Introductory Class
Counted cross-stitch transfers a design from a printed graph onto evenweave fabric. The stitcher uses embroidery floss to place X's on the fabric corresponding to symbols on the chart. Each symbol on the chart represents one X on the fabric. The different styles of symbols on the chart represent different colours of floss. Cross-stitch is easy to learn and requires only a few skills and supplies. The price includes a beginner’s cross-stitch kit, which has all the required embroidery floss, fabric and needle. You will have the use of an embroidery hoop, which you may purchase.
In your very first cross-stitch lesson, you will learn the following skills:
- To understand the use of different kinds of materials – what material when
- How to read a chart – find the centre and understand the different symbols
- How to centre the pattern onto the material
- The use of stranded cottons – how many threads to use, how to separate threads, how to stop threads tangling
- How to use an embroidery hoop or frame
- How to start stitching – beginning and ending threads
- The importance of direction when stitching
Three hour class (includes morning/afternoon tea)
Cost: $79 per person