So excited to be able to put my return visit to the Needle Bug in Montgomery, Alabama on the calendar. Please join me for an Embellishment Class, where I will provide you with a custom Stitch Concept for your personal piece, along with three days of teacher time to walk you through your pieces.  (Canvases should be provided to Leigh at the Bug 60+ days prior.) 

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Pick One, Have Some Fun. Choose between one of these three very fun and colorful projects. Your choices are Communion by T. Chapman, Pippin’s Reindeer Bolster, and Este MacLeod’s Winter Birds.

You will receive the canvas, threads, whimsicalstitch.com Stitch Concept and lots of stitching camaraderie. All students will receive one-on-one time with me to work on your chosen project. For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

5/13 UPDATE: Will be a virtual class event.

SOLD OUT!

Midwest friends! Join me at Emily’s Stitchery in Northbrook for a delightful three day Embellishment Class. I will provide you with a custom Stitch Concept for your personal piece, along with three days of teacher time to walk you through your pieces. 

Robin King and I will be joining forces at the Needle Bug from June 25-28. (King…royalty…get it now?)

Robin and I will collaborate on a Stitch Plan for the canvas of your choice. It promises to be four days full of learning (for both you and me!), laughs, good food, and lots of beautiful stitches and canvases.

Please join us. Contact the Bug at 334-270-0064 for more information. Hope to see you there!

5/13 UPDATE: Will be a virtual class event.

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Canvas Enhancement time. I'll be there from 10-3 on June 12-13, to work with you and your canvas.  I'll provide suggestions for stitches and thread choices on the canvas of your choice.  Private lessons are also available. For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

Thrilled to be returning for the third annual CANVAS, a needlepoint adventure, in Montgomery, Alabama.  CANVAS, a needlepoint adventure, is an event hosting classes dedicated to the advancement of needlepoint on a canvas ground.

There will be two sessions with me.  The first is a two-day class featuring an exclusive Zecca Designs piece, Walking in the Rain. It’s an absolute charmer. 

The second session is a four-day Embellishment Class.  The class time includes a customized stitch concept for the canvas of your choice, stitches and threads, and one on one time with me.  

Visit here for more event information or to sign up.  Hope to see you there!

Please join me at Aristeia in Santa Monica for the adorable Pumpkin Village by Melissa Shirley Designs. Pumpkins!

I love Autumn. I love Halloween. And I love this perfect seasonal piece. It’s a delightful village with five pumpkins brought to life with more than a few silks, all kinds of beads, crystals, and sequins, and a combo of solid and overdyed threads.

Class dates are October 25-27, so there’s lots of time to learn, stitch, snack, and have some wonderful girl time.

Call Sue at 310-260-6330 for more information. Hope to see you there!

DATE CHANGE!

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Canvas Enhancement time. I'll be there from 10-3 on August 9-10, to work with you and your canvas.  I'll provide suggestions for stitches and thread choices on the canvas of your choice.  Private lessons are also available. For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Canvas Enhancement time. I'll be there from 10-3 on May 10-11, to work with you and your canvas.  I'll provide suggestions for stitches and thread choices on the canvas of your choice.  Private lessons are also available. For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

Please join me at Bedecked and Beadazzled for the adorable Pumpkin Village by Melissa Shirley Designs. Pumpkins!

I love Autumn. I love Halloween. And I love this perfect seasonal piece. It’s a delightful village with five pumpkins brought to life with more than a few silks, all kinds of beads, crystals, and sequins, and a combo of solid and overdyed threads.

Class dates are April 11-14, so there’s lots of time to learn, stitch, snack, and have some wonderful girl time.

Call Ruth at 410-296-0405 for more information. Hope to see you there!

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Canvas Enhancement time. I'll be there from 10-3 on February 15-16, to work with you and your canvas.  I'll provide suggestions for stitches and thread choices on the canvas of your choice.  Private lessons are also available. For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

Thrilled to be returning for the second annual CANVAS, a needlepoint adventure, in Montgomery, Alabama.  CANVAS, a needlepoint adventure, is an event hosting classes dedicated to the advancement of needlepoint on a canvas ground.

There will be two sessions with me.  The first is a four-day class featuring an exclusive Melissa Shirley piece, Pumpkin Village. 

The second session is a two-day embellishment class.  The class time includes a customized stitch concept for the canvas of your choice, stitches and threads, and one on one time with me.  

Visit here for more event information or to sign up.  Hope to see you there!

Please join me at What's the Point! in Dublin, Ohio for a Project Choice Workshop.  Choose a project from my gallery, WTP gathers the canvas and threads for you*, and you'll receive a Stitch Guide (or Concept), three days of teaching, three breakfasts, lunches, and happy hours!  Contact WTP at (614) 717-9008 for pricing and reservations. 

