Embroidery 101

Embroidery 101 is a relaxed workshop for beginners curious about trying something new or those ready to revisit a craft you haven’t touched since summer camp🏕️. You’ll learn the foundational techniques of hand embroidery while creating a stitch sampler and customize your own personal item 🧢. No experience needed — just bring your curiosity (and something you’d love to stitch on).
Over the course of this 2 hour session, you’ll learn a handful of beginner stitches, explore how to transfer your own design, and get plenty of time to practice and play. We’ll end with time to start embroidering a personal item using your new skills— like a tote, shirt, or hat 💥.
We will cover things like:
🪡 Beginner hand embroidery techniques including Running, Back, split, and threaded.
🪡 How to transfer a design to fabric
🪡 Floss, needle, and fabric basics
🪡 How to finish and display
🪡 Tips for embroidering on garments or accessories
Prerequisite:
🐣 No embroidery experience required! newbies or those in need of a refresh are welcome!
What is Included:
🧵 2 hours of workshop
💃 Live demo practice, & work time
🛠️ Use of tools: embroidery hoops, needles, scissors
🎨 Practice materials: fabric, floss, transfer paper
👯‍♀️ Work time on your actual existing garments with individualized guidance from me!
What do you need to bring?
👚Bring one personal item you'd like to embroider — something light- to medium-weight, non-stretch, and made of a natural fiber (like cotton or linen). Think: tote bag, collared shirt or a baseball cap. If you're unsure, feel free to bring a couple of options!
👉Note: It will be up the discretion of the teacher if the materials brought by the student are not appropriate for the project.
What should you NOT bring?
💪 Synthetic, thick, or medium to heavy weight fabric
💔 Items in need of repair or alteration. This is an embroidery design based class.  If you would like check out the [alterations] or [mending] workshops.
🫟Soiled or dirty items. All items must be clean and freshly laundered
👉Note: If the materials brought by the student are not appropriate for the project or they forget them, students maybe able to purchase provided materials at the time of class.