MACHINE EMBROIDERY I Teacher: Casey Bradford Drop your teeth! Remove your foot! Get ready to use your sewing machine in a most unusual way. Using the sewing machine without foot or feed dogs, you can create an infinite variety of freely worked stitches, textures, and designs. In these three lessons, you will explore the basic techniques of free machine embroidery. You will learn how to use your sewing machine as a creative drawing and stitching tool, resulting in a unique embroidery form quite different from the others. LESSON 1.  A complete introduction to free machine embroidery including necessary materials, machine set-up, and how to get started. This is followed by exercises using both straight and zigzag stitch, helpful hints, and a troubleshooting guide. LESSON 2.  Experiment with various types of machine threads, then learn to use satin stitch and whip stitch. LESSON 3.  Explore cable stitch and wrapped cords before creating a final project using your new skills. Prerequisites: Comfortable using a sewing machine in normal sewing mode Time: Six months Fee: $100.00 Text: $13.50 Supplies (approximate): $30.00, depending on supplies on hand JACOBEAN CREWEL EMBROIDERY Teacher: Judy Jeroy This course presents an example of a design typical of the Jacobean period, using motifs from historical sources. Basic crewel stitches, as they were used in the period, are taught. The student is encouraged to research the stitches, dyes, materials, and design influences that shaped this embroidery. A short research paper relevant to the tex- tiles of the period is required from the student. Students may design their own sampler if they wish. LESSON 1.   Read on the history of the period, including thread dyes; learn to identify a typical Jacobean design; work a sampler of long and short shading as well as buttonhole stitches. LESSON 2.  Work a sampler of filling patterns from the period, as well as a sampler of additional stitches for the final project; submit an outline of the research paper; submit a line drawing of your final project if you decide not to stitch the example. LESSON 3.  Submit short research paper with bibliography; submit a sampler of a design typical of the period. Prerequisites: None Time: Six months Fee: $100.00 Text: $20.00 Supplies (approximate): $50.00 Stitched by Judy Jeroy Page 22 — 2007–2008 Education Catalog INDIVIDUAL CORRESPONDENCE COURSES: THREE LESSON Stitched by Diane Thurston