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Canvas Enhancement time. I'll be there from 10-2 on October 18-20, to work with you and your canvas.  I'll provide suggestions for stitches and thread choices on the canvas of your choice.  For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

Very excited to be making a return visit to the Beehive at Bedecked and Beadazzled in Baltimore in July.  Mark your calendars for July 19-22, 2018. 

Two two-day classes are available.  The first is "Birdwatching with Mary" on Thursday and Friday.  Select your choice of one of the four Este Macleod bird pieces below.  You will receive a detailed Stitch Concept and guidance for two days.  There might be a couple surprises too!

The second is an Embellishment Class, where I will provide you with a custom Stitch Concept for your personal piece, along with two days of teacher time to walk you through your pieces.  (Canvases should be provided to Johnny, I mean Ruth, 60+ days prior.) 

It is highly likely my teaching will be judged by the shop top cat, Johnny.  I'm ready.

I will be visiting The Knotted Needle in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI for a three-day Project Choice extravaganza.  I don't know what we will be working on together yet, but listed below are just a few possibilities.

Project Choice is a concept where the customers select the whimsicalstitch.com project of their choice.  They are seated together by project and I work with each group to provide insight and guidance as they work on their project.  It's a lot of fun.

For more information, please contact the store at 313-886-2828 or knotted.needle@gmail.com.

Please join us!  

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park for a Melissa Shirley extravaganza.  As part of the Melissa Shirley trunk show at the store during June, I will be teaching three Melissa Shirley pieces, Red Cottage, Lemons (by Annie O'Brien Gonzales), and Wicked Witch (part of Melissa's Wild Women series).

Each canvas is quite adorable but each has something different to offer in terms of themes, stitches, and techniques. If you are intrigued by ribbons and stumpwork, Lemons is for you.  Wicked Witch offers insight on how to add even more color.  Red Cottage is a lesson in how to navigate thread choices when you need a lot of the same color for different areas.

For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

I would love to see you there!

Please join me at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Canvas Enhancement time. I'll be there from 10-2 on February 15 and 16, to work with you and your canvas.  I'll provide suggestions for stitches and thread choices on the canvas of your choice. Appointments for private lessons are also available (starting at 2:30). 

For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

I will be one of nine teachers at the inaugural CANVAS, a needlepoint adventure, in Montgomery, Alabama.  CANVAS, a needlepoint adventure, is an event hosting classes dedicated to the advancement of needlepoint on a canvas ground.

There will be two sessions with me.  The first is a four-day class featuring Patience Brewster holiday stand-ups, including Christmas Fish in Heels, Josie, Joker of Hearts, Vixen's Painter Elf, and Christmas Goose in Heels.

The second session is a two-day embellishment class.  The class time includes a customized stitch concept for the canvas of your choice, stitches and threads, and one on one time with me.  

Visit here for more event information or to sign up.  Hope to see you there!

Please join us at Old World Designs in Menlo Park, California for Canvas Enhancement time.  I'll be there from 10-2 on Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12 to work with you and your canvas.  I'll provide suggestions for stitches and thread choices on the canvas of your choice.  

For more information, contact Linda at 650-321-3494 or at info@oldworlddesigns.com.

Hope to see you there!

So excited to be able to put my return visit to the Needle Bug in Montgomery, Alabama on the calendar.  All we have right now is a date.  Stay tuned for announcements on content.  Bless your heart!  

I'm joining the crew at Bedecked and Bedazzled in Maryland for a lovely weekend of stitching.  

First up is a two-day class (June 16 & 17) featuring Melissa Shirley's Passion Flowers & Birds by Emma Williams.  It's a feast of small stitches, pattern stitching, beads, ribbons, some brand new threads, and a wonderful body of water.

And, to top it all off, there's an additional day class (on June 18) featuring Zecca's Royal Peeps.  I've had a blast playing with fabulous threads, beads, new stitches, and lots of beautiful texture for the border.  The unstitched canvas makes me smile; the stitched canvas just makes my heart sing.

If you would like to sign up, give Bedecked and Bedazzled a call 410.296.0405.  Hope you can join us!  It promises to be a blast!

So excited to be visiting Osterville Needlepoint in charming Cape Cod for a weekend of stitching.  Please join us for three days of basically whatever you want!  Some call it an embellishment class, others call it help, while others (ahem, me) call is whatever you want!  I'll be working with customers on new canvases, guiding them through stitch and thread selections.    

Please join us!  Contact the store at 508-428-4455 or info@ostervilleneedlepointshop.com.

I will be visiting the Black Sheep Shop in Orlando in April!  The first two days will be dedicated to a workshop with the beautiful Lemons piece.

An embellishment class will be offered on Monday.  I will provide you with a stitch guide, threads, and personal instruction for a canvas of your choice.

For more information, please contact the Black Sheep Shop at (407) 894-0444 or theblacksheepshop@hotmail.com.