Deerfield Harmonies Pillow Sham

Deerfield Harmonies

 Member Cost $140.00

 Deerfield embroidery is a type of surface embroidery, traditionally worked in shades of blue on a white linen background.

This delightful blue and white pillow sham is finished with a cotton edging but could easily be a cushion or bag

The designs are similar to Jacobean Crewelwork designs, but finer threads and fabrics are used.  It was first seen in the small town of Deerfield in Massachusetts in the USA. Developed to help the economy by giving women a chance to earn an income by selling their work.

It is an attractive technique, and we invite you to join Deborah to learn more about how to stitch these beautiful motives, making a lovely cushion or pillow sham.

Registrations open Wednesday, November 13th 2024

Venue: Guild House, 565 Canning Highway, Alfred Cove

Dates: Thursday, Friday, 3rd/4th April 2025

Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm
Tutor: Deborah Love

Deborah began her embroidery steps as a Queensland schoolgirl. Her Grade 6 teacher, Miss Peacock, taught a sampler of stitches within the Clermont State School’s curriculum. After many stamped doilies, rosebud booties and embroidered handkerchiefs so typical of the late 1960s, she did little embroidery until moving to Canberra in 1991 and discovered Paddy Hornsby’s Affinity Plus embroidery shop, with talented embroiderers like Dianna Lampe and Kaye Pike.

Moving to Perth in 1992, she joined The Embroiderers’ Guild of Western Australia, Claremont branch and started teaching floral embroidery while still exploring many other forms of embroidery. After moving back to Brisbane in 1993 and joining The Embroiderers’ Guild, Queensland, she undertook the 2-year Introduction to Embroidery course.

Whitework embroidery in its many forms became the technique of choice. Deborah has travelling extensively to visit the ‘heartland’ of many types of embroidery techniques.

These include Mountmellick in Ireland, the small town of Deerfield in America and viewed a collection of early American Deerfield pieces.

She also visited  Luzine Happel in Eschwege, Germany researching Schwalm white work.

Deborah is a qualified Tutor for both the Queensland and NSW Guilds, specialising in Mountmellick, Deerfield, Schwalm, Hemstitching, and Drawn Thread as well as general stitches.

Various items of Mountmellick, Schwalm and Deerfield work have been published in Inspirations and Cross Stitch & Embroidery magazines.

In 2017, she won Ireland’s inaugural international Mountmellick competition.

Embroidery has embellished her life creatively, broadened her friendship groups and greatly enhanced her appreciation of the many talented embroiderers in our world. Deborah shares her passion for embroidery, teaching and sharing of knowledge and skills, to ensure that older techniques are not lost to ‘tomorrow’s embroiderers’ but brought into today’s world.

Skill Level: Confident Embroiderers

Class Fees:

EGWA Member - $140.00

Non-Member - $280.00

Membership attracts a 50% discount on all workshops (join here and save!)

Kit Cost:

1.  $20.00 for Instructions, Design and Pictures, bulk postage to Guild ahead of Class.

Design to be placed on the fabric prior to the class. This is best traced onto the centre of the fabric using a mechanical pencil HB.

(Please place payment for this kit in an envelope with your name and give it to the tutor directly on the first day of the workshop)

2.  $46.00 for Optic White Kingston Linen, 50cm x 60cm, 1 skein each DMC stranded cotton:  #800  #792  #793  #794,   Crewel needles #7  #8  #9

(Sourced locally, please place payment for this amount into an envelope with your name and labelled 'Guild')

 3m x 3cm wide Cotton Fringe can be sourced from Spotlight Stores if required.

What to bring

4" and 6" Hoops

Usual Sewing box

Magnification and light if required

Registrations will open at 9:00am on 1st December 2024 and close at 11:00pm on 24th February 2025

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