Saturday & Sunday, October
4th & 5th, 2025
"Blue Hills" workshop
with Dawn Donnelly

Blue Hills Stitches/Techniques: Exploring handmade paper by painting,
wetting, tearing and cutting it into shapes. Working with Reverse Square
Herringbone, French Knots, Branscombe Edge, Criss Cross Hungarian, Butterfly
chain Stitch, Oriental, Rhodes Stitch and creating a fake Bullion.
Design size: 6 1/4" x 8 3/4"
Ground Fabric: 14 Count Mono Canvas
Class Length: 2 days
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Kit fee: NER Region members - $150
Non-NER region members
- $170
Plans for lunch for Saturday and Sunday, and Saturday night dinner will be
announced at a later date.
Deadline for registration - July 25, 2025
To be held at the
Seabury
Retirement Community, Bloomfield CT.
The class fee is covered by CRVC using funds granted by the NER Region from
profits of the 2023 national seminar. See the
registration form
for this workshop.
Saturday, January 31st
& March 7th, 2026
"Zelda the Zebra" with Toni
Gerdes

Zelda
is an exuberant Patchwork Zebra with her stripes of many colors. The
jewel tone color palette makes Zelda exquisite. Zeldas "false"
eyelashes will have her flirting with you. Several Rainbow Gallery
metallics, Caron threads, Straw Silk, and Planet Earth Threads, along with
beautiful beads, will be used to create her captivating design. The
stitches will include old favorites, as well as a few surprises. The
background will be a white-on-white diagonal pattern that emphasizes the
design and enhances Zelda's whimsical personality.
Technique: Canvas Embroidery on 18ct. White Mono canvas
Level of Proficiency: Intermediate
Design Area: 11" x 9"
Kit Cost/Contents: $175; line drawn canvas, instructions, threads,
and embellishment
This workshop will be in-person at
Thistle
Needleworks and on Zoom.
See the
registration
form. The deadline for registration is November 24, 2025.