In this class, we’ll look at the use of eyelets in Czech and Slovak traditional clothing from the 1800s– think puffed sleeves, caps, and aprons! Some historians date the first eyelets in Eastern Europe back as early as the 1600s. 

Learn to make a decorative border, add eyelets to your clothing, and gain an appreciation for the traditions in former Czechoslovakia. The pattern is based on a design from Piestany, Slovakia. 

Open to beginners, we’ll go over a couple of stitches and how to make several different shapes of eyelets using basic embroidery tools. I will talk about using an awl and a laying tool– neither of which is required. You are welcome to use a tapestry needle and embroidery scissors in their place.

This workshop is suitable for beginners and experienced stitchers alike.

Materials needed:

Cotton fabric
Six-stranded cotton floss or you are welcome to work with silk thread if you like!
Embroidery needle
Hoop
Embroidery scissors
Optional: Awl and a laying tool. or your embroidery scissors and a large tapestry needle will do.

You’ll receive an email with the Zoom link and workshop pdf two days before the class.

Images: 1. Our work together 2. Czech embroidery in my collection. 3. Display in the Ethnographic museum in Prague (my photo). 4. work in progress.

DATE:

Saturday, Sept. 7, 10am - 12pm PST/ 1 - 3pm EST/ 7 - 9pm CET