Kathy Andrews Embroidery Workshop (May 18)

Sweet flowers and fresh, green leafy vines stitched on creamy ivory linen combine in this delightful needlebook. The design for our needlebook comes from the Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608, a book that’s over 400 years old, compiled at the end of the Renaissance. Together we will embroider this design using satin stitch, stem stitch, long and short shading, leaf stitch and trellis work.

The finished design size is 4” x 4.5“

The kit contains beautiful linen twill with printed design, 7 full skeins of cotton floss, needles, a full color instruction booklet, lining fabric for the needle book, felt for the pages, and an individualized project bag.

The students will need to provide a basic stitching kit, magnification and lighting, an 8” hoop and a clamp or a lap stand, roller frame or slate frame and stand. A hoop attached to a stand or to a clamp fastened to the table allows the embroiderer to work with both hands.

Participation is limited to 20.

Questions? Email Sandra Gordon at slgordon1699@gmail.com. Use "Hjemkomst Class" in the subject line.

The affordable class fee for this workshop is made possible through grant support. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from Lake Region Arts Council, thanks to a Minnesota State Legislative appropriation; The Arts Partnership with the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo; the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation, and the Alex Stern Family Foundation.

About the Instructor

Kathy Andrews is a textile artist, embroidery teacher, and lecturer. With her enthusiasm for embroidery and encouraging classroom atmosphere, she is a sought-after teacher of embroidery both in the USA and in Canada. Her popular lectures are in demand both in person and on Zoom.

With her enthusiasm for stitch and encouraging classroom atmosphere, she is a sought-after teacher of embroidery. Kathy has taught at EGA and EAC/ACB National and Regional Seminars, for EGA chapters in the USA, and globally in her many online courses.

In addition to her teaching, she collects antique samplers, and has been published in Inspirations and Needlearts magazines.

She received her Certificate of Technical Hand Embroidery with Merit from the Royal School of Needlework and her City and Guilds Certificate in Design and Stitched Textiles.

Kathy’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Her multiple interviews with Gary Parr on Fiber Talk are both informational and amusing, and she is particularly proud of the interview discussing the textile art pieces she created to help her deal with the many phases of battling breast cancer.

Kathy is a member of the Cedar Valley Chapter of the EGA, the EGA Fiber Forum, Textile Society of America, the Embroiderer’s Association of Canada, the Minnesota Needleworkers Guild and the Embroiderer’s Guild of New South Wales.

She and her husband are the third generation to live in the family home in rural Iowa, where Kathy’s studio, The Unbroken Thread, is located.