Pre-recorded instruction on process and techniques

with a LIVE Q&A on Zoom Saturday, Aug 23rd, 2025 11am-1pm Central Time

(Central time is ‘Chicago’ time)

Hand Embroidered Drawing:

Draw with thread and stitch to create beautiful stand-alone images, or a special detail within the composition of a quilt. This class will introduce you to Heidi’s unique methods for handwork and imagery.

Class Highlights Include:

1. Accurate Drawings, using photographs and printer paper for proportion, we’ll reveal the maker’s hand with a simple toolbox of stitches

2. Freeform Drawings, learn Heidi’s approach to ‘going for it’ with with a whimsical and lighthearted hand, less concerned with realism, and more concerned with feeling

3. Text, embroidered to look like your own handwriting

4. Line, consider line quality and a variety of threads and stitches to translate your imagery

5. Highlights and Shadow, learn about the times when less stitching can create more light and beauty in a composition, and similarly—learn to create dense stitches and silhouettes in strategic areas for maximum impact

Class Outline:

• View the class content and begin sewing at your own pace

  • 22 minutes of introductory techniques (6 recordings total, 3 knots, 3 stitches, appliqué, piecing, threading a needle, thimble use, and unpicking stitches)

  • 52 minutes of succinct and easy to re-play embroidery demos (7 recordings total)

    • Accurate paper transfer

    • Freehand erasable pen transfer

    • Dense stitching

    • Dots (7 variations)

    • Denser stitches (6 variations)

    • Line quality (5 variations)

    • A few idiosyncratic stitches (4 variations)

  • A lecture from Heidi, sharing her unique approach to embroidered drawing

    • Over 150 images/videos shared

    • Step-by-step images of embroidered drawings from quilts like Nimble, Nimble, which received Best Handwork at Quilt National in 2025

    • Detailed start-to-finish embroidery journeys for a ceiling fan, a paper fan, a ceramic vase, and a rosemary bush

    • Throwbacks to landmark quilts with images like a jackalope, dog, rabbit, chairs, arms, handwriting, aerial views, and a self portrait

  • Multiple real-time videos of Heidi sewing. (Additional videos will be added throughout July & August 2025)

    • A paper transfer drawing of a 17-inch blender onto a quilt top

    • A freeform drawing of a KitchenAid mixer onto a quilt top

  • A bonus slideshow from Heidi’s days as a high school art teacher when she taught a lesson called Drawing with Thread

• The class web page includes a link to add the LIVE Q&A to your calendar. After Saturday, Aug 23rd, 2025 11am-1pm Central Time, this will become a part of the recorded class content. Bring your project to show-and-tell, as well as any questions you have after practicing these techniques

• You are encouraged to share your work publicly with #hphandembroidered on Instagram, which may lead to your work being highlighted and linked to you on Heidi’s Pinterest

This workshop is Beginner Friendly, and also very exciting to experienced quilters who are eager to try something new, and increase their skill and playfulness by deepening their approach to drawing via embroidery.

Additional Info:

• Additional info:

  • You can see my favorite sewing supplies HERE on my website. I also love to use the Little House Needle Gripper Silicon Thimble for handwork and you can find it and $5 off with this Snuggly Monkey coupon link.

  • This is a pre-recorded class, AND the LIVE Q&A will become part of the class recording.

  • Attendees of this class will have ‘forever’ access to all of the class materials; therefore, refunds are not available.

  • ⭕️ BE READY AFTER CHECKOUT:that is the easiest time to download the PDF required to access class. (You will also get an email from no-reply@squarespace.info with a link to the PDF, and a separate email with your receipt.)

  • Guilds get discounted class rates on many of my on-demand classes, check them out here! Email me to request that this class be made available to your guild.