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Ellen Chester will be teaching two of her class pieces at Victorian Rose Needlearts May 5th and 6th, 2023. Friday’s class is the exquisite Needleworker’s Sampler Huswife. Stitches Used: Algerian eye, alternating double backstitch, backstitch, barrier, Belgian cross, closed herringbone, cross stitch, cross stitch over one linen thread, cushion (traditional and reverse slant), double running, double-sided Italian cross, four-sided, gobelin, horizontal elongated tied cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin, nun's stitch, queen, diagonal queen, rice, satin, smyrna cross, straight, tent, three-sided, upright cross, and zigzag.

Saturday we will be stitching A Most Engaging Needlebook. The needlebook features the Jacob’s Ladder binding stitch that allows it to be opened from either side allowing the wool needle page magically changes side. This is the first time that Ellen will be teaching A Most Engaging Needlebook. Stitches Used: Algerian eye, backstitch, closed herringbone, cross stitch, cross stitch over one linen thread, four-sided, herringbone, mosaic, padded satin, Smyrna cross, Rhodes, Rhodes heart, tent, and zigzag stitch.

More details will be provided soon.