will have fun working on their own sewing and needlework projects with friends, and learn traditional embroidery and fiber arts techniques too, such as: - Carding wool into rolags for spinning yarn - Spinning wool into yarn from rolags or batts - Piecing a quilt top - Pine needle basket making - Milkweed fiber string - Rag rug from lonely socks - Beadwork jewelry - Using a beadwork loom with seed beads - Treadle sewing machines and hand tools - Simple garment construction - Beginning crochet - Embroidery and hand sewing stitches - Macramé plant hangers - Simple plant dyes - Coiled basketry with a variety of materials Each week's gathering is primarily a learner-driven stitch-along, depending on what they're currently working on, and I will also be demonstrating the skills listed above for those who wish to learn them using my overhead second camera. I do a wide variety of fiber arts and will either be working on my current project(s), or will demonstrate something entirely new and different. I also take requests for what to work on next! Some basic knowledge of how to use a sewing machine is highly recommended for this class, and some basic hand sewing experience is recommended but not required.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
As class content varies from week to week, there is an occasional chance that the fiber arts skill being featured may use a tool or material that could cause injury if handled incorrectly, such as scissors, sewing needles, pins, an iron, sewing machine, rotary fabric cutter, and so on. Please note: Some basic knowledge of how to use a sewing machine is highly recommended for this class.
Supply List
Supplies will vary from week to week depending on what the learner is working on, and what new skills they would like to learn. Typical commonly-used supplies and tools for fiber- and needlearts include embroidery floss, raffia, yarn, seed beads, Nymo beading filament, a variety of needle types and sizes, scissors, fabric, crochet hooks, needlepoint canvas, bead loom, and embroidery hoops or frames. There may be specialty materials announced in advance, such as pine needles, vinegar, raw wool, and so on. Not all learners need all these supplies! It all depends on what they want to make.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2020
4.8
87reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Not only do I have decades of experience with a wide variety traditional life skills and crafts, I have lived on 20 acres in the woods near Yosemite National Park for over 25 years where I have put my homesteading knowledge into daily practice. From childhood I have explored all kinds of arts and crafts, and was a member of the SCA medieval reenactment group for several years where I won the West Kingdom Arts & Sciences award for my medieval embroidery techniques. I have been taught Native skills by members of the local California tribes, most notably the world-famous Pomo basketmaker Julia Parker. I've also been on the editorial staff of several craft magazines such as Needlepoint Plus and Popular Woodworking. I have been a docent at several California state parks and museums where I've demonstrated and taught these skills to the visiting public. Currently, I'm a member of the Embroidery Guild of America (EGA) and on the Board of Directors for the Northern Mariposa County History Center.Reviews
Live Group Class
$14
weekly1x per week
55 min
Completed by 14 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
1-12 learners per class
