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These are the upcoming Classes by talented Needlework Instructors for 2012. Please consider signing up for these exciting classes!
Classes By Janet Perry of Napa Needlepoint
Jan 27 - Beginning Shading using Needleblending
"The links are to the canvases, not to the kits for the classes.
Except for the two shading classes, the kits are currently not on
the site because we are still working out threads and quantities."
Fall 2011 Counted Wishes Cyber-Class
The Fall 2011 Counted Wishes Cyber-Class, "Hardanger Basics" was taught by Linda K. Reinmiller of HeartWork From My Hand. Linda's class promised to enhance your Hardanger skills while stitching 3 lovely Christmas projects, perfect for gift-giving or your own special ornament tree! The class focused on guiding you step by step through the basic Hardanger stitches: buttonhole edging, Klosters, eyelets, cutting and removing threads, needlewrapping and needleweaving, Dove's eye filling stitch, and square fillet filling stitch.
Spring 2011 Counted Wishes Cyber-Class
Janet M. Perry of Napa Needlepoint taught the Mondrian Memories Needlepoint Class. Here she described what the class offered:
"Stitches and threads. Stitches and threads. They are the stuff of
needlepoint and are always exciting. But learning them can often be a
daunting task for new stitchers or those trying needlepoint for the
first time.
Fall 2010 Counted Wishes Cyber-Class
Janet Perry of Napa Needlepoint taught Blackwork Accessories Class. Participants learned the simple and historic needlework of Blackwork by making three different accessories, each showcasing a different aspect of Blackwork. The round luggage tag showed different basic Blackwork patterns. The photo album featured different Blackwork borders. The checkbook cover taught shading in Blackwork.
Fall 2011 Counted Wishes Cyber-Class
About The Instructors
Linda K. Reinmiller
After a childhood spent doing handcrafts —
everything from crochet to fabric painting — Linda K Reinmiller taught
herself counted cross stitch in 1986. After taking numerous classes and
courses from local shops and guilds and from national teachers, she
started teaching at local shops and guilds in 1993, teaching everything
from beginning cross stitch to comparing computer programs.
She began designing professionally in 1995 and teaching nationally in
1997. Linda has always stressed two things in her classes — everyone is
creative if she will only give herself a chance, and needlework is
supposed to be fun. Her classes give students the opportunity to express
their creativity through choices in color, thread, and design element
placement. The fun comes from her incredibly clear step-by-step
instructions that make any of her designs easy to finish.
As a teacher Linda has set a goal of inspiring the creative process in
her students while maintaining a class atmosphere of fun and fellowship.
She is currently exploring the true artistic possibilities of the needle
and thread, and this exploration is influencing the classes she is
developing. She hopes to bring needle art into the realm of fine art
where quilt art and tapestries are currently making inroads.
Linda has taught around the country at the Needle Arts Mystery Retreats
(of which she is a co-founder), EGA Region Seminars, EGA and ANG
chapters, shops, CATS Stitching Festivals, and Spirit of Cross Stitch
Festivals. She has taught at EGA National Seminar and numerous ANG
National Seminars. Linda was also one of the original CyberWorkshop
instructors on the ANG Web site in 1999-2000 and has taught
Correspondence Courses through ANG. In 2005 she and four other teachers
began Needle Arts Mystery Retreat, a 3-day counted canvas stitching
weekend. Since 2006 she has also organized and taught cyber classes
through her web site.
View Linda's website at:
Janet
Perry
Janet M. Perry of
Napa Needlepoint
is the Internet’s leading expert on needlepoint. A
pioneer in teaching technique-driven classes and in finding ways to make
advanced techniques easy, she is dedicated to making needlepoint “fast,
fun, and affordable.” Janet loves to teach on-line classes and her
classes provide lots of additional material and instruction beyond the
printed materials. Stitchers at all levels have fallen in love with her
offerings. Janet makes her home on an island in the San Francisco Bay
and is available to write stitch guides for stitchers throughout the
world and for private lessons and consultations in the Bay Area.
Janet
has spent decades discovering better ways to
stitch needlepoint. She has explored the worlds of threads to discover what
works for needlepoint and what doesn't. She's tried every technique in the
book and has developed easier ways to do them. She brings fresh approach to
needlepoint which will make both new and experienced stitchers jump for joy
and grab a needle and canvas. Now she is bringing that fresh approach to
books, with volumes on Overdyed Threads (January 2009) and creating your own
stitch guide (Summer 2009). Her current books, Please contact Janet at: napaneedlepoint@gmail.com if you would like to discuss future Classes with her.
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