Event Details
'PUNCHING FANCY STITCHES' This is the first year this exciting and innovative class is being offered!
Learn to create an dazzling assortment of beautiful fancy stitches using the Oxford punch needle to add interest and pizzazz to your hooked and punched rugs. Beading, Chain, Embroidery, Tunnel, and Couching stitches are just a few of the creative fancy stitches you will learn, all while creating a pretty little mat designed to show off your new found skills! Some of the stitches are suitable for all rugs, others are best for wall hangings etc. Learn the difference and reasons why. The pattern is modest in size to allow for easy completion.
Following registration, Simone will contact each student individually to discuss their kit preferences and to answer any outstanding questions.
Kit Options: 1.) PDF Pattern and Printouts $26 2.) Pattern on quality backing and Printouts $38 3.) Full kit- includes pattern on backing, wool yarns, wool fabric, printouts, wire structure frame, printouts, etc. $110
Teacher Bio:
Simone Vojvodin is very passionate about teaching punch needle rug hooking and has been an Oxford Certified instructor since 2011. A nature and animal lover, she resides near Parkhill, Ontario where she has her studio, Red Maple Ruggery. Simone loves designing patterns, dying wool, helping students, and of course punching rugs- which she describes as 'paintings in wool'. Her rugs have been featured in exhibitions in Ontario, Vermont and Ohio, published in magazines and books, and have won multiple awards.