Two-Day Crewel Work Class (with optional 3rd day)

$500/ student

(9:00 am - noon & 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm)

M’s Canvas House, 721 Red Mile Road

Lexington, Kentucky

(859) 255-1302

Wednesday May 6 & Thursday May 7, 2026

To book this class contact Harriet Roberts

hatdewey@yahoo.com or call (901) 246-3622

This class is suitable both for the absolute beginner, and the more experienced stitcher. The class will be limited to 12 students. Lunch and classroom fee is included.

Skills and stitches to be taught:

• Setting up a hoop            

• Casting on & Casting off

• Parking threads             

• Laid & Couch Stitches

• Crewel Stem Stitch      

• French Knots

• Satin Stitch                

• Long & Short as for ‘soft shading’

• Coral Stitch                

• Pistil Stitch

Materials Supplied:

• Screen printed linen twill 14” x 12” (design 7’ x 5”)

• 11 skeins of Appleton’s 2-ply crewel embroidery wool

• Two Crewel Work Company needles: one gold-plated needle (single thread) & one nickel-plated (double thread)

• Instructions to complete the project

• The Crewel Work Company’s ‘Essential Guide to Crewel Work’

• Full-color picture of the stitched design

• All assembled and packaged as a workshop kit

Students will need to use a 10-inch, hands-free seat frame.  These marvelous frames are available for purchase from the Crewel Work Company (www.crewelwork.com).  Students will need to bring their own supplemental lighting and or magnification.

Friday May 8, 2026

Optional Third Day - $165.00

(9:00 am – Noon & 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)

Day three is an opportunity for students to remain and continue to stitch Jacobean Starflower, or to stitch any other Crewel Work Company Kit they own.  This third day would be more informal with Harriet offering assistance for any specific or general concerns with technique, best practices, or stiches. While it would be helpful to know which kits a student will be bringing, it is not necessary.  If you are interested in bringing a large kit (Muncaster Bedhanging, Georgian Bouquet, or Glasgow Bedspread) please communicate that with Harriet prior to signing up.

Conversations during the third day may include, but are not limited to:

• Blocking finished work

• Binding hoops – the how and the why

• Mounting finished work on foam core

• Finishing into a cushion with fringe (brush trim), a zipper, and velvet backing.

• Slate Frame 101

• Managing hanks of Appleton Wool

• Wool storage