Location: This course is delivered via Zoom & WhatsApp. Please click here for guides to using Zoom & WhatsApp

Duration: 6 Week Embroidery Course (1 x 2.5 hour session per week for 6 consecutive weeks) 

Over this six-week course, you’ll combine goldwork and tambour embroidery to create your own Waterlily Pond design. The project brings together a range of techniques, giving you the opportunity to explore different ways of creating texture, colour and embellishment within one piece.

Using tambour embroidery, you’ll learn how to create the surface of the pond with beading and sequin techniques, building up layers of soft pastel colours to suggest the movement and texture of the water. You’ll then add goldwork elements, including delicate lilypads and dragonflies, to bring contrast and a touch of sparkle to the design. Throughout the course, you’ll learn how to combine the different materials and techniques, exploring how tambour work and goldwork can complement each other. The soft pastel palette provides a gentle backdrop for the metallic elements, creating a balanced and detailed finished piece.

This six-week class is a great opportunity to develop your skills across both tambour and goldwork while learning how to combine these techniques in a contemporary design.

Important Course Information

- Please check that your email address and shipping address are correct before ordering.

- Read all of the course description information above and the “How the Course Works” information below before booking.

- All courses are non-refundable. If you cannot attend, please let us know as soon as possible and we will try to move you to another course.

- A recording of each course session will be sent to you within one week of the session. You will then be able to download and keep this.

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Taught Techniques 

• Tambour beading and sequins 

• Goldwork Cutwork

• Goldwork Chain stitch

• Satin stitch 

• Goldwork chipping 

• Contemporary bullion stitches

• Vermicelli 

• Applying Pearl Purl

What You’ll Need to Provide 

- All materials will be sent to you - Course kit materials may vary slightly from those shown in sample imagery, however all alternatives are chosen to closely reflect the intended techniques and final results. 

- Tools needed: 10 inch seat frame (or an equivalent embroidery or slate frame), embroidery scissors