Online embroidery classes with Zara Day

Many of our members will know Zara Day from the super workshop she did for us a couple of years ago, as well as from her recent courses.  As the founder and creative director of Rosemaryrose Bespoke Embroidered Textiles, Zara is an expert in embroidery design, as well as an experienced teacher of textiles, art and design.

Zara has developed an online embroidery course that gives you a step-by-step guide to work through each design stage, using tried and tested techniques she uses in her teaching and business.

Zara says:

Each course is broken down into six weekly sessions of one-hour tutorials, followed by time to chat and review work as a whole group.   You can be a complete beginner or an experienced embroiderer, as Zara can tailor the development of your design to fit your skills. You can either follow exact instructions or be as creative as you want in each project. We all begin from the same starting point, then each member is given the skills to develop their own individual outcome.

Each week I will send out an email reminding you of the time of the next session and what equipment you will need to have ready. Sessions are delivered through Zoom.You do not have to be a member of Zoom and can join using either your phone, tablet or computer by just clicking on the emailed link.

The cost is £30.00 for six sessions with a free session at the end of the course. During this session I will explain the next course and we will look at all the work that is completed by the group.

Courses are restricted to 10 participants, and the next course starts on Monday April 27^th at 4pm. If you would like to enrol please contact me at the following email address by April 20th: zara@zaradayembroidery.com . If you have any questions before you decide to enrol please email me or give me a call on +44 (0) 7717 371668.

I will then give you a link to enrol, further details of the first session, what equipment you will need and where to purchase it from. I look forward to hearing from you.

Course One - Drawing with Stitches - Textured Experiments

For the first course, I thought it would be great to start by experimenting with drawing with different traditional stitches in a contemporary way. Then infilling areas with different textures using stitches, beading and appliqueing additional fabrics. These techniques will lay the foundation for all the following projects.

Here are some examples of work created on this course, and others can be found on Instagram at @zara_day_embroidery.