Current & Upcoming
Flour Sack Embroidery – November 11, 2023
Nov 11, 2023 10:00AM—3:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterJoin experienced embroidery instructor Alycen Brothen for a day of traditional embroidery on flour sack towels. This class will cover: selection of flour sack towels for embroidery, prepping towels for embroidery, transferring designs, and stitching. Your instructor will provide the following materials: flour sack towels needle selection of embroidery threads design Students are asked to bring: embroidery hoop (3.5-5 inches…
View MoreHardanger Embroidery: Make a Bookmark – October 7 & 14, 2023
Oct 07, 2023 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterHardanger embroidery is named for the Hardanger region of Norway where this style of embellishing clothing and home goods flourished. Students will create an embroidered bookmark incorporating several traditional stitches and the distinctive cutwork that makes Hardanger embroidery so beautiful. Stitches will include: kloster blocks, woven bars, wrapped bars, tailored buttonhole, divided branch, buttonhole…
View MoreIntro to Floral Embroidery (In-Person) July 22 and 30, 2023
Jul 22, 2023 10:00AM—3:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
Learn the art of embroidery and creating something by hand. In this class, students will learn to embroider six different stitches from the most basic to a little more challenging. Using only these six stitches, students will learn variations and how to combine stitches to create a colorful floral design. This class will focus on…
View MoreIntro to Hardanger Embroidery (In-Person) June 3 and 10, 2023
Jun 03, 2023 10:00AM—4:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
Hardanger embroidery is named for the Hardanger region of Norway, where this style of embellishing clothing and home goods flourished. Students will create an embroidery design incorporating several traditional stitches and the distinctive cutwork that makes Hardanger embroidery so beautiful. Stitches will include: kloster blocks, dove’s eyes, corner dove’s eyes, cable stitch, Algerian eyelents, woven…
View MoreBeginning Primitive Rug Hooking, (In-Person) May 6, 2023
May 06, 2023 9:00AM—3:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
Students will learn rug hooking with wool fabric strips on a linen backing to create a beautiful landscape design. Topics covered will include: hooking straight and curved lines; using hard and soft edges; and understanding atmospheric perspective. At the end of the day, students will leave with a hooked 4-by-6-inch landscape ready to be framed,…
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