Level 1 Experimental Hand Little Stitch Book

  • Learn to Make Your Own Little Stitch Book!

  • Work Closely with Your Tutor

    Your tutor will guide you through the process of dyeing your fabric, learning the stitches, and putting your book together!

  • Learn to dye like a Pro!

    Hands on training includes learning to dye both fabric and embroidery thread with Procion MX dyes

  • Fill Pages with Your Own Stitches

    You get to choose your stitches to fill the beautifully colored fabric pages!

  • In Person Retreat + Online Follow up Classes

    Meet for 3 days at our La Conner studio and then get together with your tutor and classmates for 4 online sessions

  • Your Unique Finished Book

    Our students love to refer back to their stitch books for years to come! Join us to make your own!

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ONLINE LIVE MENTORED COURSE


Next Session- December 14, 2023

Class Name: Cloves

Tutor: Gail Harker

Click Here: Course Brochure: Level 1 Little Hand Stitch Book

Status: Enrollment Open- NOTE: by Arrangement- Attend a virtual session on painting fabric and then join the rest of the class for the Online Sessions starting December 14.

The Little Hand Stitch Book Online:

A creative, contemporary approach to embroidery through basic design and color. This course serves as a basic introduction to the vast world of embroidery. Techniques and stitches will be worked in imaginative methods using color, line, shape, and balance. Using your own hand-dyed fabric and threads, you will create a variety of small, embroidered samples to include line, detached, textured, and composite stitches.

Watch the video below to see sample stitch instruction you’ll receive, both in person and in your live mentored online training sessions!

A creative, contemporary approach to embroidery through basic design and color. This course serves as a basic introduction to the vast world of embroidery. Techniques and stitches will be worked in imaginative methods using color, line, shape, and balance. Using your own hand-painted fabric, you will create a variety of small, embroidered samples to include line, detached, textured, and composite stitches. This course is a prerequisite to Studies in Design and Experimental Stitch, Level 2. Please read the Course Brochure: Level 1 Little Hand Stitch Book for full details.

Open to All Levels of Experience – Learn to Dye like a Professional!

Starting with a 3 day retreat in our La Conner studio, we’ll be learning to dye fabrics and threads with Procion MX dyes, as well as starting to learn some of the many stitching that will be going into your little stitch book.  Our 4 online class sessions include personalized online Power Point Presentations with Gail Harker,  discussions, 25 videos and a PDF workbook of 14 lessons.. Workbook pdfs and videos will be sent to students after each mentored online session. There is lots of information about fabrics, fabric painting, threads, needles, techniques and stitch diagrams.

You can get to know and develop friendships with the other students in our in-person session and then deepen the relationships during our online class sessions.  Unlike most online courses, you’ll be meeting online with your tutor and other students, to learn, discuss, and participate in a community of like-minded stitchers!

Course Fee:

$495 Credit Card via PayPal on our secure website

Alternative Payment:

Cash, Check or Money Order

Send $495. US Dollars Payment made out to “Harker Group LLC”  along with your Registration Form to:
Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts
PO Box 1000
La Conner, WA 98257

2023-24  Class Dates (all times are in the Pacific Time Zone):

2023

  • November 7, 8, 9  from 10 am to 4:30 pm at La Conner Studio
  • December 15 – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm – Online Class Session

2024

  • January 9 – 10:30 to 12:30 – Online Class Session
  • January 30 – 10:30 to 12:30 – Online Class Session
  • February 20 – 10:30 to 12:30 – Online Class Session

To check your time zone difference, go to Time Zone Converter and put in Seattle for Pacific Time zone and then your location.