Schedule & Activities

9 AM	Site Opens
10 AM	Keynote Address: A Deeper Look into Opus Anglicanum
11 AM	Morning Class
noon	Lunch
1 PM	Kit Class or Stitching Solar
2:30 PM	Tea
3:30 PM	Kit Class (continued) or Stitching Solar
5 PM	Classes End
6 PM	Site Closes

 

Keynote address (10 - 11 AM)

A Deeper Look into Opus Anglicanum

Presenter: Magnifica Hildegard Bergerin, OL

Opus Anglicanum is often considered the pinnacle of medieval English embroidery. Learn what defines this style of embroidery, the history, extant examples, regulations, and materials used.

Bring note-taking materials, if desired.

Classes

Sign up when you arrive on site for the classes you would like to attend.

Morning Classes (1 hour):

• Leather embroidery, 1 hour, limit 15 

• Project management for Embroiderers, or How to successfully Run a Big Project, 1 hour, unlimited

Kit Classes (3 hours): 

• There's an app for that (appliqué work), 3 hours, limit 10 

• Early 17th-century Pea-pod in 3D, limit 10

• Practical Pleated Aprons, 3 hours, limit 10 

• Beginning veil beading, 1 hour limit 10

Stitching Solar (from 11 AM on)

Magnifica Hildegard Berger invites you to join her in the Solar to “Try It!”   Or, bring a project to work on and stitch in good company!

 

Morning Classes (11:00 - noon)

Leather Embroidery

Instructor:  Robert of Ferness

Leather embroidery differs from cloth embroidery.  This class will demonstrate how it varies and allow attendees to try their hand at it with small samples of leather and thread.  We will focus on shoes from northern Europe because there are so many examples from there, but we will also cover other types of items as well as footwear from other places for comparison.

Students will gain a better understanding of working with leather in an embroidery context as well as exposure to the corpus of all known period leather items with embroidery.  The instructor will provide samples of leather and different kinds of thread to try, as well as glovers needles to use.  Students are welcome to bring their own leather and/or thread if they have a project in mind or in progress and wish to discuss its suitability.

Class Fee:  none

Instructor will provide:  colorful handout, samples of leather and thread and glovers needles

Students should bring:   Their curiosity

Students will leave with:  Ways to embroider leather, what types of items had it, depicted in a colorful handout

Limit:  15

 

Project Management for Embroiderers or How to Successfully Run a Big Project

Instructor:  Hrefna fruþikona Þorgrímsdottir

Have you ever had a big embroidery idea but froze when you realized how much time and effort you needed to make it? This class will teach you how to turn those big ideas into reality. We’ll talk about breaking a project into manageable tasks, designing for group projects, recruiting workers, timelines, managing materials, managing volunteers, surviving pitfalls, and successful finishes. Bring the big idea you always wanted to work on and we’ll start you turning your vision into a reality.

Class Fee:  $5.00

Instructor will provide:  Knowledge, experience, and a bit of fun

Students should bring:   Pencil, paper and that big embroidery idea they always wanted to stitch

Students will leave with: An understanding of how to successfully run and finish a large group embroidery project.

 

Kit Classes (1:00 - 5:00, with a one-hour break for tea)

There’s an App for that

Instructor:  Baroness Anastasie deLamoure

A brief history and hands on of different applique processes. With the use of couching, hidden stitch, whip stitch and more.

Class Fee:  $5.00

Instructor will provide:  needle, thread, hoop, and scissors

Students should bring:   Any favorite needles

Students will leave with:  supplies provided by the instructor … and a head swimming with information!  (Upon request, the handout will be emailed after the event.  One preview copy will be available during the class.)

Limit:  10

Early 17th-century Pea-pod in 3D

Instructor:  Maestro Filipia Capriotti, OL

Learn to use the buttonhole stitch to create flat and raised elements as well as typical blending technique. In a little open pea pod with optional goldwork peas inside. Based on motifs used on this waistcoat in the V&A.

Class Fee:  $5.00

Instructor will provide:  Hoop, threads, needle, handout

Students should bring:   Scissors

Students will leave with: Printed linen ground, silk thread, gold thread and thread wrapped bullion, needle, handout  

Limit:  10

Practical Pleated Aprons

Instructor:  Avitoria vidua

 

Learn the basics of pleating while making a practical apron. We’ll focus on the basic skills of perfecting tiny pleats, so that you can leave with the knowledge and inspiration to complete a custom embroidery design of your choosing.

Class Fee:  $20.00 (covers fabric, needles, handouts, threads)

Students should bring:  Small scissors and patience

Instructor will provide:  All other materials

Students will leave with:  A simple apron suitable for many periods and regions

Limit:  10

Beginning Veil Beading

Instructor: Baroness Oddkatla Jonsdottir

 

Students will learn veil beading basics.

Class Fee: $10

Instructor will provide: a yard of silk, beads, thread, snips, needle and a multi-page handout

Students will leave with: a beautiful, beaded silk veil

Limit: 10