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Need a Little House Kit?

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Join my online class, Little House in the Woods, and with little or no carpentry experience, you can create this whimsical house the easy way- with hand embroidery stitches!

From start to finish, I’ll show you how to make this happy house embraced by friendly trees and surrounded by a colorful garden.

Little House Stitch Kits Now Available

More good news! My renovated studio is up and running Yipee!

That means stitch kits are now available for the Little House project.

See the felt fabric kit and hand-dyed threads used in Little House in the Woods here.

Did You Know That You Get My New Book Too?

My new book, Playful Free-Form Embroidery, comes out in May. But you can have a sneak peek now!

Join the Little House in the Woods online class (priced at $59.99) and you receive access to the eBook version of Playful Free-Form Embroidery (a $15.99 value).

You also receive access to my Embroidery Stitch Video Library for both the right and left-handed stitcher (a $19.99 value).

What a deal! Please join me. Click here to learn more about Little House in the Woods.

My New Book Comes with My New Class!

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Make This Sweet Little House Embroidery in My New Online Class

I’m happy to announce that I have a new online class for you! It’s called Little House in the Woods. Create this whimsical house the easy way- with hand embroidery stitches! In the class you’ll learn how to:

  • Create freestanding embroidered shapes like the house and trees with concentrated stitchery,
  • Transfer simple pattern shapes to make elaborate stitched shapes using felt or wool,
  • Make 10 hand embroidery stitches step-by-step and combine them to make sinuous vines and a decorative sun,
  • And be inspired by viewing my variations of the Little House in the Woods design at the end of each chapter.

And Here’s the Best Part! Sign Up and Get My New Book!

Yes! I have a new book coming out in May called Playful Free-Form Embroidery. But join the Little House in the Woods online class now (priced at $59.99) and you receive access to the eBook version of Playful Free-Form Embroidery (a $15.99 value).

But wait there’s more!

Sign up for the class and also receive exclusive access to the Little House in Woods pattern and directions. (These are only available as part of the class and are not in the book.)

Sign up and receive access to my Embroidery Stitch Video Library for both the right and left-handed stitcher (a $19.99 value).

Sign up and receive access to lesson-by-lesson discussions.


I hope you’ll join me! Click here to learn more about Little House in the Woods.

Give-Away #7: More Thread!

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Would you like to win a skein of really green thread?

This size 12 hand-dyed thread, Emerald Isle, is one of the many embroidery threads used on Little Bird and Daisies. It is a fine thread with a big punch. The rich green color pops to attention creating the texture on the white daisies in the design.

Leave a comment below, and you may be the lucky winner! I’ll even throw in a thread-ring for your entire palette of threads.

Check out my new online class, Little Bird and Daisies on Creative Spark.

And please note that the giveaway closes on Thursday. I announce the winner on Friday. In celebration of my first online class, Little Bird and Daisies, I’m giving away items for the workshop every week until the end of the year.

Leave a comment below, and you may be the lucky winner of today’s giveaway!