The Guild offers at least two workshops per year, one in the fall, and usually one in the spring. Please remember to sign up at a guild meeting or contact the workshop coordinator, Sheila Anstey, as spaces are often limited and awarded on a first come, first served basis. The guild covers the firsts $50 of kit costs with participants being responsible for the balance.
Sheila’s contact details: Email: danstey@nf.sympatico.ca; Text: 709-697-0704. Payment should be made to Arlene King aeking60@icloud.com; be sure to let her know what its for!
Upcoming Workshops – 2024
Mike Parr will be here in the spring – late April, early May – to give two workshops.
| April 27 & 28 | May 3 & 4 |
 Elizabethan Cherry tree $55 registration fee plus $80 kit fee – total $135. Location and timing TBC. |  Stitch Your OWN Story $55 registration fee, no kit fee. Location and timing TBC. |
BONUS: May 1 – Lecture on Reconstructuring an Embroidered Guild Crown from the Tudor Era – The Broderers Crown by Mike Parr, 7:30 p.m. at College of the North Atlantic, Prince Philip Drive
Free admission
Naomi Smith will join us in late June for two workshops.
| June 18 &19 | June 22 & 23 |
 Sweetgrass Basket $63 including kit fee. Location and timing TBC. |  Beaded Poppy $63 including kit fee. Location and timing TBC. |
Joyce Gill will offer two half-day classes on July 20th.
| AM | PM |
  Temari Ball $20 including kit fee. Location TBD. |     Zippity Doo Dah Brooch $20 including kit fee. Location TBD. |
Previous workshops
2023
October 21 & 22; October 28 &29 – Ruth Winsor will teach a canvaswork puffin the first weekend, then the ribbon rooster the following weekend. $55 for either workshop.
August 19th Anne Rowlands offered to teach an Intro to Hardanger workshop. $20 (includes kit fees).
August 12th Susan Furneaux offered to teach Exotic Bird. $25 (materials included; bring along your own fabrics, threads, beads, etc., if you like).
27 May
Child on sled. Marilyn Tucker will teach this piece at Torbay Common on Saturday, 27 May. It is a Grenfell style picture of a child being pulled on a sled.
6,7,9 &10 May
Japanese Embroidery with Marian Preshing (JEC teacher, Edmonton) is being offered for interested stitchers. Come join Marian and the current group of six stitchers to learn the art of working with Japanese flat silk in the form of Nudio. This year students are doing phases 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, & 7. If interested in getting started or attending the workshop please reach out to Anne Reynolds. The majority of the stitchers are guild members who would happily answer any questions about this artform.
6 May
All Things Embroidery workshop will be given my Elizabeth Fewer. Come for an interesting exploration of tools and tricks related to embroidery.
2022
May 2022: Japanese Beading workshop with Marian Preshing. Marian will be coming to us from Edmonton to teach a rondel piece of Japanese Beading. She will also be teaching a 4 day workshop on Japanese Embroidery.
2021
November 2021
Kingfisher by Becky Hogg
On October 23rd and November 6th, 2021, Anne Rowlands and Gillian Brown will facilitate this metalwork piece that was designed by Becky Hogg. Please reach out to Sheila Anstey or Lyn Moore to register, if you’re interested. Max 24 people, deadline to register – early September. Skill level: advanced beginner, someone who is comfortable with a needle and would like to try some gold work techniques.
About the Designer: Becky Hogg, the designer of this delightful piece, is a former RSN instructor, who now has her own business based out of Hastings UK. She has written detailed illustrated instructions that are comprehensive and easy to follow. She has a series of small metalwork birds and animals , of which the Kingfisher is one, each one leading one through different gold work techniques. She is also the author of the RSN Blackwork book.
June 2021: on the 19th, Susan Furneaux gave a workshop on caribou tufting.
May 29: Corrine Wright offered a workshop on beading. The project was a star.
2020
Oct/Nov 2020: Jane Prior joined us to instruct a workshop on 3D stitching (a form of stump work). The dates were Saturday October 17 & November 28. We look forward to seeing participants’ pieces in the new year! Here is a picture of Jane Prior’s piece:
Here are a few completed pieces form Jane’s workshop:
Our first workshop of 2020 was Obsessive Chain stitch with Bettina Matzkuhn. It will take place at Sobeys-Howley Estates (10 Elizabeth Avenue) starting 9AM on Saturday and 10AM Sunday, January 25 and 26, 2020.
Here are the results of the participants. These are just amazing !
October 2019 Marilyn Tucker – Bicycle with flowers
This is a copy of the piece, worked by Marilyn.
Elizabeth Fewer – Needlework Toys and Joys
Lorene Salt – Canvaswork Autumn Kaliedscope and Muse
Barbara Kershaw – Schwalm neck pillow and Christmas stocking
St. John's Guild of Embroiderers 