Technique: Surface Embroidery
Skill Level: Beginner—Intermediate
Design Size: Embroidery 3.5” x 2” Finished 5” x 3”

Date: Saturday, 09 November 2019 – Sunday, 10 November 2019
Time: TBD
Location: Our Mother of Confidence Church Parish Hall, 3131 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA 92122 United States

Lorna is an experienced, passionate, needlework teacher. Originally from South Africa, she has resided in the United Kingdom since 1999. Her teaching has taken her throughout the United Kingdom, South Africa, France, Russia, and all over the United States.

She specializes in various forms of 3-dimensional and textural hand embroidery, and has been designing her own line of kits for the past 17 years. Lorna has completed the writing of her new book, Embroidered Country Gardens, published by Search Press, May 2019.

This design introduces raised and textured embroidery stitches to the beginner or alternatively, gives the more experienced stitcher room to stretch their skills.

Kit will include both fabric and backing for both project and doodle cloth that will need to be basted together per instructions prior to class.

Kit will also include Italian stork or similar scissors, pearl cotton, stranded cottons, Madeira Metallic thread, Crewel and Milliner’s needles. Finishing materials will be provided.

Interested? Download the registration flyer to read more or sign up.


Technique: Surface Embroidery
Skill Level: Beginner—Intermediate
Design Size 3.25” Diameter

Date: Monday, 11 November 2019 (Veteran’s Day)
Time: TBD
Location: Our Mother of Confidence Church Parish Hall, 3131 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA 92122 United States

Lorna is an experienced, passionate, needlework teacher. Originally from South Africa, she has resided in the United Kingdom since 1999. Her teaching has taken her throughout the United Kingdom, South Africa, France, Russia, and all over the United States.

She specializes in various forms of 3-dimensional and textural hand embroidery, and has been designing her own line of kits for the past 17 years. Lorna has completed the writing of her new book, Embroidered Country Gardens, published by Search Press, May 2019.

This design introduces raised and textured embroidery stitches to the beginner or alternatively, gives the more experienced stitcher room to stretch their skills.

This project was designed specifically with the beginner in mind in order to perfect the bullion stitch, using pearl thread and stranded cotton.

Kit will include both fabric and backing for both project and doodle cloth that will need to be basted together per instructions prior to class.

Kit will also include pearl cotton, stranded cottons, Madeira Metallic thread, Crewel and Milliner’s needles. Finishing materials will be provided along with the 3.25” pincushion base.

Interested? Download the registration flyer to read more or sign up.